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Comparison of forest edge effects on throughfall deposition in different forest types 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Wuyts K De Schrijver A Staelens J Gielis L Vandenbruwane J Verheyen K 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2008,156(3):854-861
This study examined the influence of distance to the forest edge, forest type, and time on Cl−, SO42−, NO3−, and NH4+ throughfall deposition in forest edges. The forests were dominated by pedunculate oak, silver birch, or Corsican/Austrian pine, and were situated in two regions of Flanders (Belgium). Along transects, throughfall deposition was monitored at distances of 0-128 m from the forest edge. A repeated-measures analysis demonstrated that time, forest type, and distance to the forest edge significantly influenced throughfall deposition of the ions studied. The effect of distance to the forest edge depended significantly on forest type in the deposition of Cl−, SO42−, and NO3−: the edge effect was significantly greater in pine stands than in deciduous birch and oak stands. This finding supports the possibility of converting pine plantations into oak or birch forests in order to mitigate the input of nitrogen and potentially acidifying deposition. 相似文献
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Eleanor J. Blitzer Carsten F. DormannTatyana A. Rand Teja Tscharntke 《Agriculture, ecosystems & environment》2012,146(1):34-43
Land-use intensification has led to a landscape mosaic that juxtaposes human-managed and natural areas. In such human-dominated and heterogeneous landscapes, spillover across habitat types, especially in systems that differ in resource availability, may be an important ecological process structuring communities. While there is much evidence for spillover from natural habitats to managed areas, little attention has been given to flow in the opposite direction. This paper synthesizes studies published to date from five functionally important trophic groups, herbivores, pathogens, pollinators, predators, and seed dispersers, and discusses evidence for spillover from managed to natural systems in all five groups. For each of the five focal groups, studies in the natural to managed direction are common, often with multiple review articles on each subject which document dozens of examples. In contrast, the number of studies which examine movement in the managed to natural direction is generally less than five studies per trophic group. These findings suggest that spillover in the managed to natural direction has been largely underestimated. As habitat modification continues, resulting in increasingly fragmented landscapes, the likelihood and size of any spillover effect will only increase. 相似文献
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Stanley A. Temple 《Environmental management》1996,20(6):873-878
The synthetic field of conservation biology uses principles derived from many different disciplines to address biodiversity issues. Many of these principles have come from ecology, and two simple ones that seem to relate to many issues involving the utility industry are: (1) Everything is interconnected (and should usually stay that way), and (2) We can never do merely one thing. The first principle can be applied to both the biotic and physical environments that are impacted by industrial activities. Habitat fragmentation and the loss of physical and biotic connectedness that results are frequently associated with transmission rights-of-way. These problems can be reduced—or even turned into conservation benefits—by careful planning and creative management. The second principle applies to the utility industry's programs to deal with carbon released by burning fossil fuels. Ecological knowledge can allow these programs to contribute to the preservation of biodiversity in addition to addressing a pollution problem. Without careful ecological analyses, industry could easily create new problems while implementing solutions to old ones. 相似文献
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Analyzing ecotones to predict biotic productivity 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Jon Ghiselin 《Environmental management》1977,1(3):235-238
A technique for predicting the potential biotic productivities of areas is presented. The simple method uses maps or other techniques of remote imagery in comparing adjacent terrestrial and/or littoral areas for investigations when ground reconnaissance is not feasible. Theedge index, the statistical basis for comparison, is calculated as the ratio of the length of a particular ecotone (for example, timberline or shoreline) that would be affected by a proposed development to the affected land area. In similar habitats an unbiased comparison results at the ordinal level of measurement. The method predicts that a higher edge index will correspond to a higher productivity. But because it is not established whether or not the relationship is somehow scalar, the method is not recommended for comparing greatly dissimilar or far distant areas.It has long been observed that ecotones (edges) where two biotic communities meet often produce more game than pure stands of either community. The reasons for this edge effect are reviewed. The demonstrably higher productivity of ecotones is partially explained in terms of the mechanisms that also account for diversity of species.An attempt is made to reconcile theoretical treatments of species diversity with the pragmatic methods for reaching conclusions, which are employed by specialists in resource management. 相似文献
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Pierrick Blanchard Rodolphe Sabatier Hervé Fritz 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2008,62(12):1863-1868
Theory predicts that individuals at the periphery of a group should be at higher risk than their more central conspecifics
since they would be the first to be encountered by an approaching terrestrial predator. As a result, it is expected that peripheral
individuals display higher vigilance levels. However, the role of conspecifics in this “edge effect” may have been previously
overlooked, and taking into account the possible role of within-group competition is needed. Vigilance behavior in relation
to within-group spatial position was studied in impalas (Aepyceros melampus) feeding on standardized patches. We also controlled for food distribution in order to accurately define a “central” as opposed
to a “peripheral” position. Our data clearly supported an edge effect, with peripheral individuals spending more time vigilant
than their central conspecifics. Data on social interactions suggest that it was easier for a foraging individual to defend
its feeding patch with its head lowered, and that more interactions occurred at the center of the group. Together, these results
indicate that central foragers may reduce their vigilance rates in response to increased competition. Disentangling how the
effects of competition and predation risk contribute to the edge effect requires further investigations. 相似文献
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Spatial structure effects on the detection of patches boundaries using local operators 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Mathieu D. Philibert Marie-Josée Fortin Ferenc Csillag 《Environmental and Ecological Statistics》2008,15(4):447-467
Landscapes exhibit various degrees of spatial heterogeneity according to the differential intensity and interactions among
processes and disturbances that they are subjected to. The management of these spatially dynamical landscapes requires that
we can accurately map them and monitor the evolution of their spatial arrangement through time. Such a mapping requires first
the delineation of various spatial features present in the landscape such as patches and their boundaries. However, there
are several environmental (spatial variability) as well as technical (spatial resolution) factors that impair our ability
to accurately delineate patches and their boundaries as polygons. Here, we investigate how the spatial structure and spatial
resolution of the data affect the accuracy of detecting patches and their boundaries over simulated landscapes and real data.
