Citizens of local jurisdictions enhance plant community preservation through ballot initiatives and voter-driven conservation efforts

Open space areas protected by local communities may augment larger scale preservation efforts and may offer overlooked benefits to biodiversity conservation provided they are in suitable ecological condition. We examine protected areas established by local communities through ballot initiatives, a form of direct democracy, in California, USA. We compare ecological conditions of wooded habitats on local ballot protected sites and on sites protected by a state-level conservation agency. Collectively, we found few differences in ecological conditions on each protected area type. Ballot sites had greater invasive understory cover and larger trees. Community dissimilarity patterns suggested ballot sites protect a complementary set of tree species to those on state lands. Overall, geographic characteristics influenced onsite conditions more than details of how sites were protected. Thus, community-driven conservation efforts contribute to protected area networks by augmenting protection of some species while providing at least some protection to others that might otherwise be missed.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1007/s13280-020-01469-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

长征国家文化公园红色旅游资源网络关注度及其旅游流网络结构分析

长征国家文化公园建设面临着的现实需求和复杂问题,迫切要求开展相应的系统性研究工作。以长征国家文化公园内154处重点红色旅游资源为研究对象,基于“虚拟”与“现实”相结合的视角,使用GIS、Gephi等研究方法,对其网络关注度和旅游流网络结构进行分析。研究表明：（1）红色旅游资源网络关注度普遍偏低、差异明显,5A级景区和重要人物是最受网络用户关注的资源类型;（2）旅游流网络结构松散、小世界效应显著,在湖南、贵州、陕西省内分别形成了“△”“网状”“双核”结构模式;（3）网络关注度与旅游流网络具有关联性和差异性,据此识别了湘中、黔川、陕北等重点红色旅游区,以及川陕、闽赣等红色旅游发展潜力区。基于以上分析,长征国家文化公园建设应以重点红色旅游资源为基础,实施分类施策、分段开发、扬长补短的发展策略。围绕高高、高低、低高、低低四种不同类型资源制定相应的发展策略,并结合不同区域的发展情况分别采取“节点”“斑块”“廊道”相结合的发展模式。     

热振森林大型土壤动物群落特征及其影响因素

为了解西藏拉萨市林周县热振国家森林公园不同海拔大型土壤动物群落的空间分布特征及其与环境因子的关系,于2021年7月(夏季)根据其地理特征设置了三个不同海拔共9个样地.采用手捡法对大型土壤动物进行收集,并将其保存在75%酒精的收集管中,同时测定相应的环境因子.共捕获大型土壤动物1427个,经形态学鉴定隶属于2门5纲15目21科,其中优势类群为姬马陆科(Julidae)和蚁科(Formicidae),占总捕获量的66.0%.常见类群共10类,占总捕获量的31.3%;稀有类群占总捕获量的2.7%.热振国家森林公园大型土壤动物的类群、Shannon多样性指数、均匀度指数和优势度指数在三个不同海拔之间无显著性差异(P>0.05).大型土壤动物群落Jaccard相似性系数位于0.15~0.77.Pearson相关性结果显示,大型土壤动物个体数与海拔呈极显著负相关(P<0.01),与土壤温度和pH呈显著正相关(P<0.05);冗余分析显示,排序轴1和轴2共同解释了的类群组成变化的55.0%,全磷(TP)和有效磷(AP)为显著性解释变量,对大型土壤动物群落的解释率分别为29.6%和18.5%,是影响大型土壤动物群落的主要环境因子.     

Increasing development in the surroundings of U.S. National Park Service holdings jeopardizes park effectiveness

Protected areas are cornerstones of biodiversity conservation, but they are in danger of becoming islands in a sea of human dominated landscapes. Our question was if protected areas may even foster development in their surroundings because they provide amenities that attract development, thus causing the isolation of the ecosystems they were designed to protect. Our study analyzed historic aerial photographs and topographical maps to reconstruct road development and building growth within and around Indiana Dunes and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshores in the U.S. Great Lakes region from 1938 to 2005, and to estimate the effects of park creation in 1966 on changes in landscape patterns. Historic U.S. census housing density data were used as a baseline to compare observed changes to. Our results showed that park establishment was effective in reducing and stopping the fragmenting impact of development within park boundaries. However, increased amenity levels following park establishment led to enhanced development in the surroundings of both parks. In the extreme case of Indiana Dunes, building density outside the park increased from 45 to 200 buildings/km² and road density almost doubled from 3.6 to 6.6 km/km² from 1938 to 2005. Development rates of change were much higher than in the broader landscape, particularly after park establishment. The potential amenity effect was up to 9500 new buildings in the 3.2-km zone around Indiana Dunes between 1966 and 2005. For Pictured Rocks the absolute effect was smaller but up to 70% of the observed building growth was potentially due to amenity effects. Our findings highlight the need for conservation planning at broader scales, incorporating areas beyond the boundaries of protected areas.     

