三江平原孤立湿地景观空间结构

受人类活动的影响,近几十年来三江平原大片连续湿地逐渐破碎化,形成了大量孤立湿地。湿地景观格局分析已成为湿地生态和全球变化研究领域的热点,因此以三江平原遥感影像为数据源,利用GIS技术和景观指数模型,在60m分析粒度下,对三江平原孤立湿地景观空间结构进行分析。结果表明:1研究区的中南部孤立湿地的斑块数量较多,而中东部孤立湿地的斑块面积较大,且孤立湿地斑块之间的邻近程度和连接度较高,三江、洪河自然保护区及研究区西部孤立湿地斑块的形状较复杂;2随着湿地斑块数量的递减,非孤立湿地在景观连接中起到的作用逐渐增加,孤立湿地在景观连接中起到的作用逐渐减小,但面积相对较大的孤立湿地斑块重要值一直处于较高水平,在景观连接中起着重要作用;3三江平原孤立湿地景观空间结构是地形地貌、农业开发活动、国家政策等因子综合作用的结果,应加强对孤立湿地的保护。     

三江平原沼泽湿地景观空间格局变化

景观空间格局是指大小和形状不一的景观斑块在空间上的排列,它是景观异质性的重要表现,同时又是各种生态过程在不同尺度上作用的结果。这一研究可为环境资源的合理管理提供有价值的资料,已成为景观生态学研究的核心之一。通过选取斑块连接指数、分布质心和扩展等模型,来表征三江平原沼泽湿地景观近20a来空间格局变化情况。结果表明：（1）三江平原沼泽湿地的破碎化较为严重,斑块数量增加了46％,斑块密度净增加2倍。与1980年相比,1996年最大斑块面积缩小了63.57％,最大斑块周长缩短了52.47％。（2）三江平原沼泽湿地斑块间隙在不同时期都较大,且随着沼泽湿地面积的减小和斑块数量的增加,其斑块间隙越来越大,进一步说明沼泽湿地的破碎化较为厉害。（3）1980-1996年间三江平原沼泽湿地的分布质心向西南方向偏移了7.05km,1996-2000年向西北方向偏移了6.01km。（4）1980、1996、2000年三江平原沼泽湿地的扩展度分别接近于14.222、11.101和11.262。其值都远大于1,说明斑块形状与圆形相差较大,形状不规则。近20a来,人类活动对沼泽湿地空间格局变化的影响程度较大,1980-1996年尤为明显,而在1996-2000年,由于采取了保护措施,其影响程度开始变弱。     

斑块尺度湿地植物群落多样性的维持能力

基于GIS技术和主成分分析方法,对1950、1967、1983和2000年挠力河流域湿地景观斑块特征与斑块内植物群落多样性之间的关系进行了研究.结果表明： 1950—2000年间,研究区湿地斑块平均面积逐渐减小,能够维持2种及2种以上植物群落的斑块数量逐渐减少,最小斑块面积为10.1 km²;湿地斑块面积与植物群落多样性指数和群落类型数均呈极显著正相关关系（P<0.01）,湿地斑块面积越大,维持植物群落多样性的能力越强;随着湿地斑块面积的逐渐减小,斑块破碎化指数和分维数逐渐增大,形状指数和斑块内植物群落多样性指数逐渐减小;随着湿地斑块空间分离度的增大,斑块内植物群落多样性指数呈减小趋势;主成分分析结果显示,研究区湿地斑块面积大小是影响斑块内群落多样性的最重要因素,其次为斑块的破碎化程度和分离度.     

小尺度下柠条林破碎化生境对地表甲虫多样性的影响

一般认为,景观斑块面积和破碎化对物种丰富度和分布格局有重要的影响。在宁夏中部荒漠地区,天然柠条林和人工柠条林地交错排列,形成点、片、带状等大小不等的斑块性分布,表现为典型的破碎化斑块格局生境特征。本文采用巴氏罐诱法调查了在小尺度下荒漠景观人工柠条林破碎化生境不同斑块内地表甲虫的物种多样性。结果共获得10科20属29种地表甲虫,其中拟步甲科昆虫占绝对优势,阿小鳖甲Microdera kraatzi alashanica Skopin、克小鳖甲Microdera kraatzi kraatzi(Reitter)为优势种。Rarefaction曲线显示较大面积的斑块有较多的物种多样性,但群落多样性指数各斑间块差异不显著。利用斑块面积对物种数-个体数进行回归分析表明,地表甲虫的物种多样性受斑块面积的影响,生境破碎化会导致地表甲虫多样性下降。     

