生物多样性重要区域识别——国外案例、国内研究进展

生物多样性丧失已经成为全球重大环境问题之一,重要区域或重要物种的识别是制定和实施保护计划的首要步骤,生物多样性保护的优先性研究成为保护生物学研究的焦点之一。优先保护的概念很早就被提出,保护国际(Conservation International,CI)一直倡导的热点地区途径受到国际社会的重视,生物多样性重要区域(KBAs)可以是综合的,也可以是单一类群的重要区域,如不同的国家已经开展了鸟类重要区域(important bird areas,IBAs)、植物重要区域(important plants areas,IPAs)、蝴蝶重要区域(prime butterfly areas,PBAs)和两栖爬行动物重要区域(important amphibians and reptiles areas,IARAs)等的识别研究工作。集中力量优先保护一些重要的地区是目前生物多样性保护较为现实和高效的途径。以佛得角群岛(the Cape Verde Islands)、意大利(Italy)、荷兰(the Netherlands)分别依据动物、植物单一类群或多个类群组合进行生物多样性重要区域识别为例,介绍了几个国家的生物多样性重要区域识别经验,概述国内在生物多样性重要区域识别领域的研究现状,详细介绍了海南岛生物多样性保护优先区识别案例,同时以国务院2010年批准实施的《中国生物多样性保护战略与行动计划(2011—2030年)》划定的32个陆地生物多样性保护优先区为例,提出中国未来应全面开展生物多样性本底调查,在充分获取生物多样性分布数据的基础上,依据植被类型和物种多样性以及受威胁因素等,在32个陆地生物多样性保护优先区内进一步客观准确地识别生物多样性重要区域(热点中的热点或重要区域中的重要区域),为中国未来的保护地规划、生物多样性监测、政策制定等提供科学支撑。     

厦门市生态安全格局识别与生态管控区分级管控

生态控制区是防止城市建设无序蔓延,保障城市生态安全的重要生态空间。对城市生态控制区进行分级管控能够充分发挥其在维护城市生态安全,促进城市建设与生态保护协同发展等方面的作用。研究基于多源数据融合手段,采用"生态系统服务重要性-生态敏感性-景观连通性"评价结果识别生态源地,采用最小累积阻力模型（Minimum Cumulative Resistance,MCR）判定生态廊道和生态节点,形成了点-线-面交汇的生态安全格局网络,并将其应用于厦门市生态控制区分级划定。研究结果表明,厦门市生态源地共有17处,面积为604.19 km²,约占厦门市陆域面积的35.54%,包括陆域生态保护红线、水源保护地、森林公园等区域;提取主要生态廊道15条,长度为152.84 km,主要为连接生态源地与海洋的山海生态廊道;设置生态节点22个,主要为生态源地范围外的小面积重要保护区域和具有明确生态保护目标的区域。依据生态安全格局将厦门市生态控制区划分为三级管控区域,其中,生态源地、生态廊道以及生态节点划入一级管控区,面积占比为69.48%;一级管控区外的生态重要区和林地划入二级管控区,面积占比为10.15%;生态控制区内的其他区域划入三级管控区,面积占比为20.37%。在此基础上提出了分级管控建议,以期为厦门市实现生态控制区高水平保护与城市高质量发展提供重要参考和借鉴。     

棉铃虫风险发生区的确定与评估

以河北省中南部地区作为研究区,应用GIS技术和地统计学方法就某一阈值的风险区、某一阈值的发生概率地图进行了探讨,并对该地区棉铃虫二代卵发生的历史数据(1980～1997)进行了空间模拟,在此基础上得到风险发生区和高风险区地图。二代棉铃虫卵发生的地域特点是,重发生区位于研究区的西部和南部部分地区,而轻发生区位于东北部,从东北至西南,棉铃虫发生程度趋于加重,其中西部的阜平县、曲阳县、行唐县、灵寿县、平山县等地以及南部的邯郸市、磁县、临漳县、魏县等地发生最重,属于二代棉铃虫高风险发生地,而东北的遵化市、玉田县、丰润县、唐山市、丰南县等地最轻。通过对风险发生区与各个影响因子如气象、耕作制度、高程、一代蛾量等的定性和定量的分析,认为影响棉铃虫发生的主要因子为气象因子,包括温度与降雨。就二代卵而言,主要影响因子为6月降雨量的大小,其次为耕作制度如小麦、棉花种植比例和一代蛾量。此外,环境因子如海拔高度、植被覆盖大小也对棉铃虫的发生有一定的影响。通过综合分析确认研究区棉铃虫高风险发生地(重发生区及中偏重发生区)具有一些显著特点,即海拔较高、多山地和高原、有较多沙土、自然植被覆盖率高、小麦种植比例较高、降雨偏少、温度较高、湿度较低、一代蛾量较高。     

