兰州市SO2时空动态分布特征及其与城市生态系统的关系

强化城市大气污染物多尺度监测手段,辨识污染物时空演变规律及其与城市生态系统各要素间的相互关系,可为城市大气环境质量综合管控提供科学依据。利用OMI、EOS/MODIS卫星影像及其他统计类数据,在分析了兰州市2006—2016年对流层SO_2柱浓度的时空分布特征基础上,进一步探讨了NDVI、工业总产值、汽车保有量等城市自然经济社会生态要素的结构变化与SO_2浓度变化的关系。结果表明:1)兰州市对流层SO_2空间分布不均,呈现出以河谷低海拔区域分布为中心,向西北、东南山地两侧递减的"倒U"形格局;2)近10年内,兰州市大气SO_2柱浓度值在0.033—0.25(多布森单位)之间,总体呈下降趋势,年均降幅为14%,降速为0.02(多布森单位)/a;3)兰州市大气SO_2柱浓度变化特征与城市工业生产和交通因素关系密切,又受地形、季节风向等气象气候条件制约;4)兰州市NDVI指数与大气SO_2柱浓度值相关性明显,兰州市植被覆盖度较低,植被指数为0.09—0.66,对SO_2净化能力有限。综合以上结果,本研究认为,通过调控城市社会、经济、自然生态系统结构,并适当采用基因工程等科学技术来增加地表植被覆盖量,是下一步兰州市大气环境质量管理的重要举措之一。     

Evidence of environmental niche differentiation in the striped mouse (Rhabdomys sp.): inference from its current distribution in southern Africa

The aim of this study was to characterize environmental differentiation of lineages within Rhabdomys and provide hypotheses regarding potential areas of contact between them in the Southern African subregion, including the Republic of South Africa, Lesotho, and Namibia. Records of Rhabdomys taxa across the study region were compiled and georeferenced from the literature, museum records, and field expeditions. Presence records were summarized within a 10 × 10 km grid covering the study area. Environmental information regarding climate, topography, land use, and vegetation productivity was gathered at the same resolution. Multivariate statistics were used to characterize the current environmental niche and distribution of the whole genus as well as of three mitochondrial lineages known to occur in southern Africa. Distribution modeling was carried out using MAXENT in order to generate hypotheses regarding current distribution of each taxa and their potential contact zones. Results indicate that the two species within Rhabdomys appear to have differentiated across the precipitation/temperature gradient present in the region from east to west. R. dilectus occupies the wettest areas in eastern southern Africa, while R. pumilio occupies the warmer and drier regions in the west, but also penetrates in the more mesic central part of the region. We provide further evidence of environmental differentiation within two lineages of R. dilectus. Contact zones between lineages appear to occur in areas of strong environmental gradients and topographic complexity, such as the transition zones between major biomes and the escarpment area where a sharp altitudinal gradient separates coastal and plateau areas, but also within more homogeneous areas such as within grassland and savannah biomes. Our results indicate that Rhabdomys may be more specialized than previously thought when considering current knowledge regarding mitochondrial lineages. The genus appears to have differentiated along two major environmental axes in the study region, but results also suggest dispersal limitations and biological interactions having a role in limiting current distribution boundaries. Furthermore, the projection of the potential geographic distribution of the different lineages suggests several contact zones that may be interesting study fields for understanding the interplay between ecological and evolutionary processes during speciation.