A new Euprox from the Late Miocene of Yuanmou,Yunnan Province,China,with interpretation of its paleoenvironment

The Yuanmou Basin of Yunnan Province is a hotspot for the research of early homind evolution and its environmental background.During the implementation of the Program“Research of the Origin and Evolution of Early Man and Its Environmental Baqckground” from 1998 to 2001,a huge quantity of hominoid and mammal fossils were collected.The present report systematically describes an Euprox robustus sp.nov.identified during the recent laboratory work on the collected material.Euprox is a group of earliest cervids with true antlers.The new species is the third one of the genus discovered in China.Judged by its morphologic characteristics,the new species feed on juicy and tender leaves of dicotyledon.It implies that the vegetation of its epoch in the Yuanmou Basin is a kind of southern subtropical evergreen forest and the climate is humid and temperate with evident seasonality.The latter is mostly influenced by the monsoon and secondly by the latitude.     

Inorganic chemical composition and source signature of PM2.5 in Beijing during ACE-Asia period

Aerosol samples for PM2.5 were collected in Beijing for 38 consecutive days from March to April 2001 using an IMPROVE Sampler. Concentrations of 20 elements in PM2.5 were determined using a PIXE method. Results show that the average mineral dust concentration of PM2.5 was 14.6 Ilg/m3 during the observation period. On the sand-dust event days of March 21 and April 10, dust PM2.5 mass concentrations were 62.4 and 54.1 μg/m^3, respectively.These demonstrate that fine particle pollution by dust event in Beijing was very severe. The enrichment factors of S and Cu reached minimums on the dusty days and were high on the non-dusty days. It is considered that enrichment factors of elements in PM2.5, which are associated with human activities, can probably provide an effective method to distinguish local sources from external sources of dust. Factor analysis on the chemical composition in PM2.5 shows that sources of crustal matters, anthropogenic emission, and oil combustion contributed to PM2.5 levels in air in the springtime of 2001 in Beijing.     

渝西学院后山山林植被物种多样性研究

本选取渝西学院校园后山(黄瓜山)山林植被中6种主要森林类型的19个样方，通过比较这些类型的物种丰富度和Shannon指数，揭示了这些类型物种多样性的差异．结果显示：1)各森林类型乔木层、草本层物种丰富度低，灌木层物种丰富度较高；2)各森林类型的Shannon指数同物种丰富度具有不同的表现规律；3)常绿针阔混交林与落叶阔叶林具有特殊的物种多样性垂直结构特征；4)物种恒有度分析表明，星湖校区山林植被为人工林，景观简单，连续性强，存在明显的环境梯度．     

中国木犀科代茶植物的多样性与开发状况

文献研究、市场调查和实地考察的结果表明,我国民间使用的木犀科植物代茶植物至少有17种,其中以女贞属中代茶植物种类最多(10种),其余的代茶植物分布于流苏树属(1种),雪柳属(1种),素馨属(1种),木犀属(2种)以及丁香属(2种).有9种木犀科代茶植物在我国不同文献、不同地域或不同民族中被称之为“苦丁茶“.在我国所有的木犀科代茶植物中,以粗壮女贞和茉莉花最具影响,已在西南地区大面积人工栽培和产业开发.     

济南市郊直翅目（Orthoptera）昆虫群落多样性研究

采用生态学、分类学和统计学方法，对济南市郊直翅目昆虫的群落结构、时序动态、物种丰富度与生态因子的相关性进行了研究．运用统计分析软件SPSS，把直翅目昆虫栖境划分为6种生境型，认为草地－撂荒地型和河岸－水滨—耕作地型为济南市郊典型的“直翅目昆虫发生库”。     

地转变慢与地磁倒向

地球自转变慢的事实，使刚性内核和地幔处于不同频幅的扭摆振荡状态。由地球温度分布和汤姆逊效应，知道地核带正电，地幔带负电。所以外棱正电荷的振荡是形成基本炀的原因。由此对地磁倒向规律作出物理说明。     

警惕生物入侵

海湾战争爆发那年,羁旅他乡的我在彭塔阿雷纳斯焦急地等候飞往智利首都的飞机。机票难买,每日百无聊赖地徘徊在麦哲伦海峡岸畔,回到旅馆便盯着电视机播报的战况新闻。虽说这里地僻天荒,但人们都很关心遥远的海湾熊熊燃烧的战火。旅馆附近的街头广场不时还能遇到集会示威的人群。我也很担心旅途的安全,因为我将踏上返回祖国的归途,路过几个国家,谁知道会遇到怎样复杂的局面呢?心里一直忐忑不安。     

广东外来入侵物种的生态危害与防治对策

对在广东境内出现的部分入侵物种作了简要介绍，分析了物种入侵带来的生态危害和经济损失，入侵物种的生态学特征、入侵途径与扩散机制，提出了相应的防治对策。统计分析表明，目前广东的外来物种数量在全国位居前列，这与广东地处沿海地区、经济贸易频繁有着密切联系。入侵物种具有繁殖力和适应性强等特征，并通过人为有意引种、无意带入或自然力量进行远距离传播扩散。对于外来入侵物种的防治。主要有物理、化学、生物、替代和综合防治等手段，加强立法和提高公众的防范意识是控制外来入侵物种危害的重要途径。