Setting priorities for possum control at a regional level

Abstract

Because funds for possum control are always insufficient to carry out control in all the areas that may require it, it is important that the funds available are allocated to those areas that most deserve it. This can be achieved only by implementing a process that first identifies the resource types likely to be degraded by possums, and secondly ranks areas for control within each resource type. If necessary, high priority areas between resource types can also be ranked. A method for undertaking such a process is described.     

Using Self-Organizing Maps to Explore Patterns in Species Richness and Protection

The combination of species distributions with abiotic and landscape variables using Geographic Information Systems can prioritize areas for biodiversity protection by identifying areas of high richness, although the number of variables and complexity of the relationships between them can prove difficult for traditional statistical methods. The use of these methods, which commonly assume linearity and low correlation between independent variables, can obscure even strong relationships and patterns. Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) is a heuristic statistical tool based on machine learning methods that can be used to explore patterns in large, complex datasets for linear and nonlinear patterns. Here we use SOM to visualize broad patterns in species richness by taxonomic group (birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians) and 78 habitat, landscape and environmental variables using data from the Gap analysis project for West Virginia, USA. Soil and habitat variables demonstrated clear relationships with species richness; areas with high species richness occurred in areas with high soil richness. Landscape metrics were less important, although habitat diversity and evenness indices were positively related to species richness in some taxonomic groups. Current coverage of protected areas (e.g., National Forests and state parks) appeared to be insufficient to cover most of the areas of high species richness, especially for reptiles; many of the polygons with the highest richness were not covered by these areas. The identification of polygons with high richness and low protection can be used to focus conservation efforts in those areas.     

晋冀鲁豫接壤区生态灾害及灾情评估研究

晋冀鲁豫接壤区的发展在我国经济发展战略中起着承东启西的重要作用。而制约该区经济发展和主要因素之一则是生态灾害,通过对自然灾害类型的划分及其成因的分析,进行灾情评估与排序,找出不同地区所受影响较大的灾种,以及所受不同灾害的轻重程度,以便为发展经济制定对策,使该区在生态上得以改善,经济上得以发展。     

Tuning the tide: creating ecological conditions for tidal marsh development in a flood control area

The Schelde estuary, characterised as a turbid, polluted and eutrophic system, has nowadays reached a turning point in the restoration of its water quality. During the past century, human activities have reduced the intertidal areas, essential in the estuarine ecosystem for nutrient cycling and the self-cleaning capacity. Today, in combination with a master plan to protect the population from storm surges, an opportunity rises to restore areas with a tidal influence. One specific option of combining safety and ecology is the creation of flood control areas (FCA) under the influence of a controlled reduced tide (CRT). These specific areas will differ in many ways from fully tidal areas. However, these areas can fulfill important ecological functions with effects on aeration, nitrification, denitrification, sedimentation and primary production in the estuary. Opportunities for ecological development within a CRT have been investigated for a specific case. The ecology within a CRT showed to be very case specific, depending e.g. on the morphology of the area, the sluice design and the local water quality. Depending on the sluice design, water quality can be improved and sedimentation can be influenced. Possible measures to design a CRT with a rich habitat variation are discussed.     