1954—2010年三江平原土地利用景观格局动态变化及驱动力

受自然因素和人为因素的影响,近60年三江平原土地利用景观格局发生了明显变化。以遥感影像为主要信息源,利用地理信息系统技术和数理统计方法,对1954—2010年三江平原土地利用景观格局动态变化及其驱动力进行分析。结果表明:1954—2010年三江平原耕地、居住建设用地和水域面积呈增长趋势,林地、草地和湿地面积呈减少趋势;土地利用综合动态度呈先增加后降低再增加的趋势;三江平原斑块密度、周长面积比、景观分离度和Simpson's多样性指数都呈先上升后下降的趋势,最小值出现在2010年,斑块密度和周长面积比的最大值出现在1976年,景观分离度和Simpson's多样性指数的最大值出现在1986年;1954—2010年三江平原斑块密度和周长面积比的高值区由东北向西南转移,低值区由中部向东部转移,景观分离度指数呈现先聚集后分散的趋势,Simpson's多样性指数由中间高四周低格局,逐渐转变为南部高北部低的格局。     

北京东灵山地区景观格局及破碎化评价

 人类活动已将北京东灵山地区地带性原生暖温带落叶阔叶林破坏殆尽。本项研究基于植被图,在地理信息系统(GIS)支持下,选择多种景观格局指数,从斑块面积、斑块数、斑块周长、分形维数和多样性的角度进行了格局分析和破碎化评价。结果表明,该区景观类型以次生林和灌丛为主,面积分布极不均衡,且多呈小面积零散分布。各森林类型的分布面积、周长和斑块数一般小于灌丛、草地和农田,且边界密度和斑块密度较高,显示出较高程度的破碎化。各景观类型的平均斑块面积和周长遵从分形规律,分形维数1.30,景观整体的斑块边界的褶皱程度较低。景观多样性的Shannon指数,景观组分的类型面积(2.262)<类型周长(2.435)<类型斑块数(2.675),均小于等概率情形(2.940)。上述结果均显示,该区森林景观破碎化程度较高。     

三江平原东北部湿地生态安全格局设计

以三江平原东北部为研究区域,采用"3S"技术和数学模型,根据景观尺度上生物多样性保护规划的景观生态安全格局方法,对三江平原湿地生物多样性保护进行规划设计.利用GAP分析方法预测湿地鸟类丰富度,并评价和计算了湿地鸟类干扰度,在此基础上构建物种运动阻力模型,并利用此模型计算物种运动阻力指数,建立物种运动等阻力面,在阻力面上识别战略点、辐射道和源间联接等景观组分.为了保护本区的湿地生物多样性,提出扩大保护区的面积、建立保护区与热点之间的廊道和设立微型保护地块的规划措施.提出的湿地鸟类多样性保护的景观生态安全格局技术与方法,不但为三江平原湿地及其生物多样性的保护和管理提供科学依据,而且丰富和发展了我国生物多样性保护的理论与方法.     

塔里木河中下游地区湿地景观格局变化

在RS和GIS技术的支持下,结合塔里木河中下游的区域特点,确定了塔里木河中下游湿地景观分类系统.通过采用景观多样性指数、优势度、景观破碎化指数、分布质心和平均斑块形状指数等景观的空间格局指数,较系统地分析了1980～2000年塔里木河中下游湿地景观空间格局变化.结果表明：塔里木河中下游湿地的分布面积呈显著下降趋势.1980～1990年湿地面积减少,斑块数量和密度增加.1990～2000年湿地面积有所增加,斑块数量和密度持续增加;随着人类干扰强度增加,景观多样性增加,优势度降低,湿地的破碎化程度越来越大;湿地景观要素中,河渠湿地、水库坑塘湿地面积有所增加,而湖泊、滩地、沼泽面积均在不断减少,其中沼泽湿地面积减少幅度最大.     

