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Alpine grassland degradation intensifies the burrowing behavior of small mammals:evidence for a negative feedback loop

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Integrative Zoology 2024年第2期19卷 240-252页

作者： Zaiwei WANG Jiawen YAN Amy MARTIN Dianne HBRUNTON Jiapeng QU Jin-Sheng HE Weihong JI Zhibiao NAN State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina manaaki whenua-Landcare Research LincolnNew Zealand School of Natural Sciences Massey University(Albany Campus)AucklandNew Zealand Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota Northwest Institute of Plateau BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesXiningChina Qinghai Haibei National Field Research Station of Alpine Grassland Ecosystem Northwest Institute of Plateau BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesXiningChina Institute of Ecology College of Urban and Environmental Sciencesand Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of EducationPeking UniversityBeijingChina

Globally,grassland degradation is an acute ecological problem.In alpine grassland on the Tibetan Plateau,increased densities of various small mammals in degraded grassland are assumed to intensify the degradation process and these mammals are subject to lethal control.However,whether the negative impact of small mammals is solely a result of population size or also a result of activity and behavior has not been tested.In this study,we use plateau pika as a model to compare population size,core area of colony,and the number of burrow entrances and latrines between lightly and severely degraded grassland.We test whether the alleged contribution of pika to grassland degradation is a result of increased population size or increased burrowing activities of individuals in response to lower food abundance.We found that grassland degradation resulted in lower plant species richness,plant height,and biomass.Furthermore,the overall population size of pika was not significantly affected by location in lightly and severely degraded grassland.However,pika core areas in severely grassland degradation were significantly larger and had significantly higher densities of burrows and latrines.Our study provides convincing evidence that habitat-induced changes in the behavior of small,burrowing mammals,such as pika,can exacerbate grassland degradation.This finding has significant implications for managing small mammals and restoring degraded grassland ecosystems.

关键词： burrowing behavior grassland degradation plateau pika population size small mammals

A thelytokous predatory mite is more cannibalistic towards distant kin

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Current Zoology 2023年第5期69卷 578-584页

作者： Keshi Zhang Zhi-Qiang Zhang School of Biological Sciences University of Auckland3A Symonds StreetAuckland1072New Zealand and manaaki whenua-Landcare Research 231 Morrin RoadAuckland1072New Zealand

Kin recognition has been widely observed in various taxa.Cannibalism avoidance may be a strong driver for the evolution of kin recognition,as it may avoid a reduction in inclusive fitness.Kin recognition has recently been observed in a generalist phytoseiid,Amblyseius herbicolus(Acari:Phytoseiidae).This study experimentally examined the degree of relatedness needed between prey larvae and cannibal adults of A.herbicolus for the occurrence of kin discrimination.The adults were individually placed in enclosed arenas with two prey,a daughter and a more distant related larva,to observe their cannibalizing choice.The adults of A.herbicolus did not discriminate between close relatives(daughter versus niece)but preferably cannibalized more distant kin(i.e.,first and second cousins once removed).Phenotype matching and familiarization seem prominent as recognition mechanisms used by A.herbicolus adults.The effect of learning on kin recognition through prior contact in A.herbicolus requires further investigation.Studies on other adaptive functions of kin recognition of A.herbicolus,such as cooperation and parental care,may provide meaningful insights.

关键词： Acari cannibalism choice test close kin discrimination kin recognition

Prey life stages modulate effects of predation stress on prey lifespan,development,and reproduction in mites

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Insect Science 2023年第3期30卷 844-856页

作者： Xiaoying Weil Guangyun Li Zhi-Qiang Zhang School of Biological Sciences The University of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand Key Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control Engineering College of Plant ProtectionSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina manaaki whenua-Landcare Research AucklandNewZealand

The non-consumptive effects of predator-induced stress can influence a variety of life-history traits.Many previous studies focused only on short-term effects such as development and reproductive rates.Recent studies have showed that long-term predation stress(given during the whole life of the prey)and short-term predation stress(provided during the immature stage of the prey)could generate completely opposite results:the former could decrease lifespan,whereas the later could increase lifespan.However,it is still unclear whether the advantage is because of the short duration of exposure or the early stage of life during which exposure was exerted.Thus,in this study,the prey(Tyrophagus putrescentiae)was exposed to predation stress from the predator(Neoseiulus cucumeris)during different life stages(larva,protonymph,tritonymph,first 5 d of oviposition,the full lifespan or none of the above).The results showed that the predation stress supplied during larval and protonymphal stage delayed development,reduced fecundity and prolonged lifespan of the prey,while the stress given during tritonymphal stage only reduced lifespan slightly and the stress given during the first 5 d of oviposition did not change lifespan but reduced fecundity.This study indicated that the effects of predation stress are dependent on prey life stage and the predation stress experienced in the early life stages is important to lifespan modulation.