基于地形梯度的甘肃白龙江流域典型生态系统服务分布特征

白龙江流域是长江上游重要的水源涵养区和生态屏障,同时也是国家级贫困县集中连片区(秦巴山区)。基于ArcGIS软件和InVEST模型,从高程、坡度、地形起伏度、地形位指数等方面分析了甘肃白龙江流域典型生态系统服务的地形梯度特征。结果表明:(1)甘肃白龙江流域碳储量、水源涵养、生境质量、土壤保持服务功能的空间分异明显,其高值区主要分布在自然保护区、林区,低值区则在河谷、城镇、农耕地区。(2)碳储量、水源涵养和生境质量随着坡度和地形起伏度的增加而增加,土壤保持则呈先增加后降低的趋势,随地形位指数增加呈现波动变化;(3)流域综合生态系统服务供给重要区域逐渐向两极分化,多种生态系统供给服务的重要区域主要在中高梯度片区,而一般区主要分布在低梯度片。地形特征是影响流域生态系统服务梯度差异的重要因素。通过分析流域不同地形因子下分析碳储量、水源涵养、生境质量、土壤保持的空间分异特征,可为中国西部山地流域生态系统格局优化管控和生态文明建设提供科学依据。     

Prioritization of Target Areas for Rehabilitation: A Case Study from West Kalimantan, Indonesia

To rehabilitate degraded forestlands and conserve the remaining forests in Kalimantan, effective measures are needed that accommodate various land uses in the landscape. We present a pragmatic model for prioritizing target areas for rehabilitation and discuss a potential approach, combining traditional reforestation and the forest management methods of local Dayak tribes with the operations of a commercial tree plantation venture, to promote the rehabilitation of elements of the tropical lowland rainforest. We characterized the vegetation and land use in the study area and assume that rehabilitation and conservation value will be maximized by concentrating rehabilitation efforts around forest patches with high cultural and economic value to the local Dayaks. We simulated potential enlargement of these culturally important forests and built a model to calculate a rehabilitation value for each forest fragment and fragment group with easily measurable criteria of vegetation and area. The model gives priority to areas where large continuous areas of culturally important forests already exist and/or will be created. The individual culturally important forest patches and their total area in the landscape are small, but even a small potential enlargement may be enough to establish relatively large concentrations. The potential matrix area for rehabilitation is dominated by young successional woody vegetation. Forested areas, although heavily degraded, connect several culturally important forest concentrations and are the most desirable target for rehabilitation. A well‐managed commercial tree plantation can enhance conditions for the protection and rehabilitation of degraded forestlands through traditional reforestation and forest management methods.     

Is the malaria diagnosis expensive?

Malaria remains the most important of the tropical diseases, widespread throughout the tropics, but also occurring in many temperate regions. The disease causes a heavy toll of illness and death, especially among children in endemic areas. It also poses a risk to business travellers, tourists and inmigrants and imported cases of malaria are increasingly seen in non-endemic areas. We discuss here how microscopical diagnosis is essential for identifyingPlasmodium species responsible of the infection and discarding possible mixed infections. Thus, a correct treatment can be administered in 30 min, avoiding secondary stays and saving important amounts of money. Problems of drug resistance have to be distinguished from those arising due to erroneous diagnosis.     

The Paths of Development of Mathematical Psychology

This article reviews current developments in Soviet mathematical psychology and relates them to the very extensive extant literature in the United States. Programmatic articles of this kind are frequent in Soviet journals. They serve the dual purpose of highlighting current areas of concern and pointing to probable future areas of growth. Mathematics in large doses is now a standard part of the Soviet psychologist's education, and can be counted on to be an important feature of future psychological research.     

The significance of plant growth-forms as "shelter" for terrestrial animals

Different plant growth-forms such as tussocks and rosettes, were selected as micro ecosystems in an area in which these structures were spatially isolated from each other. These growth forms are important during winter since they serve to regulate temperatures, which is important to invertebrate animals. This was shown with intensive temperature recordings in winter, correlated with numbers of animals. Plant growth-forms are more important in young bare areas where there are fewer plants to provide shelter, than in older areas, where a denser vegetation cover affords more possibilities for shelter. Such differences can be expected to influence the abundance as well as the occurrence of animals during the development of a community.     

