景观格局演变及其生态效应研究进展

区域景观格局演变及生态效应研究一直是景观生态学研究的重点,对人类、自然的可持续发展具有重要的意义.文章从景观格局-过程-生态效应的相互驱动机制及当前的研究进展进行了系统的分析,综述了国内外景观格局及其生态效应研究相关进展,集中分析了当前研究中的热点和难点.景观分类是景观格局研究的基础,空间统计分析、转移矩阵分析和景观指数分析是研究景观格局演变的主要手段,新兴的元胞自动机理论和方法在景观格局演变研究中有很大的发展空间.景观格局演变驱动力研究需对自然驱动力、社会驱动力进行综合考虑.不同时空尺度下,景观格局与生态过程的内在机制也不一样.在此基础上,提出了今后研究的一些方向,重点是:(1)景观格局演变的内在驱动机制研究;(2)多尺度下景观格局和生态过程(如土壤侵蚀、养分流失等)的耦合研究;(3)"3S"技术、野外调查监测与格局-过程演变模拟模型结合的应用推广潜力.     

风蚀对窟野河流域产沙贡献的时间尺度特征

风蚀在黄土高原风水蚀复合区的侵蚀产沙中扮演着重要的角色。利用窟野河流域神木水文站水沙资料及有关气象资料,分析了风蚀对窟野河神木水文站以上流域产沙贡献的时间尺度特征。结果表明,风力的侵蚀搬运对窟野河流域产沙起着重要的作用。月时间尺度上,风沙入河量存在"存储-释放"的过程;风蚀产沙贡献在3月和11-12月出现高峰值,4-9月风蚀贡献率逐渐降低;冬春季节淤积的泥沙,在夏季逐渐被冲走,到了9月,把淤积的泥沙最大限度冲走而开始新的淤积过程;月时间尺度上风蚀贡献率与风蚀气候因子分布趋势一致;7、8两月的风沙贡献量占年风蚀贡献总量的80.5%,风沙贡献量的峰值出现在7月,约7.75×10⁶ t。季尺度上,夏季风蚀贡献率最低,仅7.8%。秋、冬季逐渐升高,春季达到最高,风蚀贡献率为28.6%。年尺度上,风力作用对神木水文站以上流域的产沙贡献为17.2%,风蚀贡献量为12.7×10⁶ t/a。     

岩溶区土壤允许流失量与土地石漠化的关系

为了解岩溶区土壤允许流失量(T值)与土地石漠化的关系,根据岩溶土壤圈系统论,采用实地调查与GIS空间分析技术,结合贵州碳酸盐岩岩石组合类型测算了T值,并探讨了其对石漠化的影响。结果发现:①岩溶区的T值可分为三大类,在极纯、较纯和不纯的碳酸盐岩地区,T值分别为20、100和250 t·km^-2·a^-1,在无土可流、完全是石山的地区,T值只有几吨或更低;②在T=20、100和250 t·km^-2·a的地区,石漠化发生率分别为29.86%、28.12%和23.25%,石漠化严重度分别为73.55%、60.57%和52.19%。因此,岩溶区的T值总体偏小,且具有多样性和异质性的空间分布特点;在相同社会背景下或不考虑人类活动的干扰差异,T值对石漠化的发生率和严重度有明显影响,T值越低,阈值越小,抗干扰能力越弱,石漠化的发生率越高,程度也越严重。     

基于土壤水分分布的土地利用空间优化方法——以黄土高原杏子河流域为例

选择具有黄土丘陵沟壑区典型特征的杏子河流域为研究区域,在分析流域土地利用现状的基础上,基于GIS的栅格模型将累积土壤水分补给量模型、土壤侵蚀模型和多目标非线性优化模型结合起来,建立了黄土丘陵沟壑区土地利用空间优化模型,并应用此模型探讨了杏子河流域在综合治理过程中的一些特点和规律。研究表明,经济效益随着治理程度的增加而持续增加,生态效益在治理程度达到30%后明显减小。由于综合考虑了土壤水分的空间分布,优化后的经济效益明显增加,生态效益差别不大,但是退耕还林的效果更好。     

运用生物埂治理三峡库区坡耕地水土流失技术研究

阐述了三峡库区耕地构成和开展针对性研究的目的与意义，三峡库区水土流失的严重危害。试图通过种植不同的生物篱笆，探求治理三峡库区水土流失的有效途径。选择了7种不同的生物篱笆，设立小区试验研究生物埂对治理坡耕地水土流失的机理，分析其水土流失构成机理与成因，提出了三峡库区减少水土流失，防止农业面源污染的对策与措施。通过试验得出以下结论：应用生物埂技术可以保持水土，主要是减少土壤中养分的主要载体<\{0.02 mm\}大小的泥砂颗粒的流失，从而有效地保护了生态环境，增大库区环境容量。实施生物埂技术可以创建缓坡梯田，金荞麦、百喜草等是适合库区实际的生物埂植物。     

GRASS VERSUS TREES: MANAGING RIPARIAN AREAS TO BENEFIT STREAMS OF CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA1

