Ancient charcoal as a natural archive for paleofire regime and vegetation change in the Mayumbe,Democratic Republic of the Congo     

Wannes Hubau  Jan Van den Bulcke  Peter Kitin  Florias Mees  Geert Baert  Dirk Verschuren  Laurent Nsenga  Joris Van Acker  Hans Beeckman 《Quaternary Research》2013

Charcoal was sampled in four soil profiles at the Mayumbe forest boundary (DRC). Five fire events were recorded and 44 charcoal types were identified. One stratified profile yielded charcoal assemblages around 530 cal yr BP and > 43.5 cal ka BP in age. The oldest assemblage precedes the period of recorded anthropogenic burning, illustrating occasional long-term absence of fire but also natural wildfire occurrences within tropical rainforest. No other charcoal assemblages older than 2500 cal yr BP were recorded, perhaps due to bioturbation and colluvial reworking. The recorded paleofires were possibly associated with short-lived climate anomalies. Progressively dry climatic conditions since ca. 4000 cal yr BP onward did not promote paleofire occurrence until increasing seasonality affected vegetation at the end of the third millennium BP, as illustrated by a fire occurring in mature rainforest that persisted until around 2050 cal yr BP. During a drought episode coinciding with the ‘Medieval Climate Anomaly’, mature rainforest was locally replaced by woodland savanna. Charcoal remains from pioneer forest indicate that fire hampered forest regeneration after climatic drought episodes. The presence of pottery shards and oil-palm endocarps associated with two relatively recent paleofires suggests that the effects of climate variability were amplified by human activities.  相似文献   

Postcranial Anatomy of the Mesozoic Dalinghosaurus (Squamata): Evidence from a New Specimen of Western Liaoning     

JI Shu''an  JI Qiang School of Earth  Space Sciences  Peking University  Beijing Institute of Geology  Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences  Beijing 《《地质学报》英文版》2004,78(4):897-906

The postcranial skeleton of a new specimen of the long-tailed lizard Dalinghosaurus longidigitus was excavated from the Yixian Formation in Lingyuan, western Liaoning. The new specimen provides more anatomical information about this species, especially about the anterior dorsal vertebrae, shoulder girdle and forelimbs. This lizard can be included within the clade Scleroglossa by its 27 or more presacrals, moderately long pubis, and gently notched distal end of tibia. But the detailed systematic position for this taxon remains undetermined. The features of the much longer hind limbs and pes compared with forelimbs and manus, metatarsal Ⅳ longer than Ⅲ, pedal phalanges robust, and penultimate phalanx not longer than other phalanges etc. suggest that this lizard was a running and ground swelling animal.  相似文献   

Comparative foliar anatomy of three Khaya species(Meliaceae) used in Nigeria as antisickling agent     

Ololade A.Oyedapo  Joseph M.Agbedahunsi  H.C Illoh  Akinwumi J.Akinloye 《寒旱区科学》2018,10(4):279-285

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海马(HIPPOCAMPUS)消化道的解剖学与组织学研究     

蔡仲希 《中国海洋大学学报(自然科学版)》1987,(4)

本文研究了大海马Hippocampus kuda Bleeker,日本海马H·japonicus kauP和三斑海马H.trimacutatue Leach消化道的形态学。三种鱼类消化道的解剖学特点基本相同。消化道均可区分出头肠、前肠、中肠和后肠。中肠最长。口孔小,口腔呈管状,口鳃腔内无齿,无鳃耙,无舌,鳃孔小。不具胃,也无幽门垂,中肠前部稍为扩大形成假胃。 组织学方面共同特点为:粘膜上皮主要由柱状细胞和球形分泌细胞组成。上皮内无多细胞消化腺,未发现味蕾。大海马与日本海马在食道纵褶的形状,球形分泌细胞的分布区,假胃肌层的排列及上皮细胞的形状等方面有种的差别。  相似文献   

方斑东风螺性畸变现象的解剖学和组织学研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

于秀娟  朱四喜  沈金辉  陈旭明  黄长江 《台湾海峡》2004,23(4):444-448,i003

以解剖学和组织学方法研究了方斑东风螺未成熟和成熟的正常雌、雄个体以及性畸变个体的生殖系统结构.性畸变个体除具有正常的雌性器官外,还有输精管或阴茎.在正常雄性输精管的个体发育过程中再现了系统发育的过程,而且在性畸变个体输精管的形成过程和发育过程中组织学结构特征的变化与正常雄性输精管的个体发育过程的相似.性畸变雌体的性腺发育受阻.目前,性畸变现象仅存在于成熟个体,但这并不表明未成熟个体中不会发生性畸变现象.具有较高食用价值的方斑东风螺因有机锡污染可能会对人类健康不利,应引起人们的关注.  相似文献   

Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) germination and survival in black-grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) grassland: relations between microsite and heteromyid rodent (Dipodomys spp.) impact     

B.D. Duval  E. Jackson  W.G. Whitford   《Journal of Arid Environments》2005,62(4):541-554