天津南港工业区土壤环境背景值调查

通过对天津南港工业区土壤环境背景值的调查研究,对其土壤进行了环境质量评价,并得出了该区域土壤元素的分布规律。在与其他地区的土壤背景值进行比较后,指出了其异同点。天津南港工业区土壤元素在垂直方向上以不规则分布型为主,但As和Cd在土壤表层和深层的含量变化差异较小,Pb表现为表层富集。水平方向上,园区西北部的土壤元素含量比...     

兰州市银滩湿地小生境沉积物中硅藻的属种分布及特征

通过采集兰州市银滩湿地秋（10月）、冬（12月）两季不同水环境中的表面沉积物,分析鉴定硅藻属种的分布和组合特征。结果表明硅藻优势种随采样点和采样时间发生变化。10月份以Gyrosigma scalproides、Cymatopleura solea var.regula、Navicula viridula var.rostellata、N.simplex、N.exigua、Nitzschia palea、N.angustata var.acuta、Cymbella affinis为相对优势种。12月份以Gyrosigma Parkerii、G.acuminatum、Navicula veneta、N.viridula var.rostellata、Nitzschia angustata var.acuta、N.palea、Cocconeis placentula为相对优势种。银滩湿地在秋季和冬季以指示淡水环境硅藻为主,底栖种和附着型种为特征。出现了一些指示中营养的有机污染种,表明了水质的营养化程度升高。有机质含量、pH、Cl-和P是中营养有机污染种主要的影响因素,表明银滩湿地的富营养化趋势较为明显。     

中国静脉产业园区发展模式与案例研究

本研究对静脉产业园区概念进行解析,梳理了我国静脉产业园的建设概况.从园区建设内容与流程、园区建设布局形式、园区投资建设主体、园区运营管理模式等4大要素研究了静脉产业因区的发展模式.最后以苏州和呼和浩特两地的静脉产业园区建设为例,介绍了综合类静脉产业园区的发展典范.     

The Contribution of Long-Term Research at Gombe National Park to Chimpanzee Conservation

Abstract:  Long-term research projects can provide important conservation benefits, not only through research specifically focused on conservation problems, but also from various incidental benefits, such as increased intensity of monitoring and building support for the protection of an area. At Gombe National Park, Tanzania, long-term research has provided at least four distinct benefits to wildlife conservation. (1) Jane Goodall's groundbreaking discoveries of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) tool use, hunting, and complex social relationships in what was then a game reserve drew attention to the area and created support for upgrading Gombe to national park status in 1968. (2) The highly publicized findings have earned Gombe and Tanzania the attention of a worldwide public that includes tourists and donors that provide financial support for Gombe, other parks in Tanzania, and chimpanzee conservation in general. (3) Crucial information on social structure and habitat use has been gathered that is essential for effective conservation of chimpanzees at Gombe and elsewhere. (4) A clear picture of Gombe's chimpanzee population over the past 40 years has been determined, and this has helped identify the greatest threats to the viability of this population, namely disease and habitat loss outside the park. These threats are severe and because of the small size of the population it is extremely vulnerable. Research at Gombe has led to the establishment of conservation education and development projects around Gombe, which are needed to build local support for the park and its chimpanzees, but saving these famous chimpanzees will take a larger integrated effort on the part of park managers, researchers, and the local community with financial help from international donors.     

Confronting the challenge of greenline parks: Limits of the traditional administrative approach

The National Park Service, like other natural resource management agencies, has adopted the traditional model of public administration, which emphasizes efficiency, effectiveness, economy, and dichotomy between politics and administration. This approach is particularly ineffective in greenline parks and increasingly inappropriate in traditional areas. In an era of ecological interdependence, relationships with other agencies and jurisdictions and with adjacent as well as noncontiguous landowners are as important as controlling visitors. Recreation managers need to develop more skill in negotiation, cooperation, coordination, and interpersonal communication if they are to preserve and protect park resources.     

世博园区水体底泥氮磷分布特征

分析世博园区水体底泥中氮磷营养盐、硫化物和有机质含量,结果表明,硫化物为(4.51±0.12)mg/kg,有机质为(1.73±0.01)%,氨氮为(206.6±1.2)mg/kg,亚硝酸盐氮为(0.041±0.001)mg/kg,硝酸盐氮为(0.066±0.002)mg/kg,总氮为(0.228±0.002)%,速效磷为(192.3±0.5)mg/kg,总磷为(0.247±0.001)%。运用有机指数评价底泥污染,为0.299±0.005,说明污染较严重。