长江宜昌至武汉段岸线1 km近二十年土地利用及景观格局时空变化研究

长江拥有中国最长、开发条件最好的内陆岸线, 岸线资源的存量大且开发潜力高。了解岸线资源的利用现状, 为保障岸线资源开发、生态环境保护提供科学依据。研究以2000、2005、2010、2015和2019年土地利用为数据源, 分析长江宜昌至武汉段岸线1 km区域不同时期土地利用类型面积与景观格局指数。研究结果表明, 2000—2019年, 研究区域土地利用主要以农田和建筑用地为主, 变化的明显特点是农田面积在2019年较2000年下降了9.39%, 建筑用地和草地/林地面积扩张, 其中农田-建筑用地的转化较为剧烈。研究区域湿地资源丰富, 湿地总面积占比均在70%以上, 人工湿地占总湿地面积比均在92%以上。从斑块类型水平上看, 各用地类型斑块数量增长明显, 均发生了不同程度的景观破碎化现象; 其中草地/林面积虽增加了35.63 km2, 但斑块数量从0.114万个增加到0.618万个, 景观形状指数由34.92增加到95.19, 景观聚集度指数下降了10.82%, 其斑块趋向破碎化、形状不规则化, 这会阻碍种群间的基因交流、改变物种生存的生物地理环境, 减少生物物种多样性, 结构趋向紧凑对某些干扰的蔓延如虫灾、火灾等的抑制作用减弱。在景观类型层级, 斑块数量由1.24万个增加到2.34万个, 香农多样性指数增加了0.14, 蔓延度指数下降了8.48%, 整个研究区域景观的破碎化现象加剧, 区域原本优势的斑块类型破裂, 优势度差距逐渐缩小, 且空间的连通性降低, 空间优势减弱。文章定量揭示了长江宜昌至武汉岸线土地利用景观格局时空变化特征, 可为该区域景观格局的进一步优化提供依据。     

近33年白洋淀景观动态变化

湿地具有重要的生态功能,由于各种因素的影响改变了湿地水文条件,并且导致湿地退化。利用1974、1987、1996和2007年遥感影像,使用ERDAS 9.1、ARCGIS 9.2和FRAGSTATS 3.3,分析了白洋淀景观动态变化过程及其驱动力。研究结果表明:从1974至2007年,白洋淀湿地面积从249.4km²下降到182.6km²,农田和居民地面积分别从70.0、2.1km²增加到126.4、12.5km²;在景观水平上,斑块密度、景观形状指数和香农多样性指数增加,蔓延度减小,景观破碎化程度增加,优势景观类型湿地对整个景观的控制作用减小;在类型水平上,明水面和沼泽的斑块密度和周长-面积分维数增加,最大斑块指数、平均斑块面积和连接度减小,居民地的斑块密度、最大斑块指数、平均斑块面积、周长-面积分维数和连接度都增加,农田的斑块密度、最大斑块指数和连接度增加,平均斑块面积和周长-面积分维数减小;水位变化是影响白洋淀景观变化的主要因素,水位升高会使湿地面积增加,反之,使湿地面积减小;流域人类活动和降水量变化是白洋淀水位和景观变化的重要驱动力。引水补淀只能暂时缓解白洋淀缺水问题,从流域角度考虑,实施有效的水资源管理方式,才能从根本上解决白洋淀湿地退化的问题。     

Chromosome numbers of five Turkish Centaurea L. (Asteraceae) species

Abstract

We analysed the effects of patch configuration and site history on vascular plants in ancient forests of the Eastern Po Plain, documented back to 1740. Despite their reduced size, all the forests are part of Natura 2000 Network and significantly contribute to the maintenance of a threatened habitat and support biological diversity of the Continental biogeographic region. The presence of some functional ecological plant species groups was correlated with patch configuration and age. Habitat quality, in terms of suitability for forest species, was found to be important in explaining the presence of species of high conservation value, but patch age (as an indicator for habitat quality) played a major role too. For core forest species, patch area is a redundant variable in explaining species richness relative to habitat quality and patch age and the extinction of specialists seems to occur mainly in a deterministic way. Even small forest fragments can be very important for maintaining plant species diversity, at least if they are of high habitat quality and if the forest management is appropriate. However, to achieve a long term conservation, management plans should also aim at an improvement of the anthropogenic matrix surrounding forest remnants.     

