By introducing XOR operation and one-way function chains to group key management schemes based on the keys tree, a new group key management scheme based on the keys tree, XOR operation and one-way function chains is p...By introducing XOR operation and one-way function chains to group key management schemes based on the keys tree, a new group key management scheme based on the keys tree, XOR operation and one-way function chains is proposed. Initialization, member adding and member evicting operations are introduced. The new scheme is compared with three other group key management schemes which are based on the keys tree： SKDC, LKH, and OFF. As far as transmission, computation and storage costs are concerned, the performance of the new group key management scheme is the best. The security problem of the new scheme is analyzed. This new scheme provides backward and forward security, i.e.. newly admitted group members cannot read previous multicast messages and evicted members cannot read future multicast messages, even with collusion by many arbitrarily evicted members.展开更多
It is well known that plants have functional equilibrium between their above-ground parts (shoots) and below-ground parts (roots), but whether the above-ground parts of plants have functional equilibrium between their...It is well known that plants have functional equilibrium between their above-ground parts (shoots) and below-ground parts (roots), but whether the above-ground parts of plants have functional equilibrium between their photosynthetic structures (leaves) and non-photosynthetic structures (branches and stem) is unknown. The purpose of this study is to test the hypotheses that: (1) the above-ground parts of plants have functional equilibriums between their photosynthetic structures and non-photosynthetic structures; (2) the maintenance of the equilibriums is guaranteed by the alteration of biomass partitioning to photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic structures. To test these hypotheses, a pruning experiment with four pruning intensities (0%, 20%, 50%, and 70%) were carried out with three subtropical Chinese tree species ( Ficus microcarpa, Ficus virens, Cinnamomum camphora). Pruning treatments were conducted in two successive years. The results were in conformity with the hypothesis, i.e. above-ground parts of trees had functional equilibriums between photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic structures. Pruning decreased instantaneously the mass ratios of photosynthetic structures to non-photosynthetic structures (P/NP) of all three tree species, the reduction in P/NP was strengthened with pruning intensity. However, one year after pruning, the P/NP of all pruned trees increased and were not smaller than those of unpruned trees. In agreement with the expectation, the biomass partitioning of pruned trees was altered, more newly produced above-ground biomass was partitioned to leaf growth and less to branch and stem growth, thus enabled the damaged trees to restore their functional equilibrium between photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic structures. It is clear that the maintenance of functional equilibrium between photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic structures guaranteed by the alteration of biomass partitioning provides plants a good strategy to resist external disturbance and damage.展开更多
The medical monitoring system is widely used. In the medical monitoring system, each user only possesses one piece of data logging that participates in statistical computing. Specifically in such a situation, a feasib...The medical monitoring system is widely used. In the medical monitoring system, each user only possesses one piece of data logging that participates in statistical computing. Specifically in such a situation, a feasible solution is to scatter its statistical computing workload to corresponding statistical nodes. Moreover, there are still two problems that should be resolved. One is how the server takes advantage of intermediate results obtained through statistical node aggregation to perform statistical computing. Statistical variable decomposition technique points out the direction for statistical projects. The other problem is how to design an efficient topological structure for statistical computing. In this paper, tree topology was adopted to implement data aggregation to improve aggregation efficiency. And two experiments were done for time consumption of statistical computing which focuses on encrypted data aggregation and encrypted data computing. The first experiment indicates that encrypted data aggregation efficiency of the scheme proposed in this paper is better than that of Drosatos' scheme, and the second indicates that improving computing power of the server or computational efficiency of the functional encryption scheme can shorten the computation time.展开更多
From the perspective of eco-functions of street trees,this study focuses on the conflicts between street trees and shops along the commercial streets,by taking Shanghai City for an example,investigates the present sit...From the perspective of eco-functions of street trees,this study focuses on the conflicts between street trees and shops along the commercial streets,by taking Shanghai City for an example,investigates the present situation of street trees in its old commercial districts,elaborates the significance of reducing functions of street trees by combining with relevant statistics,and proposes corresponding suggestions.展开更多
The design of an efficient one-way hash function with good performance is a hot spot in modern cryptography researches. In this paper, a hash function construction method based on cell neural network with hyper-chaos ...The design of an efficient one-way hash function with good performance is a hot spot in modern cryptography researches. In this paper, a hash function construction method based on cell neural network with hyper-chaos characteristics is proposed. First, the chaos sequence is gotten by iterating cellular neural network with Runge Kutta algorithm, and then the chaos sequence is iterated with the message. The hash code is obtained through the corre- sponding transform of the latter chaos sequence. Simulation and analysis demonstrate that the new method has the merit of convenience, high sensitivity to initial values, good hash performance, especially the strong stability.展开更多
Let F be a meromorphic functions family on the unit disc Δ, If for every (the zeros of f is a multiplicity of at least k) and if then and ( ), then F is normal on Δ.
