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Neff Felix Blüthgen Nico Chisté Melanie N. Simons Nadja K. Steckel Juliane Weisser Wolfgang W. Westphal Catrin Pellissier Loïc Gossner Martin M. 《Landscape Ecology》2019,34(8):2001-2015
Landscape Ecology - Insect herbivores comprise the majority of macroinvertebrate communities of temperate grasslands and act as drivers for important ecosystem functions. Landscape- and local-level... 相似文献
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Yoseph Beyene Anna-Maria Botha Alexander A. Myburg 《Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution》2006,53(8):1579-1588
Over the past three centuries, maize has become adapted to complex environmental conditions in the highlands of Ethiopia.
We analyzed 62 traditional Ethiopian highland maize accessions, using 20 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers and 15 morphological
traits, to assess genetic diversity and relationships among these accessions and to assess the level of correlation between
phenotypic and genetic distances. The accessions varied significantly for all of the measured morphological traits. The average
number of alleles per locus was 4.9. Pair-wise genetic dissimilarity coefficients ranged from 0.27 to 0.63 with a mean of
0.49. Ward minimum variance cluster analysis showed that accessions collected from the Northern agroecology were distinct
from the Western and Southern agroecologies. However, there was no differentiation between the Western and Southern accessions.
This suggested gene flow between these regions. The relationship between morphological and SSR-based distances was significant
and positive (r = 0.43, p = 0.001). The high genetic diversity observed among these set of accessions, suggests ample opportunity for the development
of improved varieties for different agroecologies of Ethiopia. From conservation perspective, sampling many accessions from
all agroecologies would be an effective way of capturing genetic variation for future collections and conservation. 相似文献
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Anika Hudewenz Alexandra-Maria Klein Christoph Scherber Lea Stanke Teja Tscharntke Anja Vogel Alexandra Weigelt Wolfgang W. Weisser Anne Ebeling 《Biological conservation》2012,150(1):42-52
Agricultural intensification is a major driver of global environmental change. Disentangling the relative impact of losses in plant species richness and intensified management on higher trophic level organisms is important for conservation recommendations.We established different management regimes along an experimental gradient of plant species richness within “The Jena-Experiment” in Germany and quantified herbivory as well as grasshoppers and pollinators. Herbivory, grasshopper density and species richness and frequency of flower visiting pollinators were recorded two times in each of four subplots of altogether 80 plots differing in plant species richness. Each of the four subplots was subject to four different levels of fertilizer application and mowing to simulate very low, low, high and very high land use intensity.Fertilization and mowing significantly affected plant–herbivore interactions but plant species richness had no discernible effect. Grasshoppers were most abundant at high intensity subplots (3.1 individuals per m2) and least abundant on very low intensity subplots (1.3 individuals per m2). Leaf damage caused by herbivores was highest in even the very high intensity subplots (3.7%) with four mowing events per year and high amounts of fertilizer application and lowest on subplots with a low management intensity (2.4%) comprising two mowing events per year but no fertilizer application. In contrast, pollinators benefited most from lower management intensities, with only one or two mowing events and no fertilizer addition. In addition, higher numbers of flowering plant species and increased blossom cover was associated with enhanced pollinator species richness and flower visitation.Our results indicate that even in grasslands with high plant species richness, mowing and fertilization are more important drivers of herbivory and flower visitation by pollinators. Management with no more than two cuts per year and without fertilizer application in our grasslands balanced the ecosystem functions of increased pollination and decreased herbivory. 相似文献
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Ioannis Ganopoulos Anna-Maria Farsakoglou Filippos Aravanopoulos Athanassios Molassiotis Michail Michailidis Ermioni Malliarou Evangelia Avramidou Athanasios Tsaftaris Maslin Osanthanunkul Panagiotis Madesis Konstantinos Kazantzis Aliki Xanthopoulou 《Euphytica》2018,214(6):99