三江平原沼泽湿地岛状林植物多样性

 基于Quick Bird影像选择样地区域,采用样方法进行群落学调查。选取丰富度指数（R）、Simpson指数（D）、Shannon-Wiener指数（H′）、Pielou均匀度指数（J_sw）测度多样性水平。结果表明：19个岛状林共记录到维管植物140种,隶属于44科,102属,与相邻的洪河自然保护区内的同类型群落相比较有些物种已经消失。山杨林(Ass. Populus davidiana)、白桦林(Ass. Betula platyphylla)和杨桦林(Ass. P. davidiana+B. platyphylla)3种群落类型多样性指数在灌木层之间差异显著（p<0.05）。岛状林总体3个层次之间的R、D、H′大小顺序均为草本层>灌木层>乔木层,3者之间差异极显著（p<0.01）。岛状林斑块的物种丰富度与斑块面积（r=0.591, p<0.01）、周长（r=0.674 , p<0.01）和形状指数（r=0.584,p<0.01）极显著相关,而D、H′、J_sw与周长、面积和形状指数相关均不显著。受到一定人为干扰的岛状林群落仍具有较高的植物多样性,其中草本层植物多样性占有重要地位。林窗干扰是导致林下植物多样性较高的重要原因。边缘效应可能是引起群落斑块物种丰富度随着斑块面积、周长和形状指数的增大而增加的重要原因。岛状林群落斑块对于维持该地区的植物多样性具有重要意义。     

Predicting bryophyte diversity in grassland and eucalypt-dominated remnants in subhumid Tasmania

Aim To determine the environmental factors associated with bryophyte diversity in remnants in a fragmented, agricultural landscape. Location Eighty‐two remnants of tussock grassland, eucalypt woodland and eucalypt forest in the subhumid Midlands region of Tasmania, Australia. Methods Remnants were surveyed for bryophytes and predictor variables, such as vascular plant cover, climate, and topography. Management histories for each remnant were compiled using both site observation and landowner surveys. Bryophyte cover, richness, and composition were related to the independent variables using simple correlation and general linear models. Results We found weak relationships between the dependent variables and the fragmentation variables (remnant area, remnant perimeter to area ratio, distance to nearest remnant, distance to nearest larger remnant, and remnant age). Instead, climatic variables were important in predicting bryophytes, in particular those affecting humidity (minimum temperature of the coldest month, precipitation). Despite extensive sheep grazing in this landscape, grazing was not correlated with bryophyte diversity. Bryophyte diversity was not explained by vascular plant richness and was only weakly explained by composition, but was predicted by the cover of vascular plants. There was greater bryophyte cover and richness and different composition where the cover of native vascular plants was lower. Main conclusions The implications of our results are that all remnants, regardless of area, age and isolation, appear to be valuable for bryophyte conservation in this highly altered landscape. Our results also suggest that the cover of the vascular plant community, rather than its diversity, holds promise as a guide to bryophyte diversity. Bryophyte composition was similar between sites and a focus on the most species‐rich sites may be the best conservation strategy in this ecosystem.     

Ant community patterns in highly fragmented Chaco forests of central Argentina

The Chaco is the largest dry forest biome in South America and one of the regions most threatened by agricultural intensification. As a consequence, in several areas Chaco forests persist as forest remnants of different sizes embedded in an agricultural matrix. Ants are social insects that have key roles in ecosystem functioning, and the effects of this ongoing land use change process on ant communities are little known for this region. In the present study, we assessed the consequences of land use replacement by monocultures and forest fragmentation on ant communities. Particularly, we assessed whether patch size, patch isolation and edge effect affect species richness and composition of ground‐dwelling ants in fragmented landscapes of Chaco forests. We collected ants by combining hand collecting and pitfall traps in 17 forest fragments and the surrounding matrix from two sites in Córdoba, Argentina. Patch size and patch isolation had no effect on ant richness; however, patch isolation and, to a lesser extent, patch size altered ant species composition. The ant community was not affected by edge but it was negatively affected by the crop matrix, which reduced richness and altered species composition. These results indicate that monoculture matrices severely affect ant communities in the Chaco forests, and that the effects of other indicators of habitat fragmentation (patch size and edge effect) are subtler and less relevant. In the present context of land use change, even small fragments could have an important value for the conservation of ant diversity.     