Since the outbreak and spread of corona virus disease 2019(COVID-19),the prevalence of mental disorders,such as depression,has continued to increase.To explore the abnormal changes of brain functional connections in p...Since the outbreak and spread of corona virus disease 2019(COVID-19),the prevalence of mental disorders,such as depression,has continued to increase.To explore the abnormal changes of brain functional connections in patients with depression,this paper proposes a depression analysis method based on brain function network(BFN).To avoid the volume conductor effect,BFN was constructed based on phase lag index(PLI).Then the indicators closely related to depression were selected from weighted BFN based on small-worldness(SW)characteristics and binarization BFN based on the minimum spanning tree(MST).Differences analysis between groups and correlation analysis between these indicators and diagnostic indicators were performed in turn.The resting state electroencephalogram(EEG)data of 24 patients with depression and 29 healthy controls(HC)was used to verify our proposed method.The results showed that compared with HC,the information processing of BFN in patients with depression decreased,and BFN showed a trend of randomization.展开更多
Agriculture and farming are mainly dependent on weather especially in Malaysia as it received heavy rainfall throughout the years. An efficient crop or tree management system with a weather forecast needed for suitabl...Agriculture and farming are mainly dependent on weather especially in Malaysia as it received heavy rainfall throughout the years. An efficient crop or tree management system with a weather forecast needed for suitable planning of farming operation. Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN) algorithm was used in this study to predict rainfall and the main focus of this study is to analyze the factor that affect</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">s</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> the performance of neural model. This study found that the model works better the more hidden nodes and the optimum learning rate is 0.01 with the RMSE 49% and the percentage accuracy is 57%. Besides that, it is found that the meteorology data also affect the model performance. Future research can be conducted to improve the rainfall forecast of this study and improv</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">e</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> the tree management system.展开更多
Given a system {S1,…, SN} of N contractive similarities satisfying some strong separation condition, it has an invariant Set K for the system. In this article, the authors construct some random measure μω supported...Given a system {S1,…, SN} of N contractive similarities satisfying some strong separation condition, it has an invariant Set K for the system. In this article, the authors construct some random measure μω supported on random subset Kω of K, μω having some ＂non-standard＂ multifractal structure, which contrasts the well-knoWn multifractal formalism for the invariant measure of system {S1,.., SN} may possess. The main tool is the multifractal structures of a Galton-Watson tree, which are obtained by Liu [9], Shieh-Taylor [14], and MSrters-Shieh [12].展开更多
Trees provide multiple ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration,hydrological regulation and habitat for arboreal animals.However,they are often removed to support agricultural enterprises.Despite the importance...Trees provide multiple ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration,hydrological regulation and habitat for arboreal animals.However,they are often removed to support agricultural enterprises.Despite the importance of tree remnants,we know relatively little about how soils differ across sites of varying condition.Here,we describe a study where we examined the relative effects of trees,compared with unvegetated interspaces,on soil functions in remnant patches at sites in good and poor condition in two eucalypt communities in an irrigation area in eastern Australia.We found that,in general,carbon and nutrient cycling were relatively greater beneath trees,and in surface soils,but there were no clear trends in relation to site condition.The values of most soil attributes(e.g.,soluble and exchangeable cations,nitrogen,phosphorus)were greater beneath trees,indicating strong fertile island effects in both communities.Overall,our study confirms the importance of trees in remnant patches in agricultural landscapes,particularly those in sites of poor condition.It also suggests that soil processes may still be relatively intact,even in sites in poor condition.Our study reinforces the need to protect trees in remnant woodland reserves to maintain critical ecosystem functions related to nutrient retention.These remnants are important for achieving sustainable management of agricultural systems.展开更多
In this paper,we study the computative structure of computable function-a structure of computative tree,and,by analysis on it,got the most general algorithm and model for computation on computable functions.
