草地植物物种多样性测度方法及发展趋势

植物物种多样性是维持陆地生态系统多功能性和稳定性的关键要素之一.本文梳理了传统草地植物物种多样性的测度方法,结合无人机技术介绍了目前应用于草地植物物种多样性测度的新理念和新方法.传统的草地植物物种多样性测度方法依赖地面观测,需要投入大量的人力、物力且耗时,仅适合小范围的观测;卫星遥感方法受制于分辨率,难以直接对群落结构...

Methods and development trend for the measurement of plant species diversity in grasslands.

Plant species diversity is one of the critical factors for maintaining multi-function and stability of terrestrial ecosystem. We reviewed the traditional methods for measuring plant species diversity of grassland (PSDG), and then introduced the new ideas and methods used for PSDG monitoring. Traditionally, PSDG monitoring depended heavily on ground-based investigation, which usually required large amounts of time, labor, and cost, and therefore was only suitable for small scale investigation. Grassland plant species were typically small in size and highly mixed. It was difficult to identify and measure by remote sensing due to the limitation of resolution. Consequently, most studies on PSDG were based on remote-sensing retrieval or habitat simulation. Characterized with high spatial-temporal resolution, flexible and low cost, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology was regarded as the bridge between ground-based investigation and satellite remote sensing. It could be the breakthrough for monitoring PSDG accurately at large scales. In the future, we should establish PSDG monitoring network by combining the fixed monitoring sites and dynamic monitoring sites of UAV and satellite remote sensing, and integrating UAV and automatic target recognition organically.