Explaining bird species composition and richness in eucalypt-dominated remnants in subhumid Tasmania

Aim To determine the factors influencing the distribution of birds in remnants in a fragmented agricultural landscape. Location Forty‐seven eucalypt remnants and six sites in continuous forest in the subhumid Midlands region of Tasmania, Australia. Methods Sites were censused over a two‐year period, and environmental data were collected for remnants. The avifauna of the sites was classified and ordinated. The abundances of bird species, and bird species composition, richness, abundance and diversity were related to environmental variables, using simple correlation and modelling. Results There were two distinct groups of sample sites, which sharply differed in species composition, richness, diversity and bird abundance, separated on the presence/absence of noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala Latham) colonies, remnant size, vegetation structural attributes and variables that reflected disturbance history. The approximate remnant size threshold for the change from one group to another was 20–30 ha. Remnant species richness and diversity were most strongly explained by remnant area and noisy miner abundance, with contributions from structural and isolation attributes in the second case. Segment richness was explained by precipitation, logging history and noisy miner abundance. Bird abundance was positively related to precipitation and negatively related to tree dieback. The 28 individual bird species models were highly individualistic, with vegetation structural variables, noisy miner abundance, climatic variables, variables related to isolation, area, variables related to floristics, disturbance variables, the nature of the matrix and remnant shape all being components in declining order of incidence. Age of the remnant did not relate to any of the dependent variables. Main conclusions Degraded and small remnants may have become more distinct in their avifaunal characteristics than might otherwise be the case, as a result of the establishment of colonies of an aggressive native bird, the noisy miner. The area, isolation and shape of remnants directly relate to the abundance of relatively few species, compared to vegetation attributes, climate and the abundance of the noisy miner. The nature of the matrix is important in the response of some species to fragmentation.     

Edge and shape effects on ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species richness and composition in forest fragments

In this paper, we tested four hypotheses relative to edge and shape effects on ant communities: (i) forest edges have lower species richness than the remnant core; (ii) species richness increases with distance from the edge; (iii) irregularly shaped remnants have lower species richness than more regular remnants; (iv) there is a higher similarity of species composition between edge and core in irregular than in regular remnants. We sampled litter ant communities on the edge and core of ten remnants, in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Species richness was larger at the forest core than at the edges, although did not increase with distance from the edge. Species richness did not vary with shape complexity. The similarity of species composition between edge and core showed a decreasing trend with remnant area, and did not vary with shape complexity. The observed differences of species richness between forest core and edge may be due to higher harshness of edges, caused by environmental changes. The absence of relationship between species richness and distance from the edge might indicate the range of edge effects, which would be smaller than the smallest distance of core sampled. Therefore, edges would affect litter-dwelling ant species richness in a distance smaller than 50 m. The observation of species composition allowed us to notice an effect of fragmentation that would not be noticed if we were considering only species richness. Edge may serve as step to generalist species, which may use it to colonise forest remnants. Furthermore, small remnants are more colonisation-prone by such species, and have a more homogeneous species composition than large remnants.     

Conservation of vascular plants in single large and several small mires: species richness, rarity and taxonomic diversity

1. This study on vascular plant species of boreal spruce and pine mires concentrated on two geometrical principles: whether single large or several small (SLOSS) reserves contain more species and whether patch shape should be as nearly circular as possible.
2. SLOSS and patch shape have usually been tested by using species richness. Only a few studies have taken the rarity of species into account, and taxonomic diversity has never been used. In our study, all three of these factors were used.
3. Our results showed that the number of species was not related to the spruce mire size, but it increased in relation to the pine mire size. In contrast, the rarity score increased in relation to the area of spruce mires, but it was not related to the area of pine mires. Taxonomic diversity was not related to size in the case of spruce mires, but it increased with pine mires.
4. The SLOSS comparison showed that several small mires contained more vascular plant species than a large one of equal size. Several small mires also had higher rarity scores and taxonomic diversity than a single large mire. The number of species, rarity score and taxonomic diversity increased in relation to the number of small mires in a group. The same results were obtained with both spruce and pine mires.
5. Species richness, rarity score and taxonomic diversity were not related to mire shape. The results did not depend on the mire type.     