Tree mortality significantly influences forest structure and function,yet our understanding of its dynamic patterns among a range of tree sizes and among different plant functional types(PFTs)remains incomplete.This s...Tree mortality significantly influences forest structure and function,yet our understanding of its dynamic patterns among a range of tree sizes and among different plant functional types(PFTs)remains incomplete.This study analysed size-dependent tree mortality in a temperate forest,encompassing 46 tree species and 32,565 individuals across different PFTs(i.e.,evergreen conifer vs.deciduous broadleaf species,shade-tolerant vs.shade-intolerant species).By employing all-subset regression procedures and logistic generalized linear mixed-effects models,we identified distinct mortality patterns influenced by biotic and abiotic factors.Our results showed a stable mortality patte rn in eve rgreen conifer species,contrasted by a declining pattern in deciduous broadleaf and shadetolerant,as well as shade-intolerant species,across size classes.The contribution to tree mortality of evergreen conifer species shifted from abiotic to biotic factors with increasing size,while the mortality of deciduous broadleaf species was mainly influenced by biotic factors,such as initial diameter at breast height(DBH)and conspecific negative density.For shade-tolerant species,the mortality of small individuals was mainly determined by initial DBH and conspecific negative density dependence,whereas the mortality of large individuals was subjected to the combined effect of biotic(competition from neighbours)and abiotic factors(i.e.,convexity and pH).As for shade-intolerant species,competition from neighbours was found to be the main driver of tree mortality throughout their growth stages.Thus,these insights enhance our understanding of forest dynamics by revealing the size-dependent and PFT-specific tree mortality patterns,which may inform strategies for maintaining forest diversity and resilience in temperate forest ecosystems.展开更多
We studied the normality criterion for families of meromorphic functions which related to One-way sharing set, and obtain two normal criterions, which improve the previous results.
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation has been widely adopted for plant genetic engineering and the study of gene function(Krenek et al.,2015).This method is prevalent in the genetic transformation of herb...Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation has been widely adopted for plant genetic engineering and the study of gene function(Krenek et al.,2015).This method is prevalent in the genetic transformation of herbaceous plants,with notable applications in species such as Arabidopsis(Yin et al.,2024),soybean(Zhang et al.,2024),rice(Zhang et al.,2020),and Chinese cabbage(Li et al.,2021).However,its application in fruit trees is limited.This is primarily due to their long growth cycles and lack of rapid,efficient,and stable transgenic systems,which severely hinders foundational research involving plant genetic transformation(Mei et al.,2024).Furthermore,for subtropical fruit trees,the presence of recalcitrant seeds adds an extra layer of difficulty to genetic transformation(Umarani et al.,2015),as most methods rely on seed germination as a basis for transformation.展开更多
This study was carried out to assess plasticity to drought of 30 adult fig cultivars,based on a screening of leaf structural and functional traits under sustained deficit irrigation,corresponding to 60%of crop evapotr...This study was carried out to assess plasticity to drought of 30 adult fig cultivars,based on a screening of leaf structural and functional traits under sustained deficit irrigation,corresponding to 60%of crop evapotranspiration.All trees,three per cultivar,are planted in an ex-situ collection in Sais plain,northern Morocco.The measurements concerned leaf area,blade thickness,trichomes density,trichome hair length,stomatal density,stomatal dimensions,stomatal area index,chlorophyll concentration index,relative water content,stomatal conductance,leaf temperature,water loss in detached leaves,cuticular wax content,proline content,total phenolic compounds,and total soluble sugars.The ranking of cultivars regarding drought tolerance was established based on a two-level clustering approach,primarily relying on chlorophyll concentration index and secondarily on water status traits.Results showed significant genotypic variations for all measured traits,except phenolic compounds content.Correlations between structural and functional traits have pinpointed blade thickness and trichome hair length as the key indicators of fig drought tolerance,owing to their involvement in maintaining chlorophyll content under water stress conditions.The extent of the variations shows that fig leaf is endowed with a wide structural and functional diversity,which can give to the species potential for resilience to various environmental stresses,including drought.Among the cultivars assessed,two exotic varieties,“Kadota”and“Royal Blanck”,as well as four local cultivars,namely,“Ferqouch Jmel”,“El Qoti Labied”,“Hamra”and“Fassi”showed the highest drought plasticity level.展开更多
