Smaller farm size and ruminant animals are associated with increased supply of non-provisioning ecosystem services

To balance trade-offs between livestock’s negative environmental impacts and their positive contributions (e.g. maintaining semi-natural grasslands, varied agricultural landscapes and crop rotations), a better understanding is needed of how the supply of ecosystem services differs across farms. We analysed a suite of indicators for non-provisioning ecosystem services on a large subset of Swedish farms (71% of farms, covering 82% of agricultural land) and related these to farm type, farm size and livestock density. The analysed indicators exhibited clear geographical patterns with hotspots especially in less productive regions. Controlling for this spatial variation we still found that small-scale and ruminant farms were associated with more varied landscapes, small-scale habitats, semi-natural grasslands and better crop sequences compared to nearby farms specialised in crop production, while farms specialising in monogastric livestock were associated with less varied landscapes and inferior crop sequences. Results for cultural ecosystem services indicated that farms with more semi-natural grassland were associated with more visitors and more likely located within designated recreation or nature conservation areas.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13280-022-01726-y.     

基于LUCC的露天矿区景观格局研究一以黑岱沟露天煤矿为例

露天矿区开发活动主要是在景观层次上进行,其直接导致土地利用／覆被变化（LandUse／Cover Change,LUCC）。本文以黑岱沟大型露天煤矿1987年、1990年、2000年及2010年4期遥感影像的土地利用数据为基础,基于GIS空间分析功能,以破碎度、分离度和优势度景观格局指数和景观类型脆弱度为指标,分析景观格局现状。研究显示：开发初期,耕地和草地虽有所减少,但所占面积保持在80％以上;生态恢复开始后,土地类型向林地和草地转移的面积逐渐增多。景观水平上分析显示,景观上破碎化程度加大,煤矿建设用地斑块面积逐年增大。从景观指数看,耕地、草地、未利用地的破碎度、分离度指数变化呈上升或不稳定状态,建设用地的破碎度和分离度指数有所减小;优势景观类型有所改变,建设用地对于区域景观的控制作用逐渐加强。     

景观多样性及其保护对策

景观多样性是生物多样性的重要组成，具有十分重要的自然历史，生态，社会和文化价值。人类活动的强烈干扰，对景观多样性产生了严重的威胁，一些有较高价值的景观正濒于退化，消失，保护景观多样性已成为环境保护的紧迫任务。     

The ethics of Google Earth: crossing thresholds from spatial data to landscape visualisation

‘Virtual globe’ software systems such as Google Earth are growing rapidly in popularity as a way to visualise and share 3D environmental data. Scientists and environmental professionals, many of whom are new to 3D modeling and visual communications, are beginning routinely to use such techniques in their work. While the appeal of these techniques is evident, with unprecedented opportunities for public access to data and collaborative engagement over the web, are there nonetheless risks in their widespread usage when applied in areas of the public interest such as planning and policy-making?     

How does agricultural intensification modulate changes in plant community composition?

Agricultural intensification, at local and landscape scales, has caused a decrease in plant diversity and changes in species composition in cereal fields. To better understand the role of landscape complexity and farming systems in shaping plant assemblages, it is of interest to focus on functional traits rather than on floristic composition, which may help to highlight trends in vegetation patterns. We analysed the relative abundance of various functional attributes (different life forms, growth forms, wind-pollinated species and wind-dispersed species) at three contrasted field positions (boundary, edge and centre) of 29 organic and 29 conventional cereal fields distributed in 15 agrarian localities of NE Spain. Agricultural intensification affected the biological attributes of the vegetation in dryland Mediterranean cereal fields; local factors (farming system and position) had a more prominent role in affecting plant functional composition than the surrounding landscape. Local factors were important for life form distribution, growth form and pollination type, whereas landscape complexity mainly affected the proportion of wind-dispersed species. Therefore, depending on the objective of the study, it is important to select functional attributes sensitive to the different scales of agricultural intensification, especially because landscape complexity and land-use intensity are commonly related.     

沙漠化灾害的景观干扰分析

土地沙漠化是影响全球生存环境和可持续发展的重大灾害性问题，本文从景观和景观生态学出发，论述了沙漠化景观稳定性和景观干扰的特征、本质及测度，特别强调了自然因素和人为活动对沙化景观干扰所产生的影响，最后论述了依据地理信息系统和遥感图像建立沙化景观干扰图的框架，为从景观尺度研究沙漠化灾害和防治沙漠化提供参考。     