关键词： early life experience lifespan non-consumptive effects predation stress tyrophagus

Age-specific mortality and fecundity of a spider mite under diet restriction and delayed mating

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Insect Science 2022年第3期29卷 889-899页

作者： Guang-Yun Li Zhi-Qiang Zhang Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity School of Biological SciencesUniversity of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand manaaki whenua-Landcare Research AucklandNew Zealand Key Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control Engineering College of Plant ProtectionSouthwest UniversityChongqingChina

Numerous experimental life-history studies on aging are mainly baised on two classical models—fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster(Meigen)and nematode Caenorhab-ditis elegans(Maupas)—with relatively little attention given to other organisms with different life-history characters.Two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch(Acari:Tetranychidae)differs from many other arthropods in that the females continue their growth in the early adult stage and can reproduce sexually and asexually.In this study,the influences of dietary restriction and delayed mating on the aging patterns of the spider mite were examined with the prevailing survival and reproduction trade-off hypothesis of aging being tested.Significant sex-specific responses of the spider mites were found.The females showed longevity extension on diet restriction(fasting for 2 days in every 4 days)compared with their counterparts being fed ad libitum,and after delayed mating for 9 days,while the males displayed a decrease in lifespan when experiencing diet restriction but were not significantly influenced by delayed mating.Path analysis was used to investigate the relationship between mite survival and reproduction traits,including longevity,female lifetime reproduction,age at first reproduction,early reproductive efforts and late reproductive efforts,yielding no evidence for trade-offs between these life-history traits.The additive effects of dietary restriction and delayed mating in lifespan extension of female spider mites were confirmed,proving that diet restriction is a robust anti-aging intervention,and that later onset of reproduction can prolong adult lifespan in females.

关键词： age-specific mortality delayed mating diet restriction reproduction sex difference trade-off

Effect of vaccination,border testing,and quarantine requirements on the risk of COVID-19 in New Zealand:A modelling study

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Infectious Disease Modelling 2022年第1期7卷 184-198页

作者： Nicholas Steyn Audrey Lustig Shaun C.Hendy Rachelle N.Binny Michael J.Plank Department of Physics University of AucklandNew Zealand School of Mathematics and Statistics University of CanterburyNew Zealand Te Punaha Matatini Centre of Research Excellence in Complex SystemsNew Zealand manaaki whenua LincolnNew Zealand

We couple a simple model of quarantine and testing strategies for international travellers with a model for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a partly vaccinated population.We use this model to estimate the risk of an infectious traveller causing a community outbreak under various border control strategies and different levels of vaccine coverage in the population.Results are calculated from N¼100,000 independent realisations of the stochastic model.We find that strategies that rely on home isolation are significantly higher risk than the current mandatory 14-day stay in government-managed isolation.Nevertheless,combinations of testing and home isolation can still reduce the risk of a community outbreak to around one outbreak per 100 infected travellers.We also find that,under some circumstances,using daily lateral flow tests or a combination of lateral flow tests and polymerase chain reaction(PCR)tests can reduce risk to a comparable or lower level than using PCR tests alone.Combined with controls on the number of travellers from countries with high prevalence of COVID-19,our results allow different options for managing the risk of COVID-19 at the border to be compared.This can be used to inform strategies for relaxing border controls in a phased way,while limiting the risk of community outbreaks as vaccine coverage increases.

关键词： vaccine testing border

An assessment of the potential impact of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Infectious Disease Modelling 2022年第2期7卷 94-105页

作者： Giorgia Vattiato Oliver Maclaren Audrey Lustig Rachelle N.Binny Shaun C.Hendy Michael J.Plank School of Mathematics and Statistics University of CanterburyChristchurchNew Zealand Department of Physics University of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand manaaki whenua LincolnNew Zealand Department of Engineering Science University of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand

New Zealand delayed the introduction of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 into the community by the continued use of strict border controls through to January 2022.This allowed time for vaccination rates to increase and the roll out of third doses of the vaccine(boosters)to begin.It also meant more data on the characteristics of Omicron became available prior to the first cases of community transmission.Here we present a mathematical model of an Omicron epidemic,incorporating the effects of the booster roll out and waning of vaccine-induced immunity,and based on estimates of vaccine effectiveness and disease severity from international data.The model considers differing levels of immunity against infection,severe illness and death,and ignores waning of infection-induced immunity.This model was used to provide an assessment of the potential impact of an Omicron wave in the New Zealand population,which helped inform government preparedness and response.At the time the modelling was carried out,the date of introduction of Omicron into the New Zealand community was unknown.We therefore simulated outbreaks with different start dates,as well as investigating different levels of booster uptake.We found that an outbreak starting on 1 February or 1 March led to a lower health burden than an outbreak starting on 1 January because of increased booster coverage,particularly in older age groups.We also found that outbreaks starting later in the year led to worse health outcomes than an outbreak starting on 1 March.This is because waning immunity in older groups started to outweigh the increased protection from higher booster coverage in younger groups.For an outbreak starting on 1 February and with high booster uptake,the number of occupied hospital beds in the model peaked between 800 and 3,300 depending on assumed transmission rates.We conclude that combining an accelerated booster programme with public health measures to flatten the curve are key to avoid overwhelming the healthcare system.