Understanding water uptake depth and its relationship with functional traits offers valuable insights into resource-use partitioning among coexisting tree species as well as forest responses to drought.However,knowled...Understanding water uptake depth and its relationship with functional traits offers valuable insights into resource-use partitioning among coexisting tree species as well as forest responses to drought.However,knowledge about water uptake patterns in vertical soil layers,especially among increasingly widespread secondary forest tree species,remains limited.In this study,we investigated interspecific and seasonal variations in water uptake depth among seven coexisting tree species over a 2-year period in a warm-temperate secondary forest in central Japan.We also analyzed the relationships of water uptake depth with tree height and functional traits,including specific leaf area(SLA),leaf dry matter content(LDMC),leaf nitrogen(N)content,and wood density(WD),to discern resource-use and-acquisition strategies.Results revealed that taller trees,especially when soil water is scarce,tend to access deeper soil water sources,indicating that water source partitioning is correlated with tree height.This interspecific and temporal variation in water sources likely stratifies trees to facilitate coexistence within the forest.Water uptake depth was primarily associated with WD and LDMC:trees absorbing more water from shallow soils during dry conditions exhibited lower WD and LDMC,indicating a proactive resource-use strategy.Conversely,SLA and leaf N content were orthogonal to water uptake depth,suggesting that strategies for acquiring belowground and aboveground resources may differ.Considering the alternation of tree species composition during secondary forest succession,our study highlights the importance of further data collection regarding root water uptake depth along successional stages to understand dynamic shifts in water uptake sources.展开更多
A tree's basal area(BA)and wood volume scale exponentially with tree diameter in species-specifc patterns.Recent observed increases in tree growth suggest these allometric relationships are shifting in response to...A tree's basal area(BA)and wood volume scale exponentially with tree diameter in species-specifc patterns.Recent observed increases in tree growth suggest these allometric relationships are shifting in response to climate change,rising CO_(2) levels,and/or changes in forest management.We analyzed 9,214 cores from nine conifer and 11 broadleaf species grown in managed mixed-species stands in the upper Midwest to quantify how well diameter(diameter at breast height(DBH))serves to predict BA growth and above-ground wood and carbon(C).These samples include many large trees.We ft mixed models to predict BA growth and above-ground biomass/C from diameter,tree height,and the BA of nearby trees while controlling for site effects.Models account for 55%–83%of the variance in log(recent growth),improving predictions over earlier models.Growth-diameter scaling exponents covary with certain leaf and stem(but not wood)functional traits,reflecting growth strategies.LogBA increment scales linearly with log(diameter)as trees grow bigger in 16/20 species and growth actually accelerates in Quercus rubra L.Three other species plateau in growth.Growth only decelerates in red pine,Pinus resinosa Ait.Growth in whole-tree,above-ground biomass,and C accelerate even more strongly with diameter(mean exponent:2.08 vs.1.30 for BA growth).Sustained BA growth and accelerating wood/C growth contradict the common assumption that tree growth declines in bigger trees.Yield tables and silvicultural guidelines should be updated to reflect these current relationships.Such revisions will favor delaying harvests in many managed stands to increase wood production and enhance ecosystem values including C fxation and storage.Further research may resolve the relative roles of thinning,climatic conditions,nitrogen inputs,and rising CO2 levels on changing patterns of tree growth.展开更多
Trees,mammals,and microbes relate to soil carbon(C)cycle.Trees capture C,and mammals consume plants and other animals,both contributing to organic remains that are then degraded by soil microbes.This organic C can be ...Trees,mammals,and microbes relate to soil carbon(C)cycle.Trees capture C,and mammals consume plants and other animals,both contributing to organic remains that are then degraded by soil microbes.This organic C can be stored in soils or released into the atmosphere through microbial mineralization.Yet,the simultaneous effects of mammals and trees on C consumption by soil microbes have not been investigated.For 30 sampling sites in a mixed forest-savanna environment in southern Guyana,we jointly analyzed observational data of mammal and tree communities along with soil organic matter(SOM)composition(using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy combined with attenuated total reflectance,energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry,and CNH elemental analyzer)and soil microbial C consumption(using Biolog EcoPlates).It was found that higher mammal functional richness(FRic)and functional evenness(FEve)were related to reduced overall C consumption by soil microbes(for FRic:regression coefficient(β)=-0.010,standard error(SE)=0.005,P=0.034;for FEve:β=-0.012,SE=0.005,P=0.010)with the coefficient of determination(R^(2))value of 0.359,explaining 36%of the variance in average well color development values,whereas a higher tree richness was associated with a reduced diversity of C sources consumed by soil microbial communities(β=-0.353,SE=0.172,P=0.041)with the R2 value of 0.290,explaining 29%of the variance in Shannon diversity index values.Our results indicate that mammal and tree communities have complementary effects on soil microbial C consumption,improving our understanding of the functioning of C cycle in the high-diversity Amazon biome.These findings are crucial in elucidating the intricate connections between above-and belowground biodiversity that influence the accumulation and stabilization of soil organic C.展开更多
