基于TM NDVI的武功山山地草甸植被覆盖度时空变化研究

以江西省武功山山地草甸为研究区,基于4期TM(Thematic Mapper,专题测图仪)卫星遥感影像,提取NDVI(Normalized Difference Vegetation Index,归一化植被指数),采用像元二分模型,运用ENVI 5.1和Arc GIS 10.0软件计算得到武功山山地草甸的植被覆盖度分布格局及动态变化。研究结果表明:(1)研究期间山地草甸面积减少了9.72%,呈递减趋势。20年来随着武功山风景区成立—旅游业发展—山地草甸生态修复,山地草甸植被覆盖度增加和减少交替,总体呈上升趋势;(2)山地草甸植被覆盖度呈现东南高西北低的空间分布特征。低覆盖度草甸区集中在武功山山脉的西北侧坡面的崖壁和部分山脊线上,而高覆盖度草甸区多分布在武功山山脉的东南坡面;(3)研究区山地草甸退化与改善并存,山地草甸最北端和白鹤峰-九龙山区域的东南坡、南坡低海拔处植被总体呈退化特征;发云界南部的东坡植被总体呈现改善特征。研究期间山地草甸退化面积比改善面积多出1.78%。(4)山地草甸植被覆盖度的分布格局和地形因子存在较高的相关性(P0.05):植被覆盖度随着坡向的变化而呈规律性的变化,总体上山地草甸植被覆盖度的分布为阳坡平坡阴坡;植被覆盖度先是随着坡度的上升而升高,在坡度15°—25°时达到峰值,然后随坡度的上升而下降,在45°—90°最低;植被覆盖度随海拔升高呈波浪式下降,1000—1200m最高,在主峰山顶海拔1800—1918.3m最低。遥感解译检验结果证明采用此方法对大面积山地草甸覆盖度分布及变化进行反演可行而准确;在后续研究中将采用不同季相的多期影像数据提取NDVI对研究区植被覆盖度进行长期监测,以便更准确可靠地分析山地草甸演化过程和趋势。     

蒙古栎群落交错带(ecotone)的研究

通过群落学的样地法对蒙古栎(Quercus mongolica)群落和核桃楸(Juglans mandshurica)群落、蒙古栎群落和长白落叶松(Larix olgensis)群落、蒙古栎群落和杂灌丛群落及其交错带进行了研究,分析了在三个地点的几种群落结构和物种组成方面的差异,计算了各群落的物种丰富度指数(d_Gl)、Simpson 物种多样性指数(D)、Shannon-Weiner物种多样性指数(H′)及Pielou均匀度指数(J)。研究发现在通化和大青沟两个地区群落交错带的物种丰富度及Shannnon多样性指数最高;而在桦甸群落交错带的物种丰富度和物种多样性指数要比核桃楸群落低,比蒙古栎群落高,没有表现出特别强烈的边缘效应。本文也分析了群落乔木层、灌木层和草本层盖度之间的关系。     

Mapping gains and losses in woody vegetation across global tropical drylands

Woody vegetation in global tropical drylands is of significant importance for both the interannual variability of the carbon cycle and local livelihoods. Satellite observations over the past decades provide a unique way to assess the vegetation long‐term dynamics across biomes worldwide. Yet, the actual changes in the woody vegetation are always hidden by interannual fluctuations of the leaf density, because the most widely used remote sensing data are primarily related to the photosynthetically active vegetation components. Here, we quantify the temporal trends of the nonphotosynthetic woody components (i.e., stems and branches) in global tropical drylands during 2000–2012 using the vegetation optical depth (VOD), retrieved from passive microwave observations. This is achieved by a novel method focusing on the dry season period to minimize the influence of herbaceous vegetation and using MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data to remove the interannual fluctuations of the woody leaf component. We revealed significant trends (P < 0.05) in the woody component (VOD_wood) in 35% of the areas characterized by a nonsignificant trend in the leaf component (VOD_leaf modeled from NDVI), indicating pronounced gradual growth/decline in woody vegetation not captured by traditional assessments. The method is validated using a unique record of ground measurements from the semiarid Sahel and shows a strong agreement between changes in VOD_wood and changes in ground observed woody cover (r² = 0.78). Reliability of the obtained woody component trends is also supported by a review of relevant literatures for eight hot spot regions of change. The proposed approach is expected to contribute to an improved assessment of, for example, changes in dryland carbon pools.     

突变级数法在厦门城市生态安全评价中的应用

针对港湾快速城市化地区存在的潜在突变特性,基于P-S-R(压力-状态-响应)框架和突变级数法,构建了评价城市生态安全的突变模型,并对1996—2006年厦门城市生态安全进行了评价.结果表明：1996—1998年,快速城市化对厦门市区域生态安全的影响不大,研究区生态安全状况呈上升趋势;1998—2001年,由于大范围高强度的填海造地、人口激增等生态干扰远远超过了生态系统自身的修复能力,导致厦门城市生态安全状况呈快速下降趋势;2001—2006年,厦门城市生态安全整体水平回升,主要受其海湾型生态城市重大战略转变的影响;2006年,研究区系统压力安全级别为Ⅲ,说明厦门市还存在着生态安全隐患.突变级数法反映了单一指标极值情况对生态系统突变的影响,弥补了现有方法在此方面的不足,它既减小了权重赋值的主观性,又避免了主观判断安全标准的不确定性,可准确地反映城市生态安全的发展趋势.     