Prosopis pallida H.B.K. is one of the most economically and ecologically important tree species in the arid and semi-arid lands of the American continent. Sections of P. pallida were used to describe its wood anatomy and to determine whether annual rings were visible or not. Results showed that P. pallida has well-differentiated annual growth rings and is therefore suitable for dendrochronological studies. Tree ring chronologies correlate well with precipitation events related to El Niño Southern Oscillation phases. A master chronology for the northern area of Peru was built with these data, and some physiological derivations from the anatomy of P. pallida wood are discussed.  相似文献   

内蒙古土地荒漠化定性定量研究   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

达林太  阿拉腾巴根那 《云南地理环境研究》2005,17(Z1):1-9

通过对阴山北麓四旗为期5年的家计的问卷调查,和不同草地的连续样方数据等样本进行分析,对影响草地生物多样性、草地景观、草地生态功能及其生态系统的食物链、能流和物流的干扰因素进行分析,得出阴山北麓四旗土地退化的人文因素。运用现代统计模型计算出各因素所占的比重,并就土地退化的人文因素进行成因分析,得出农业文化入侵是造成土地退化的文化根源,制度安排不合理是其土地退化的制度原因。  相似文献   

Comparative anatomical studies of Artocarpus altilis(Parkinson) Fosberg and Artocarpus communis(J. R. &G. Forster) in Nigeria     

Akinwumi J. Akinloye  Temitope I. Borokini  Kehinde A. Adeniji  Funmilola M. Akinnubi 《寒旱区科学》2015,7(6):709-721

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基于多位点分子标记和线粒体基因组学中国蚌类(蚌目:蚌超科)物种分类与系统进化研究     

武瑞文  安建梅  陈如如  欧阳珊  吴小平 《湖泊科学》2021,33(6):1788-1804

中国是东亚蚌类（蚌目：蚌超科）物种分布中心,共记录有26属.然而,在世界蚌目框架下,中国仍缺乏一个完整科学的蚌类分类系统.本研究基于多位点分子标记（COI、16S、28S）和线粒体基因组学重构聚焦于蚌超科的蚌目系统发育关系,ML、BI和BEAST系统发育结果均支持蚌科5亚科分类系统,即（（（Ambleminae+Gonideinae）+Rectidentinae）+Unioninae）+Parreysiinae;珍珠蚌科2亚科分类系统,即（Gibbosulinae+Margaritiferinae）;中国蚌类隶属蚌科4亚科（Gonideinae,Rectidentinae,Unioninae,Parreysiinae）13族和珍珠蚌科两亚科（Gibbosulinae,Margaritiferinae）.基于化石标定的分子钟显示：蚌科物种分化时间为中三叠世（median=232.07 Ma）,其中雕刻蚌亚科（Parreysiinae）起源和物种分化时间早于其他亚科;矩形蚌亚科（Rectidentinae）物种分化时间最晚,为晚白垩世（median=94.72 Ma）;小方蚌亚科（Ambleminae）和隆脊蚌亚科（Gonideinae）最近共同祖先分化于晚侏罗纪世（median=144.69 Ma）,珍珠蚌科起源于晚石炭世（median=312.61 Ma）,物种分化于晚白垩世（median=91.59 Ma）,中国蚌科现生物种最早起源时间可追溯到白垩纪（中国尖嵴蚌（Acuticosta chinensis）,median=114.36 Ma）.蚌超科线粒体基因重排分析显示：蚌超科线粒体基因组有4种基因排列方式（GO）,珍珠蚌科独享一种（GO1）;蚌科中Unioninae和Ambleminae共享一种（GO2）;Gonideinae有2种基因排列方式（GO3和GO4）,其中室蚌（Chamberlainia hainesiana）独享一种（GO4）,其余物种共享一种（GO3）.以往作为高阶元分类的贝壳形态、钩介幼虫形态以及育儿囊类型,并不能作为蚌科属及以上阶元分类依据.本研究重构了世界蚌目聚焦于蚌超科的系统发育关系和进化历史,建立了中国蚌类分类系统,为今后该类群区系多样性研究及资源保护提供了分类依据.  相似文献   

锦绣龙虾消化系统的解剖学及组织学研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

梁华芳  翁少萍  何建国 《广东海洋大学学报》2011,(4):1-5

锦绣龙虾的消化系统由消化管和消化腺组成,消化管包括口、食道、胃、中肠和后肠。胃分为贲门胃和幽门胃,中肠较长,占消化管总长度的74.18%。消化管的基本结构由内向外可分为4层,即黏膜层、黏膜下层、肌肉层和外膜。黏膜层主要由单层柱状上皮和基膜构成,除中肠外其余消化管管壁上皮均覆盖有几丁质膜,黏膜下层和外膜均为结缔组织层,消化道的结缔组织中分布有皮肤腺。消化腺主要是肝胰腺,由肝小管组成,根据其形态和功能的不同,可把构成肝小管的单层细胞分为四类:分泌细胞、吸收细胞、纤维细胞和胚细胞。  相似文献