文摘By introducing XOR operation and one-way function chains to group key management schemes based on the keys tree, a new group key management scheme based on the keys tree, XOR operation and one-way function chains is proposed. Initialization, member adding and member evicting operations are introduced. The new scheme is compared with three other group key management schemes which are based on the keys tree： SKDC, LKH, and OFF. As far as transmission, computation and storage costs are concerned, the performance of the new group key management scheme is the best. The security problem of the new scheme is analyzed. This new scheme provides backward and forward security, i.e.. newly admitted group members cannot read previous multicast messages and evicted members cannot read future multicast messages, even with collusion by many arbitrarily evicted members.
文摘It is well known that plants have functional equilibrium between their above-ground parts (shoots) and below-ground parts (roots), but whether the above-ground parts of plants have functional equilibrium between their photosynthetic structures (leaves) and non-photosynthetic structures (branches and stem) is unknown. The purpose of this study is to test the hypotheses that: (1) the above-ground parts of plants have functional equilibriums between their photosynthetic structures and non-photosynthetic structures; (2) the maintenance of the equilibriums is guaranteed by the alteration of biomass partitioning to photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic structures. To test these hypotheses, a pruning experiment with four pruning intensities (0%, 20%, 50%, and 70%) were carried out with three subtropical Chinese tree species ( Ficus microcarpa, Ficus virens, Cinnamomum camphora). Pruning treatments were conducted in two successive years. The results were in conformity with the hypothesis, i.e. above-ground parts of trees had functional equilibriums between photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic structures. Pruning decreased instantaneously the mass ratios of photosynthetic structures to non-photosynthetic structures (P/NP) of all three tree species, the reduction in P/NP was strengthened with pruning intensity. However, one year after pruning, the P/NP of all pruned trees increased and were not smaller than those of unpruned trees. In agreement with the expectation, the biomass partitioning of pruned trees was altered, more newly produced above-ground biomass was partitioned to leaf growth and less to branch and stem growth, thus enabled the damaged trees to restore their functional equilibrium between photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic structures. It is clear that the maintenance of functional equilibrium between photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic structures guaranteed by the alteration of biomass partitioning provides plants a good strategy to resist external disturbance and damage.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91112003)
文摘The medical monitoring system is widely used. In the medical monitoring system, each user only possesses one piece of data logging that participates in statistical computing. Specifically in such a situation, a feasible solution is to scatter its statistical computing workload to corresponding statistical nodes. Moreover, there are still two problems that should be resolved. One is how the server takes advantage of intermediate results obtained through statistical node aggregation to perform statistical computing. Statistical variable decomposition technique points out the direction for statistical projects. The other problem is how to design an efficient topological structure for statistical computing. In this paper, tree topology was adopted to implement data aggregation to improve aggregation efficiency. And two experiments were done for time consumption of statistical computing which focuses on encrypted data aggregation and encrypted data computing. The first experiment indicates that encrypted data aggregation efficiency of the scheme proposed in this paper is better than that of Drosatos' scheme, and the second indicates that improving computing power of the server or computational efficiency of the functional encryption scheme can shorten the computation time.
文摘From the perspective of eco-functions of street trees,this study focuses on the conflicts between street trees and shops along the commercial streets,by taking Shanghai City for an example,investigates the present situation of street trees in its old commercial districts,elaborates the significance of reducing functions of street trees by combining with relevant statistics,and proposes corresponding suggestions.