庙岛群岛南五岛灌木群落结构及其对环境因子的响应

该研究对山东省庙岛群岛南五岛灌木植被及环境因子进行调查,运用TWINSPAN等级划分法和多元分析技术研究调查区域内灌木的植被分布、群落结构及其与环境因子间的关系。结果显示:(1)调查期间庙岛群岛南五岛共发现灌木27种,隶属于15科23属,荆条、扁担木、酸枣为优势种。(2)灌木群丛主要被划分为6个群丛,即桑群丛、刺槐-柘树群丛、酸枣群丛、扁担木群丛、荆条群丛、紫穗槐群丛。(3)应用典范对应分析(CCA)并采用向前引入法对环境因子进行逐步筛选,Monte Carlo置换检验结果显示,乔木层盖度、土壤pH是影响庙岛群岛南五岛灌木空间分布的关键环境因子。研究认为,CCA二维排序结果与TWINSPAN分类结果较为一致,庙岛群岛南五岛森林灌木群落主要分布于乔木层盖度适中、偏酸性土壤的环境下。     

贮藏条件对河西走廊四种旱生灌木种子萌发的影响

不同贮藏条件下,探讨了河西走廊枸杞(Lycium barbarum)、黑果枸杞(L.rutheni-cum)、花棒(Hedysarum scorpaium)和泡果白刺(Nitraria sphaerocarpa)4种旱生灌木种子萌发情况。结果表明:枸杞、黑果枸杞和花棒种子萌发对贮藏条件有一致性的响应,即经过低温湿润(-5℃和4℃)贮藏后有较高的萌发率、较快的萌发速度和较早的萌发开始时间,贮藏条件对泡果白刺的种子萌发(<30%)的影响较小;冬季冷屋贮藏后(-5℃,湿润)的枸杞种子萌发率(68%)显著大于冰箱贮藏(4℃,湿润)和室温干燥贮藏(<20%);冰箱和冬季冷屋贮藏后黑果枸杞种子萌发率约80%,室温干燥贮藏后萌发率仅为5%;冰箱和冬季冷屋贮藏后的花棒种子萌发率达到88%和65%,干燥贮藏后为40%。低温层积(-5℃和4℃)是打破枸杞、花棒和黑果枸杞种子休眠的有效方法之一。     

Effects of Alpine land‐use changes: Soil macrofauna community revisited

Although soil invertebrates play a decisive role in maintaining ecosystem functioning, little is known about their structural composition in Alpine soils and how their abundances are affected by the currently ongoing land‐use changes. In this study, we re‐assessed the soil macrofauna community structure of managed and abandoned Alpine pastureland, which has already been evaluated 14 years earlier. Our results confirm clear shifts in the community composition after abandonment, in that (1) Chilopoda and Diplopoda were recorded almost exclusively on the abandoned sites, (2) Coleoptera larvae and Diptera larvae were more abundant on the abandoned than on the managed sites, whereas (3) Lumbricidae dominated on the managed sites. By revisiting managed and abandoned sites, we infer community patterns caused by abandonment such as changes in the epigeic earthworm community structure, and we discuss seasonal and sampling effects. Our case study improves the still limited understanding of spatio‐temporal biodiversity patterns of Alpine soil communities.     

北京山区植被动态及生态恢复的遥感监测

基于北京地区1979、1988、1999、2005和2009年5期Landsat数据,利用基于植被指数的像元线性分解模型对植被覆盖度进行反演,分析了北京山区植被覆盖的时空动态,并通过提取植被退化和修复的区域,研究了海拔、坡度和土壤类型对生态修复的影响.结果表明：1979-1988年,北京山区植被覆盖基本稳定,其后由于社会经济的快速发展,1988-2000年北京山区植被严重退化,2000年以后由于采取多种保护措施,大部分区域生态恢复效果明显,2009年平均覆盖度达到72%,比1999年增加了13%.北京山区植被覆盖变化与地理特征密切相关,土壤贫瘠和坡度较大区域在自然状态下的退化比例相对较高,且退化后不易自然恢复,而低海拔区域受人为因素的影响更大.     

Long‐term experimental manipulation of climate alters the ectomycorrhizal community of Betula nana in Arctic tundra

Climate warming is leading to shrub expansion in Arctic tundra. Shrubs form ectomycorrhizal (ECM) associations with soil fungi that are central to ecosystem carbon balance as determinants of plant community structure and as decomposers of soil organic matter. To assess potential climate change impacts on ECM communities, we analysed fungal internal transcribed spacer sequences from ECM root tips of the dominant tundra shrub Betula nana growing in treatments plots that had received long‐term warming by greenhouses and/or fertilization as part of the Arctic Long‐Term Ecological Research experiment at Toolik Lake Alaska, USA. We demonstrate opposing effects of long‐term warming and fertilization treatments on ECM fungal diversity; with warming increasing and fertilization reducing the diversity of ECM communities. We show that warming leads to a significant increase in high biomass fungi with proteolytic capacity, especially Cortinarius spp., and a reduction of fungi with high affinities for labile N, especially Russula spp. In contrast, fertilization treatments led to relatively small changes in the composition of the ECM community, but increased the abundance of saprotrophs. Our data suggest that warming profoundly alters nutrient cycling in tundra, and may facilitate the expansion of B. nana through the formation of mycorrhizal networks of larger size.