An increasing demand for cherry production (Prunus avium L.) in Greece led to the development of new high quality sweet cherry cultivars. Self-incompatibility in cherry is one of the most challenging issues for the species’ cultivation and top breeding priority. Τhe present study focuses on the development of new hybrids with improved traits such as productivity, fruit size, organoleptic characteristics and self-compatibility. For this purpose, thirty different cultivars were crossed and produced hybrids that were evaluated according to 34 morpho-physiological characteristics. The results were analyzed using the XLSTAT (version 2014.1) software and a dendrogram was constructed using the agglomerative hierarchical clustering method. Optimal hybrid clustering was achieved when characteristics of great economic importance such as fruit shape and size, growth habit and days to blooming were included in the analysis. Based on the results, new sweet cherry hybrids with the special character of self-compatibility were developed. Our findings provide crucial new information for sweet cherry future breeding programs and cultivation. 相似文献
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Anna-Maria Rautio Torbjörn Josefsson Anna-Lena Axelsson Lars Östlund 《Landscape Ecology》2016,31(2):337-349
Context
Past human land use has received increasing attention as an important driver of ecosystem change also in seemingly natural landscapes. Quantification of historical land use is therefore critical for assessing the degree of human impact and requires integration of ecology, history and archaeology.Objective
This study aims to assess and compare levels of resource use by different actors during 355 years across a large landscape of northern Sweden.Method
Data on resource use derived from case studies were extrapolated using demographic data to estimate harvested resources at the landscape scale. Here, we examined the use of the key-specie Scots pine by native Sami peoples and farmers and through commercial logging, and reconstructed historical forest conditions in order to interpret harvest levels and sustainability.Results
We show that (1) the pre-industrial use of Scots pine resources in Pite Lappmark was sustainable from a landscape perspective, and (2) that the early commercial logging, in contrast, was not sustainable. Large and old Scots pine trees were logged at a very high rate, reaching up to 300 % of the annual ingrowth.Conclusion
We suggest that historical landscape studies should incorporate analysis at different spatial scales, as such an approach can mirror the overall use of resources. Only then can land use data be applied across larger spatial scales, function as reference values and be compared to those of other regions, time-periods and types of human impact.8.
Pieter M. Verbost Gert Flik James C. Fenwick Anna-Maria Greco Peter K. T. Pang Sjoerd E. Wendelaar Bonga 《Fish physiology and biochemistry》1993,11(1-6):205-215
The branchial Ca2+ uptake by teleost fish is under inhibitory control by the hormone stanniocalcin (STC) which is generated by the corpuscles
of Stannius (CS). Removal of the CS in North American eel, Anguilla rostrata LeSueur, induced a rapid rise in blood calcium levels. Branchial Ca2+ influx following the extirpation of the CS (stanniectomy, STX) increased during the first four days and stayed elevated thereafter
(in agreement with previous studies). The transepithelial potential (TEP) across the gills did not change after STX and this
means that the electrochemical gradient for Ca2+ is less favourable for passive influx of Ca2+ in STX eel. Therefore, the Ca2+ influx in STX eels is a transcellular flux, with Ca2+ crossing the apical and basolateral membrane barrier. The kinetics of ATP-driven Ca2+-transport across basolateral plasma membranes from eel gills did not change after STX. Thus, the increased Ca2+-influx after STX is not correlated with changes in ATP-dependent Ca2+-extrusion across the basolateral membrane, suggesting a regulation at the apical membrane. Moreover, STC did not affect ATP-driven
Ca2+-transport in isolated basolateral membranes (in vitro). STC (0.1 nM) reduced cAMP levels in dispersed eel gill cells. It had no significant effect on the IP3 levels in these cells. We postulate that STC controls the permeability to Ca2+ of the apical membranes of the Ca2+ transporting cells of fish gills by controlling second messenger operated Ca2+ channels in the apical membrane.