Simulated landscapes consisted of two patches with parameterized spatial properties (patches’ level of spatial autocorrelation,
mean value and variance) separated by a boundary of known location. Real data allowed the investigation of a more complex
landscape where there is a known transition between two forest domains with unknown spatial properties. Boundary locations
are defined using the lattice-wombling edge detector at various aggregation levels and the degree of patch homogeneity is
determined using Getis-Ord’s G*. Results show that boundary detection using a local edge detector is greatly affected by the spatial conditions of the data,
namely variance, abruptness of the spatial gradient between two patches and patches’ level of spatial autocorrelation. They
also suggest that data aggregation is not a panacea for bringing out the ecological process creating the patches and that
indicators derived from local measures of spatial association can be complementary tools for analysing spatial structures
affecting boundary delineation.
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Marie-Josée FortinEmail: |
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Sociological edge effects: Spatial distribution of human impact in suburban forest fragments 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Glenn R. Matlack 《Environmental management》1993,17(6):829-835
Suburban forest fragments often experience heavy recreational and waste disposal use, with considerable damage to the vegetation.
To suggest strategies for conservation of the forest flora, spatial distributions of human impact were described in 40 fragmentary
stands in northern New Castle County, Delaware. The distribution of human impact showed a significant bias to the forest edge,
with 95% of localized damage occurring in the first 82 m. Forms of impact related to lawn maintenance fell significantly closer
to the edge than impacts related to recreation and showed the strongest edge orientation. Edge distances of campsites, vandalized
trees, and firewood gathering were negatively correlated with distance to the nearest graded road, indicating the importance
of road access. Several forms of impact were also clustered near footpaths, although distance to paths was independent of
edge distance in all cases. In terms of penetration of the forest and severity of damage, human impact greatly exceeds natural
edge effects reported for this community. These findings suggest that damage may be minimized by limiting road access and
avoiding the creation of small forest fragments. 相似文献
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Julien Guigue Olivier Mathieu Jean Lévêque Sophie Denimal Marc Steinmann Marie-Jeanne Milloux Hervé Grisey 《Waste management (New York, N.Y.)》2013,33(11):2287-2295
This study characterises the sediment dredged from a lagooning system composed of a settling pond and three lagoons that receive leachates from a municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill in France. Organic carbon, carbonate, iron oxyhydroxides, copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) concentrations were measured in the sediment collected from upstream to downstream in the lagooning system. In order to complete our investigation of sedimentation mechanisms, leachates were sampled in both dry (spring) and wet (winter) seasonal conditions. Precipitation of calcite and amorphous Fe-oxyhydroxides and sedimentation of organic matter occurred in the settling pond. Since different distributions of Zn and Cu concentrations are measured in sediment samples collected downstream in the lagooning system, it is suggested that these elements were not distributed in a similar way in the leachate fractions during the first stage of treatment in the settling pond, so that their sedimentation dynamics in the lagooning system differ. In the lagoons, it was found that organic carbon plays a major role in Cu and Zn mobility and trapping. The presence of macrophytes along the edges provided an input of organic matter that enhanced Cu and Zn scavenging. This edge effect resulted in a two-fold increase in Cu and Zn concentrations in the sediment deposited near the banks of the lagoons, thus confirming the importance of vegetation for the retention of Cu and Zn in lagooning systems. 相似文献
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《Journal of Manufacturing Processes》2014,16(3):356-362
Attributes related to the dimensional quality of hot rolled steels are very important in commercial sectors that make direct use of this product, because delay or equipment damage can be avoided when forming in downstream operations. In this research, the steel sheet edge trimming process and its relationship with the defect known as broken edge is experimental and numerically studied. The type of material, horizontal clearance between knives and the energy spent during the cutting process are analyzed in detail. A metal-mechanical study is carried out for obtaining a microstructural hardness and flow stress characterization. Consequently, the edge trimming process is FEM simulated and its results in relation to knife penetration and shear stress lead to determining the energy spent during the cutting process. A mathematical model is determined under the consideration that minimum energy gives the optimum cutting conditions. The model proposes a reliable value for the horizontal clearance (Hc), between knives, taking as the principal factors: energy consumed during the edge trimming process, sheet thickness (Th), carbon content (C) and/or its ultimate tensile strength, expressed as: Hc = α + βTh − γC. A comparison of the recommended numerical results with the best practical conditions is carried out and a high coincidence is successfully found. This model is expected to be easily adopted as a tool where operators can adjust and control the parameters of process, and then, as a result, produce a sheet without edge trimming defects as well as a reduction in efficiency costs. 相似文献
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