区域生态安全格局规划研究进展及规划技术流程探讨

区域生态安全格局规划是化解生态保护与经济发展之间矛盾冲突的有效途径,进行区域生态安全格局规划研究具有重要理论和现实意义。但是,目前尚缺少对区域生态安全格局规划概念内涵、支撑理论、技术方法等相关文献的系统梳理和归纳总结。鉴于此,通过查阅大量文献资料、总结分析国内外相关研究成果,厘清了生态安全格局相关概念之间的逻辑关系,给出了区域生态安全格局规划的确切定义,对景观生态分类与适宜性评价、景观格局演变分析与动态模拟、生态安全预测预警、空间规划决策技术方法等区域生态安全格局规划相关支撑理论和技术方法,研究成果总结发现：景观生态分类指标构建理论和分类结果可靠性验证研究较为薄弱;应用较多的景观生态适宜性评价方法有“千层饼”法、层次分析法等传统方法和人工神经网络、遗传算法、元胞自动机等现代人工智能方法;景观格局变化驱动因子定量识别相对缺乏,各驱动因子间相互作用关系探讨不深入,常忽视景观格局本身对驱动因子的自适应和反馈作用;在众多景观格局动态演变模拟模型中, CA-Markov模型综合了CA和Markov模型的优点,可实现研究对象时空演变信息的精确挖掘;生态安全预警可弥补传统生态安全评价不能揭示生态环境质量长期动态变化状况的不足,能反映区域生态安全状况动态变化过程,是生态安全格局规划的重要基础;常见的空间规划决策技术方法主要有多准则数量优化法、空间分析技术方法、情景分析法、人工智能优化法和综合优化法,在综合优化法中 CLUE-S 模型能综合土地利用变化各驱动因子对不同时空尺度下的土地利用变化进行预测模拟,集成模型能集成多个模型优点来解决一些复杂空间格局优化问题,两者对进行区域生态安全格局规划方法探讨皆具有重要参考价值和借鉴意义。在此基础上,依据现阶段比较成熟的景观生态学理论、景观生态规划原理,综合集成现行空间规划决策技术方法,将区域生态安全格局规划技术流程概括为景观生态分类、景观格局演变分析、景观生态适宜性评价、景观格局演变动态模拟、生态安全预测预警、生态安全需求预测、多情景模式构建和总体规划目标确定、生态安全格局规划、多种规划方案比选、方案试点效果监测与评价、规划实施与执行监管等14个步骤。今后加强区域生态安全格局规划基础理论、技术方法、实践应用这3方面研究是未来该领域研究的重要方向。     

北京市妫水河流域景观生态学分析

基于GIS的空间分析平台,以景观生态学的方法建模,分析了北京市妫水河流域的景观格局特征,并与妫水河平原的景观格局特征进行了比较,发现在妫水河平原范围内,由于人为干扰程度的加剧,整体生态格局的异质性下降、碎裂化增加,景观生态格局的稳定性和安全性比之妫水河流域有所下降.分析了妫水河流域面临的问题及其原因,进而提出妫水河流域生态恢复的建议和措施.     

Landscape evaluation: comparison of evaluation methods in a region of Spain

Landscape evaluation is now widely recognised as a powerful, interdisciplinary, environmental research method. The aim of the present work was to compare two landscape evaluation methods as part of a physical planning process: the cartographic assessment method and the in situ assessment method. This comparison was performed using an area of the Montes de Toledo, in the centre of Spain. Both methods provided similar results for the majority of the landscape units studied. This shows that the cartographic method can be successfully used in landscape evaluation, allowing important savings in terms of fieldwork. However, this is only the case when the information provided by the available maps is sufficiently accurate to allow the correct assignment of coefficients by a panel of experts.     

Rapid Mapping and Prioritisation of Wetland Sites in the Manawatu–Wanganui Region,New Zealand

The extent of wetland in New Zealand has decreased by approximately 90% since European settlement began in 1840. Remaining wetlands continue to be threatened by drainage, weeds, and pest invasion. This article presents a rapid method for broad-scale mapping and prioritising palustrine and estuarine wetlands for conservation. Classes of wetland (lacustrine, estuarine, riverine, marine, and palustrine) were mapped using Landsat ETM+ imagery and centre-points of palustrine and estuarine sites as ancillary data. The results shown are for the Manawatu–Wanganui region, which was found to have 3060 ha of palustrine and 250 ha of estuarine wetlands. To set conservation priorities, landscape indicators were computed from a land-cover map and a digital terrain model. Four global indicators were used (representativeness, area, surrounding naturalness, and connectivity), and each was assigned a value to score wetland sites in the region. The final score is an additive function that weights the relative importance of each indicator (i.e., multicriteria decision analysis). The whole process of mapping and ranking wetlands in the Manawatu–Wanganui region took only 6 weeks. The rapid methodology means that consistent wetland inventories and ranking can now actually be produced at reasonable cost, and conservation resources may therefore be better targeted. With complete inventories and priority lists of wetlands, managers will be able to plan for conservation without having to wait for the collection of detailed biologic information, which may now also be prioritised.