基金supported by Key Program of Natural Science Fund of Tianjin of China (Grant No 07JCZDJC06600)
文摘The design of an efficient one-way hash function with good performance is a hot spot in modern cryptography researches. In this paper, a hash function construction method based on cell neural network with hyper-chaos characteristics is proposed. First, the chaos sequence is gotten by iterating cellular neural network with Runge Kutta algorithm, and then the chaos sequence is iterated with the message. The hash code is obtained through the corre- sponding transform of the latter chaos sequence. Simulation and analysis demonstrate that the new method has the merit of convenience, high sensitivity to initial values, good hash performance, especially the strong stability.
文摘Let F be a meromorphic functions family on the unit disc Δ, If for every (the zeros of f is a multiplicity of at least k) and if then and ( ), then F is normal on Δ.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61962034,61862058)Longyuan Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talent(Individual)Project and Tianyou Youth Talent Lift Program of Lanzhou Jiaotong Univesity。
文摘Since the outbreak and spread of corona virus disease 2019(COVID-19),the prevalence of mental disorders,such as depression,has continued to increase.To explore the abnormal changes of brain functional connections in patients with depression,this paper proposes a depression analysis method based on brain function network(BFN).To avoid the volume conductor effect,BFN was constructed based on phase lag index(PLI).Then the indicators closely related to depression were selected from weighted BFN based on small-worldness(SW)characteristics and binarization BFN based on the minimum spanning tree(MST).Differences analysis between groups and correlation analysis between these indicators and diagnostic indicators were performed in turn.The resting state electroencephalogram(EEG)data of 24 patients with depression and 29 healthy controls(HC)was used to verify our proposed method.The results showed that compared with HC,the information processing of BFN in patients with depression decreased,and BFN showed a trend of randomization.
文摘Agriculture and farming are mainly dependent on weather especially in Malaysia as it received heavy rainfall throughout the years. An efficient crop or tree management system with a weather forecast needed for suitable planning of farming operation. Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN) algorithm was used in this study to predict rainfall and the main focus of this study is to analyze the factor that affect</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">s</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> the performance of neural model. This study found that the model works better the more hidden nodes and the optimum learning rate is 0.01 with the RMSE 49% and the percentage accuracy is 57%. Besides that, it is found that the meteorology data also affect the model performance. Future research can be conducted to improve the rainfall forecast of this study and improv</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">e</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> the tree management system.
基金Both authors are supported by a grant NSC 2002/3-2115-M-002-017.
文摘Given a system {S1,…, SN} of N contractive similarities satisfying some strong separation condition, it has an invariant Set K for the system. In this article, the authors construct some random measure μω supported on random subset Kω of K, μω having some ＂non-standard＂ multifractal structure, which contrasts the well-knoWn multifractal formalism for the invariant measure of system {S1,.., SN} may possess. The main tool is the multifractal structures of a Galton-Watson tree, which are obtained by Liu [9], Shieh-Taylor [14], and MSrters-Shieh [12].
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China and David Eldridge by the Hermon Slade Foundation.
文摘Trees provide multiple ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration,hydrological regulation and habitat for arboreal animals.However,they are often removed to support agricultural enterprises.Despite the importance of tree remnants,we know relatively little about how soils differ across sites of varying condition.Here,we describe a study where we examined the relative effects of trees,compared with unvegetated interspaces,on soil functions in remnant patches at sites in good and poor condition in two eucalypt communities in an irrigation area in eastern Australia.We found that,in general,carbon and nutrient cycling were relatively greater beneath trees,and in surface soils,but there were no clear trends in relation to site condition.The values of most soil attributes(e.g.,soluble and exchangeable cations,nitrogen,phosphorus)were greater beneath trees,indicating strong fertile island effects in both communities.Overall,our study confirms the importance of trees in remnant patches in agricultural landscapes,particularly those in sites of poor condition.It also suggests that soil processes may still be relatively intact,even in sites in poor condition.Our study reinforces the need to protect trees in remnant woodland reserves to maintain critical ecosystem functions related to nutrient retention.These remnants are important for achieving sustainable management of agricultural systems.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China.
文摘In this paper,we study the computative structure of computable function-a structure of computative tree,and,by analysis on it,got the most general algorithm and model for computation on computable functions.