ABSTRACT: Forestation of riparian areas has long been promoted to restore stream ecosystems degraded by agriculture in central North America. Although trees and shrubs in the riparian zone can provide many benefits to streams, grassy or herbaceous riparian vegetation can also provide benefits and may be more appropriate in some situations. Here we review some of the positive and negative implications of grassy versus wooded riparian zones and discuss potential management outcomes. Compared to wooded areas, grassy riparian areas result in stream reaches with different patterns of bank stability, erosion, channel morphology, cover for fish, terrestrial runoff, hydrology, water temperature, organic matter inputs, primary production, aquatic macroinvertebrates, and fish. Of particular relevance in agricultural regions, grassy riparian areas may be more effective in reducing bank erosion and trapping suspended sediments than wooded areas. Maintenance of grassy riparian vegetation usually requires active management (e.g., mowing, burning, herbicide treatments, and grazing), as successional processes will tend ultimately to favor woody vegetation. Riparian agricultural practices that promote a dense, healthy, grassy turf, such as certain types of intensively managed livestock grazing, have potential to restore degraded stream ecosystems.     

LANDSLIDE INITIATION,RUNOUT, AND DEPOSITION WITHIN CLEARCUTS AND OLD‐GROWTH FORESTS OF ALASKA1

ABSTRACT: More than 300 landslides and debris flows were triggered by an October 1993 storm on Prince of Wales Island, southeast Alaska. Initiation, runout, and deposition patterns of landslides that occurred within clearcuts, second‐growth, and old‐growth forests were examined. Blowdown and snags, associated with cedar decline and “normal” rates of mortality, were found adjacent to at least 75 percent of all failures regardless of land use. Nearly 50 percent of the landslides within clearcuts occurred within one year following timber harvest; more than 70 percent of these sites had hydrophytic vegetation directly above failures. In following the runout paths of failures, significantly more erosion per unit area occurred within clearcuts than in old‐growth forests on slopes with gradients from 9 to 28* (16 to 54 percent). Runout length, controlled by hillslope position within deglaciated valleys, was typically longer in old‐growth forests than in second growth and clearcuts (median values were 334, 201, and 153 m, respectively). Most landslides and debris flows deposited in first‐and second‐order channels before reaching the main stem channels used by anadromous fish. Slide deposits in old‐growth forests were composed of a higher proportion of woody debris than deposits derived from slides in second growth or clearcuts.     

青海省因草地生态破坏造成土壤流失的经济损失核算

基于核算生态破坏经济损失的需要,提出了草地生态破坏经济损失的概念,并在草地覆盖率生态遥感测量的基础上,建立了草地土壤流失经济损失的综合估算方法.利用该方法对2006年青海省草地土壤流失经济损失进行了估算.结果表明,青海省2006年草地土壤流失造成的经济损失为185.2亿元,平均4.59万元/km2.     

Social network effects on the adoption of sustainable natural resource management practices in Ethiopia

Soil loss, nutrient depletion and land degradation contribute to the skimpy performance of smallholder agriculture and pose serious policy challenges in developing countries. Surprisingly, natural resource management practices that enhance sustainability while improving productivity have not been fully adopted despite continuous efforts of promotion. Using data collected from 2901 farm households in the Farmers Innovation Fund (FIF) of the World Bank, this study examines factors delaying adoption of resource management and farming practices from the perspective of social learning and network size. Specifically, the study aims at identifying the extent to which differences in network structure matter in providing opportunities to learn about new ways of sustainable resource management practices using regression analysis. The result confirms that social network size plays a significant role in enhancing adoption of natural resource management practices. Moreover, external sources of information such as extension provision play a crucial role in enhancing adoption of resource management practices. Thus, future endeavours should link extension services to informal networks to enhance adoption of sustainable natural resource management practices.     

黄土高原坡耕地沟蚀土壤质量评价

黄土高原坡耕地沟蚀广泛而严重。科学评价沟蚀土壤质量是侵蚀环境下土壤保育和利用的重要基础。论文以沟间土壤为对照,分析了坡耕地沟蚀对土壤质量单因子的影响并建立了沟蚀土壤质量综合评价模型。利用加权和法对黄土高原坡耕地不同沟蚀深度下土壤质量进行综合评价。结果表明:①沟蚀对坡耕地不同土壤质量因子的影响有较大差异。沟蚀导致土壤硬化,pH值增加,而土壤团聚体和养分含量(除全磷)随着沟蚀深度增加表现出明显的层次性,近似呈"W"型变化规律。②沟蚀深度对土壤质量的影响可以用幂函数y=0.866 8 x ^-0.142(R²=0.877)较好地拟合。微度侵蚀(<5 cm)、中度侵蚀(5~30 cm)和重度侵蚀(30~50 cm)的土壤质量指数较沟间土壤分别降低了10.6%、27.9%和36.5%。沟蚀深度5 cm和30 cm是土壤质量显著下降的两个关键点。③反映沟蚀土壤质量的指标可以归为肥力因子、质地因子和结构因子三类。土壤有机质、水稳性团聚体、土壤比表面积和容重4项指标能够很好地反映土壤质量状况,可作为坡耕地沟蚀土壤质量的表征指标。