Résumé L'entrée de calcium au niveau des branchies est sous le controle inhibiteur de la stanniocalcine (STC) qui est synthétisée au niveau des corpuscules de Stannius (CS). L'ablation des CS chez l'anguille d'Amérique du Nord, Anguilla rostrata LeSueur, induit une augmentation rapide des niveaux de calcium dans le sang. Le flux entrant branchial de calcium consécutif à l'ablation des CS (stanniectomie, STX) augmente pendant les 4 premiers jours et reste élevé au-delà (en accord avec des études antérieures). Le potentiel transépithélial (TEP) à travers les branchies ne change pas après STX, ceci indiquant que le gradient électrochimique du Ca2+ est moins favorable pour le flux entrant passif du Ca2+ chez l'anguille STX. En conséquence, le flux entrant de Ca2+ chez l'anguille STX est un flux transcellulaire, avec le Ca2+ traversant la barrière membranaire apicale et basolatérale. La cinétique du transport de Ca2+ conduit par l'ATP à travers les membranes plasmatiques basolatérales de branches d'anguille n'est pas modifiée après STX. Ainsi, l'augmentation du flux entrant de Ca2+ après STX n'est pas corrlée avec des modifications de l'excrétion de Ca2+ conduit par l'ATP à travers la membrane basolatérale, suggérant donc une régulation au niveau de la membrane apicale. De plus, la STC ne modifie pas le transport de Ca2+ conduit par l'ATP dans des membranes basolatérales isolées (in vitro). La STC (0.1 nM) réduit les niveaux d'AMPc dans des cellules dispersées de branchies d'anguille. Cette hormone n'a pas d'effet significatif sur les niveaux d'IP3 dans ces cellules. Nous suggérons que la STC régule la perméabilité au Ca2+ des membranes apicales des cellules branchiales transporteuses de Ca2+ en controlant un second messager agissant sur les canaux calciques de la membrane apicale.相似文献
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Aleutian disease in mink is caused by infection with Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV). In Sweden, the infection most commonly causes classical Aleutian disease in which the immune system fails to neutralize the virus and the infection becomes persistent. Diagnosis of AMDV infection is based on serological methods that detect virus-specific antibodies. Traditionally counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIEP) has been the preferred method, but in order to enable automation interest has been paid to other antibody detecting systems. Recently, at least two different ELISA systems that detect antibodies to AMDV have been manufactured; one is based on an in vitro grown AMDV as antigen, and the other system is based on the AMDV capsid protein VP2 as antigen. The aim of this study was to evaluate the two ELISA systems for detection of antibodies to AMDV using CIEP as the gold standard.Results
When employing the mean optical density of the samples from CIEP negative mink plus three standard deviations as cut-off value, the ELISA with the VP2 antigen had a sensitivity of 99.7% and a specificity of 98.3% compared to CIEP (n = 364). Analysis of samples with the AMDV-G antigen based ELISA employing an assay cut-off value based on the negative control samples, as suggested by the manufacturer, resulted in a sensitivity of 54.3% and a specificity of 93.2% with reference to CIEP as the gold standard (n = 359). When employing the mean optical density of the samples from CIEP negative mink plus three standard deviations as cut-off value, the AMDV-G ELISA had a sensitivity of 37.6% and a specificity of 98.3%.Conclusions
The ELISA system based on VP2 antigen had high sensitivity and specificity, and was concluded to be an alternative to the CIEP as a diagnostic tool for AMDV antibodies. In contrast, the AMDV-G ELISA suffered from low sensitivity when compared to CIEP. 相似文献10.
J. Khalsa T. Fricke W. W. Weisser A. Weigelt M. Wachendorf 《Grass and Forage Science》2012,67(4):569-588
Grassland biomass has been identified as a potential energy source. The combustion of mature and fibrous biomass, as occurs in extensive grasslands managed with low cutting frequencies, is one possible conversion technique. This study tested the relationship between plant diversity and biomass constituents relevant for combustion, as they determine energy content, energy yield and emission and corrosion risks. The biomass from a biodiversity experiment, with a species richness (SR) gradient of 1–60 species from Central European mesophilic grasslands divided into four functional groups (grasses, legumes, small and tall herbs), was harvested twice a year (in 2008 and 2009). The higher heating value (HHV) was estimated from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen contents to give insight into the energy potential of the species mixtures. The potential risk of emission and corrosion was assessed by analysing ash content, potassium, calcium, magnesium, nitrogen, sulphur and chloride content. HHV was independent of SR, and the overall mean was 18·13 MJ kg?1 DM. Biomass and gross energy (GE) yield were positively affected by SR. The presence of legumes in a mixture resulted in increased HHV, biomass yield and GE, irrespective of the level of SR. Annual GE varied between 59 (average of monocultures) and 152 GJ ha?1 year?1 (mixture of sixty species). The concentration of ash‐forming elements was generally high, suggesting a pre‐treatment of the biomass prior to combustion. Emission‐ and corrosion‐related constituents were clearly affected by the different functional groups, and sulphur and nitrogen both declined with SR. The results of this study show that high SR in experimental grassland communities is beneficial for the energy output and that legumes play a key role for the energy potential. However, identifying a functional group as being solely beneficial or disadvantageous for fuel quality was difficult. 相似文献