松嫩平原破碎化羊草草甸退化演替系列植物多样性的空间格局

物种多样性格局是国际生物多样性科学前沿领域热点问题.本文以松嫩平原破碎化羊草草甸退化演替系列(6种植物群落、144个斑块)为研究对象,系统地探讨了其α、β和γ多样性空间格局及其机理.结果表明:在羊草草甸退化演替系列中共发现87种植物,但没有一种能分布于所有斑块;羊草+鸡儿肠群落或羊草群落的α、β和γ多样性较高,多稀有种和特有种;碱地肤群落最低,少稀有种,无特有种;γ多样性与α多样性显著正相关,但与β多样性无相关性.各植物群落的α多样性与单个斑块面积呈显著幂函数关系,β多样性(相似性指数Sjk)仅羊草+鸡儿肠群落呈显著幂函数关系;斑块平均面积和总面积与α、γ多样性呈显著正相关,与β多样性无相关性.群落的物种丰富度越高,稀有种和特有种就越多,物种在局域斑块上灭绝的可能性越大;β多样性在物种多样性格局中的重要性与生境破碎化程度有关.     

Evidence that creation of a Pinus radiata plantation in south-eastern Australia has reduced habitat for frogs

Loss and fragmentation of habitat resulting from the clearing of forests for agriculture and urban development threaten the persistence of thousands of species worldwide. The clearing of native forest to plant a monoculture of exotic trees may also reduce and fragment the habitat available for indigenous plants and animals. Metacommunity theory suggests that the species richness of a community in a patch of habitat will increase with patch size but decrease with patch isolation. We investigated whether replacement of native Eucalyptus forest with a plantation of Pinus radiata has reduced and fragmented habitat for frogs, leading to a lower species richness of frog communities in the pine plantation and in small and/or isolated remnant patches of native forest. We surveyed frogs at 60 sites at streams and wetlands in the pine plantation, remnant patches of native forest surrounded by pines, and adjacent areas of contiguous native forest near Tumut in New South Wales, Australia. Only two of eight species of frogs were recorded in the pine plantation, and regression modelling indicated that streams and wetlands in the pines supported fewer frog species than those in remnant patches or the intact native forest. In addition, species richness tended to be higher at wide, shallow swamps and marshes near the headwaters of streams, with herbs, grasses, shrubs, reeds, sedges and rushes in the emergent and fringing vegetation. There was little evidence to suggest that larger eucalypt remnants supported more species of frogs, or that remnants isolated by greater expanses of pines supported fewer species, but we had low power to detect these effects with our data set. Our results support the preservation of all remnants of native forest along drainage lines and around swamps, soaks and bogs, regardless of size. Where new pine plantations are established, for example, on cleared agricultural land, care should be taken to maintain the structural and vegetative characteristics of water bodies to ensure that they continue to provide suitable breeding habitat for frogs.     

Importance of riparian remnants for frog species diversity in a highly fragmented rainforest

Tropical forests undergo continuous transformation to other land uses, resulting in landscapes typified by forest fragments surrounded by anthropogenic habitats. Small forest fragments, specifically strip-shaped remnants flanking streams (referred to as riparian remnants), can be particularly important for the maintenance and conservation of biodiversity within highly fragmented forests. We compared frog species diversity between riparian remnants, other forest fragments and cattle pastures in a tropical landscape in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. We found similar species richness in the three habitats studied and a similar assemblage structure between riparian remnants and forest fragments, although species composition differed by 50 per cent. Frog abundance was halved in riparian remnants compared with forest fragments, but was twice that found in pastures. Our results suggest that riparian remnants play an important role in maintaining a portion of frog species diversity in a highly fragmented forest, particularly during environmentally stressful (hot and dry) periods. In this regard, however, the role of riparian remnants is complementary, rather than substitutive, with respect to the function of other forest fragments within the fragmented forest.