基金supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No.2023M733712)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.31971491)。
文摘Tree mortality significantly influences forest structure and function,yet our understanding of its dynamic patterns among a range of tree sizes and among different plant functional types(PFTs)remains incomplete.This study analysed size-dependent tree mortality in a temperate forest,encompassing 46 tree species and 32,565 individuals across different PFTs(i.e.,evergreen conifer vs.deciduous broadleaf species,shade-tolerant vs.shade-intolerant species).By employing all-subset regression procedures and logistic generalized linear mixed-effects models,we identified distinct mortality patterns influenced by biotic and abiotic factors.Our results showed a stable mortality patte rn in eve rgreen conifer species,contrasted by a declining pattern in deciduous broadleaf and shadetolerant,as well as shade-intolerant species,across size classes.The contribution to tree mortality of evergreen conifer species shifted from abiotic to biotic factors with increasing size,while the mortality of deciduous broadleaf species was mainly influenced by biotic factors,such as initial diameter at breast height(DBH)and conspecific negative density.For shade-tolerant species,the mortality of small individuals was mainly determined by initial DBH and conspecific negative density dependence,whereas the mortality of large individuals was subjected to the combined effect of biotic(competition from neighbours)and abiotic factors(i.e.,convexity and pH).As for shade-intolerant species,competition from neighbours was found to be the main driver of tree mortality throughout their growth stages.Thus,these insights enhance our understanding of forest dynamics by revealing the size-dependent and PFT-specific tree mortality patterns,which may inform strategies for maintaining forest diversity and resilience in temperate forest ecosystems.
文摘We studied the normality criterion for families of meromorphic functions which related to One-way sharing set, and obtain two normal criterions, which improve the previous results.
基金funded by the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2022B0202070002)the Guangxi Science and Technology Major Program(Grant No.GuikeAA23023007-2)+1 种基金the Guangdong Province Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System Innovation Team Construction Project(2024CXTD19)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(Grant No.2023A1515010303)。
文摘Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation has been widely adopted for plant genetic engineering and the study of gene function(Krenek et al.,2015).This method is prevalent in the genetic transformation of herbaceous plants,with notable applications in species such as Arabidopsis(Yin et al.,2024),soybean(Zhang et al.,2024),rice(Zhang et al.,2020),and Chinese cabbage(Li et al.,2021).However,its application in fruit trees is limited.This is primarily due to their long growth cycles and lack of rapid,efficient,and stable transgenic systems,which severely hinders foundational research involving plant genetic transformation(Mei et al.,2024).Furthermore,for subtropical fruit trees,the presence of recalcitrant seeds adds an extra layer of difficulty to genetic transformation(Umarani et al.,2015),as most methods rely on seed germination as a basis for transformation.
文摘This study was carried out to assess plasticity to drought of 30 adult fig cultivars,based on a screening of leaf structural and functional traits under sustained deficit irrigation,corresponding to 60%of crop evapotranspiration.All trees,three per cultivar,are planted in an ex-situ collection in Sais plain,northern Morocco.The measurements concerned leaf area,blade thickness,trichomes density,trichome hair length,stomatal density,stomatal dimensions,stomatal area index,chlorophyll concentration index,relative water content,stomatal conductance,leaf temperature,water loss in detached leaves,cuticular wax content,proline content,total phenolic compounds,and total soluble sugars.The ranking of cultivars regarding drought tolerance was established based on a two-level clustering approach,primarily relying on chlorophyll concentration index and secondarily on water status traits.Results showed significant genotypic variations for all measured traits,except phenolic compounds content.Correlations between structural and functional traits have pinpointed blade thickness and trichome hair length as the key indicators of fig drought tolerance,owing to their involvement in maintaining chlorophyll content under water stress conditions.The extent of the variations shows that fig leaf is endowed with a wide structural and functional diversity,which can give to the species potential for resilience to various environmental stresses,including drought.Among the cultivars assessed,two exotic varieties,“Kadota”and“Royal Blanck”,as well as four local cultivars,namely,“Ferqouch Jmel”,“El Qoti Labied”,“Hamra”and“Fassi”showed the highest drought plasticity level.
基金supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS)Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research[Grant No.19H02992]Grant for the Environmental Research Projects,the Sumitomo Foundation[Grant No.2230116].