保护地旅游公路的野生动物通道设计原则与技术参数

保护地以其丰富的生物多样性和优美的自然环境为生态旅游的开展提供了基础条件。近年来, 保护地的生态旅游与旅游道路建设得到了飞速发展。旅游公路的修建, 在促进经济发展的同时, 也带来了野生动物致死、基因隔离、栖息地丧失、生境破碎化等一系列生态问题。因此设立合适的野生动物通道作为一种有效方式, 成为缓解公路对野生动物负面影响的主要途径。本文基于动物通道相关研究, 提出通道设计应遵从针对性、科学性、持续有效性、可行性四条原则, 道路生态学与保护生物学相关理论、保护地管理法规与管理规划、关键物种或类群生态学特性与栖息地现状以及沿线地形地貌特征都应作为通道设置的参考依据; 并从通道建设的数量、位置、类型、尺寸、表面设计、配套设施以及后期监测等方面提出了通道建设的技术参数。为长期有效地发挥野生动物通道的生态功能, 建议制定通道建设技术规范, 细化通道技术参数, 积极开展科研监测, 以缓解道路对野生动物的影响。     

自然公园功能分区方法研究——以黄山风景名胜区为例

为了推进生态文明和美丽中国建设,合理利用自然资源,促进人与自然的和谐,我国提出"国家公园体制"并要求对保护地体系进行优化完善。功能分区作为保护地规划与管理中最相关的过程,是保护地体系优化的重要方面。自然公园作为多类型保护地的一个组成部分,其功能分区还存在着对生态与经济协调发展考虑不充分,缺乏综合性的分区研究等问题,不利于保护地的可持续发展。因此,为了推进保护地体系的优化与完善,从综合管理的角度出发,基于不可替代性、生态脆弱性、景观资源评价和经济建设的适宜性等方面提出了自然公园的功能分区方法,并以黄山风景名胜区为例进行了分区研究。本研究认为,自然公园的功能分区可包括生态保育区、景观保护区和经济发展区三个一级区,生态保育区可以分为核心生态保育区和重要生态保育区,景观保护区可以分为核心景观保护区和重要景观保护区,经济发展区可以分为游憩区、农业区和居住区。     

Development of a scoring method to identify important areas of plant diversity in Ireland

In the face of accelerating biodiversity loss it is more important than ever to identify important areas of biodiversity and target limited resources for conservation. We developed a method to identify areas of important plant diversity using known species’ distributions and evaluations of the species importance. We collated distribution records of vascular plants and developed a scoring method of spatial prioritisation to assign conservation value to the island of Ireland at the hectad scale (10 km × 10 km) and at the tetrad scale (2 km × 2 km) for two counties where sufficient data were available. Each plant species was assigned a species conservation value based on both its conservation status and distribution in Ireland. For each cell, the species conservation values within the cell were summed, thereby differentiating between areas of high and low conservation value across the landscape. Areas with high conservation value represent the most important areas for plant conservation.The protected area cover and the number of species present in these important areas were also examined by first defining threshold values using two different criteria. Species representation was high in the important areas; the identified important areas of plant diversity maintained high representation of species of conservation concern and achieved high species representation overall, requiring a low number of sites (<8%) to do so. The coincidence of protected areas and important areas for plant diversity was found to be low and while some important areas of plant diversity might benefit from the general protection afforded by these areas, our research highlights the need for conservation outside of protected areas.     

Multimodal integration for the representation of space in the posterior parietal cortex.

The posterior parietal cortex has long been considered an ''association'' area that combines information from different sensory modalities to form a cognitive representation of space. However, until recently little has been known about the neural mechanisms responsible for this important cognitive process. Recent experiments from the author''s laboratory indicate that visual, somatosensory, auditory and vestibular signals are combined in areas LIP and 7a of the posterior parietal cortex. The integration of these signals can represent the locations of stimuli with respect to the observer and within the environment. Area MSTd combines visual motion signals, similar to those generated during an observer''s movement through the environment, with eye-movement and vestibular signals. This integration appears to play a role in specifying the path on which the observer is moving. All three cortical areas combine different modalities into common spatial frames by using a gain-field mechanism. The spatial representations in areas LIP and 7a appear to be important for specifying the locations of targets for actions such as eye movements or reaching; the spatial representation within area MSTd appears to be important for navigation and the perceptual stability of motion signals.     