关键词： COVID-19 Epidemiological modelling Immunity Infectious diseases Public health Vaccination

Global Reference Grids for Big Earth Data

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Big Earth Data 2022年第3期6卷 251-255页

作者： Robert G.Gibb Matthew B.J.Purss Zoheir Sabeur Peter Strobl Tengteng Qu manaaki whenua–Landcare Research Palmerston NorthNew Zealand Pangaea Innovations Pty.Ltd CanberraAustralia Department of Computing and Informatics Talbot CampusUniversity of BournemouthBournemouthUK European Commission Joint Research Centre(JRC)IspraItaly College of Engineering Peking UniversityBeijingChina

The emerging field of Discrete Global Grid Systems(DGGS)provides a way to organise,store and analyse spatio-temporal data at multiple resolutions and scales(from near global scales down to microns).DGGS partition the entire planet into a discrete hierarchy of global tessellations of progressively finer resolution zones(or cells).Data integration,decomposition and aggregation are optimised by assigning a unique spatio-temporal identifier to each zone.These identifiers are encodings of both the zone’s location and its resolution.As a result,complex multi-dimensional,multi-resolution spatio-temporal operations are simplified into sets of 1D array and filter operations.

关键词： operations simplified partition

Net ecosystem carbon exchange for Bermuda grass growing in mesocosms as affected by irrigation frequency

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Pedosphere 2022年第3期32卷 393-401页

作者： Yuan LI Gabriel *** Timothy J.CLOUGH John E.HUNT David WHITEHEAD Department of Soil and Physical Sciences Lincoln UniversityLincoln 7647(New Zealand) manaaki whenua-Landcare Research P.O.Box 69040Lincoln 7640(New Zealand) State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhou 730020(China) Soil Biology Group Wageningen University and ResearchP.O.Box 47Wageningen 6700 AA(The Netherlands)

Intensification of grazed grasslands following conversion from dryland to irrigated farming has the potential to alter ecosystem carbon(C)cycling and affect components of carbon dioxide(CO_(2))exchange that could lead to either net accumulation or loss of soil C.While there are many studies on the effect of water availability on biomass production and soil C stocks,much less is known about the effect of the frequency of water inputs on the components of CO_(2)exchange.We grew Bermuda grass(Cynodon dactylon L.)in mesocosms under irrigation frequencies of every day(I_(1) treatment,30 d),every two days(I_(2) treatment,12 d),every three days(I_(3) treatment,30 d),and every six days(I_(6) treatment,18 d,after I_(2) treatment).Rates of CO_(2)exchange for estimating net ecosystem CO_(2)exchange(F_(N)),ecosystem respiration(R_(E)),and soil respiration(R_(S))were measured,and gross C uptake by plants(F_(G))and respiration from leaves(R_(L))were calculated during two periods,1–12 and 13–30 d,of the 30-d experiment.During the first 12 d,there were no significant differences in cumulative F_(N)(mean±standard deviation,61±30 g C m^(-2),n=4).During the subsequent 18 d,cumulative F_(N) decreased with decreasing irrigation frequency and increasing cumulative soil water deficit(W),with values of 70±22,60±16,and 18±12 g C m^(-2) for the I_(1),I_(3),and I_(6) treatments,respectively.There were similar decreases in F_(G),R_(E),and R_(L) with increasing W,but differences in R_(S) were not significant.Use of the C_(4) grass growing in a C_(3)-derived soil enabled partitioning of R_(S) into its autotrophic(R_(A))and heterotrophic(R_(H))components using a^(13)C natural abundance isotopic technique at the end of the experiment when differences in cumulative W between the treatments were the greatest.The values of R_(H) and its percentage contributions to R_(S)(43%±8%,42%±8%,and 8%±5%for the I_(1),I_(3),and I_(6) treatments,respectively)suggested that R_(H) remained unaffected across a wide range of W and then decreased under extreme W.Th

关键词： ^(13)C natural abundance CO_(2)exchange N_(2)O emission soil heterotrophic respiration water deficit

Fries所著Observationes Mycologicae(cancellans issue再版)中虫草属及其相关种的名称(英文)

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菌物学报 2013年第3期32卷 462-468页

作者： Shaun R.PENNYCOOK Research Associate Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research

Fries 1818年所著Observationes Mycologicae(cancellans issue再版)中,发表了虫草属Cordyceps及该属13个新组合(11个种,2个变种)。而在这部著作的原始版本中,它们是以Cordylia nom.illegit.和Cordylia属的13个组合记载的。17个在原始... 详细信息

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