文摘Understanding water uptake depth and its relationship with functional traits offers valuable insights into resource-use partitioning among coexisting tree species as well as forest responses to drought.However,knowledge about water uptake patterns in vertical soil layers,especially among increasingly widespread secondary forest tree species,remains limited.In this study,we investigated interspecific and seasonal variations in water uptake depth among seven coexisting tree species over a 2-year period in a warm-temperate secondary forest in central Japan.We also analyzed the relationships of water uptake depth with tree height and functional traits,including specific leaf area(SLA),leaf dry matter content(LDMC),leaf nitrogen(N)content,and wood density(WD),to discern resource-use and-acquisition strategies.Results revealed that taller trees,especially when soil water is scarce,tend to access deeper soil water sources,indicating that water source partitioning is correlated with tree height.This interspecific and temporal variation in water sources likely stratifies trees to facilitate coexistence within the forest.Water uptake depth was primarily associated with WD and LDMC:trees absorbing more water from shallow soils during dry conditions exhibited lower WD and LDMC,indicating a proactive resource-use strategy.Conversely,SLA and leaf N content were orthogonal to water uptake depth,suggesting that strategies for acquiring belowground and aboveground resources may differ.Considering the alternation of tree species composition during secondary forest succession,our study highlights the importance of further data collection regarding root water uptake depth along successional stages to understand dynamic shifts in water uptake sources.
文摘A tree's basal area(BA)and wood volume scale exponentially with tree diameter in species-specifc patterns.Recent observed increases in tree growth suggest these allometric relationships are shifting in response to climate change,rising CO_(2) levels,and/or changes in forest management.We analyzed 9,214 cores from nine conifer and 11 broadleaf species grown in managed mixed-species stands in the upper Midwest to quantify how well diameter(diameter at breast height(DBH))serves to predict BA growth and above-ground wood and carbon(C).These samples include many large trees.We ft mixed models to predict BA growth and above-ground biomass/C from diameter,tree height,and the BA of nearby trees while controlling for site effects.Models account for 55%–83%of the variance in log(recent growth),improving predictions over earlier models.Growth-diameter scaling exponents covary with certain leaf and stem(but not wood)functional traits,reflecting growth strategies.LogBA increment scales linearly with log(diameter)as trees grow bigger in 16/20 species and growth actually accelerates in Quercus rubra L.Three other species plateau in growth.Growth only decelerates in red pine,Pinus resinosa Ait.Growth in whole-tree,above-ground biomass,and C accelerate even more strongly with diameter(mean exponent:2.08 vs.1.30 for BA growth).Sustained BA growth and accelerating wood/C growth contradict the common assumption that tree growth declines in bigger trees.Yield tables and silvicultural guidelines should be updated to reflect these current relationships.Such revisions will favor delaying harvests in many managed stands to increase wood production and enhance ecosystem values including C fxation and storage.Further research may resolve the relative roles of thinning,climatic conditions,nitrogen inputs,and rising CO2 levels on changing patterns of tree growth.
文摘Trees,mammals,and microbes relate to soil carbon(C)cycle.Trees capture C,and mammals consume plants and other animals,both contributing to organic remains that are then degraded by soil microbes.This organic C can be stored in soils or released into the atmosphere through microbial mineralization.Yet,the simultaneous effects of mammals and trees on C consumption by soil microbes have not been investigated.For 30 sampling sites in a mixed forest-savanna environment in southern Guyana,we jointly analyzed observational data of mammal and tree communities along with soil organic matter(SOM)composition(using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy combined with attenuated total reflectance,energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry,and CNH elemental analyzer)and soil microbial C consumption(using Biolog EcoPlates).It was found that higher mammal functional richness(FRic)and functional evenness(FEve)were related to reduced overall C consumption by soil microbes(for FRic:regression coefficient(β)=-0.010,standard error(SE)=0.005,P=0.034;for FEve:β=-0.012,SE=0.005,P=0.010)with the coefficient of determination(R^(2))value of 0.359,explaining 36%of the variance in average well color development values,whereas a higher tree richness was associated with a reduced diversity of C sources consumed by soil microbial communities(β=-0.353,SE=0.172,P=0.041)with the R2 value of 0.290,explaining 29%of the variance in Shannon diversity index values.Our results indicate that mammal and tree communities have complementary effects on soil microbial C consumption,improving our understanding of the functioning of C cycle in the high-diversity Amazon biome.These findings are crucial in elucidating the intricate connections between above-and belowground biodiversity that influence the accumulation and stabilization of soil organic C.