An ecosystem evaluation framework for global seamount conservation and management

In the last twenty years, several global targets for protection of marine biodiversity have been adopted but have failed. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) aims at preserving 10% of all the marine biomes by 2020. For achieving this goal, ecologically or biologically significant areas (EBSA) have to be identified in all biogeographic regions. However, the methodologies for identifying the best suitable areas are still to be agreed. Here, we propose a framework for applying the CBD criteria to locate potential ecologically or biologically significant seamount areas based on the best information currently available. The framework combines the likelihood of a seamount constituting an EBSA and its level of human impact and can be used at global, regional and local scales. This methodology allows the classification of individual seamounts into four major portfolio conservation categories which can help optimize management efforts toward the protection of the most suitable areas. The framework was tested against 1000 dummy seamounts and satisfactorily assigned seamounts to proper EBSA and threats categories. Additionally, the framework was applied to eight case study seamounts that were included in three out of four portfolio categories: areas highly likely to be identified as EBSA with high degree of threat; areas highly likely to be EBSA with low degree of threat; and areas with a low likelihood of being EBSA with high degree of threat. This framework will allow managers to identify seamount EBSAs and to prioritize their policies in terms of protecting undisturbed areas, disturbed areas for recovery of habitats and species, or both based on their management objectives. It also identifies seamount EBSAs and threats considering different ecological groups in both pelagic and benthic communities. Therefore, this framework may represent an important tool to mitigate seamount biodiversity loss and to achieve the 2020 CBD goals.     

中国喀斯特地区微生物群落结构和功能的研究进展

频繁的人类生产活动使植被遭到破坏,造成基岩裸露的石漠化现象,严重制约了喀斯特地区自然和社会经济的发展,随着生态修复工程的大力开展,微生物群落的结构和功能在生态修复中逐渐受到重视,因为微生物作为喀斯特生态系统的重要组成部分,不仅在物质循环过程中起着重要作用,也在喀斯特生态系统修复中占有十分重要的地位。所以微生物群落结构和功能的研究可以作为衡量生态系统稳定性的重要指标。就中国喀斯特地区的典型植被恢复的不同阶段、成土过程、不同的土地利用方式、矿山修复过程以及不同水域中的微生物群落结构及功能等方面的研究状况进行系统梳理,结合实例综合论述喀斯特地区生态修复过程中微生物作用的研究进展,以期为喀斯特地区生态修复提供参考。     

Modeling the Cardiovascular-Respiratory Control System: Data,Model Analysis,and Parameter Estimation

Several key areas in modeling the cardiovascular and respiratory control systems are reviewed and examples are given which reflect the research state of the art in these areas. Attention is given to the interrelated issues of data collection, experimental design, and model application including model development and analysis. Examples are given of current clinical problems which can be examined via modeling, and important issues related to model adaptation to the clinical setting.     

黔西北石漠化地区两栖动物多样性及其生境选择

对两栖动物多样性及其生境选择的调查, 可为两栖动物的保护提供基础性资料。我们于2018年9-10月、2019年3-8月对贵州省毕节市撒拉溪石漠化综合治理示范区30个研究样方的两栖动物进行了调查, 共观察到两栖动物5,688只, 隶属2目6科9属10种。采用Shannon-Wiener多样性指数、Margalef丰富度指数、Pielou均匀度指数等分析了不同等级石漠化区域中的两栖动物物种多样性, 采用Sorenson相似性系数、聚类分析等方法分析了群落的相似性与差异性。结果显示: (1)云南小狭口蛙(Glyphoglossus yunnanensis)为优势种, 贵州疣螈(Tylototriton kweichowensis)、红点齿蟾(Oreolalax rhodostigmatus)、中华蟾蜍(Bufo gargarizans)、华西雨蛙(Hyla annectans)和昭觉林蛙(Rana chaochiaoensis)为常见种, 粗皮姬蛙(Microhyla butleri)、沼水蛙(Hylarana guentheri)、筠连臭蛙(Odorrana junlianensis)和威宁蛙(Rana weiningensis)为稀有种。(2)无石漠化区域与潜在石漠化区域两栖动物物种数、个体数以及生境类型较之其他3个等级石漠化区域更为丰富, 多样性指数、丰富度指数以无石漠化区域为最大。(3)无石漠化区域和潜在石漠化区域之间、无石漠化区域和潜在石漠化区域分别与其他3个等级石漠化区域之间表现出较强的差异性。研究表明, 喀斯特地区石漠化导致的生境差异是两栖动物分布差异的重要原因, 加强石漠化的生态治理是喀斯特地区保护两栖动物的重要途径。