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The Monte is a biogeographic province covers an extensive area from the subtropical northern part of Argentina at 24 degrees south, to the temperate northern region of Patagonia at 44 degrees south. Within the province, which is about 2000 km from north to south, lies the Monte Desert, on a strip of land that stretches along the eastern side of the Andes Mountains. The definition of the boundaries of the Monte Desert varies among authors. We present a division of the Monte Desert into three botanical districts: Northern, Eremean, and Southern districts. The Northern and the Southern districts are divided into subdistricts. Different hypotheses have been proposed for the origin of the Monte Desert biota. A few plant genera show a remarkable phylogenetic affinity with plants of the North American deserts of Mojave and Sonora. However, this is an exception because most of the remaining plants, arthropods, and reptiles have an origin more closely related to the biota of the Chaco and Patagonia. Second in importance is the group of taxa that originated in Patagonia, and the most enigmatic of all are the paleoendemic groups composed of relictual taxa of Pangeic or Gondwanic origin. The complexity of the biota of the Monte desert biota is probably a result of the extensive area of contact between the two South American biotas of South America: Brazilian biota (or tropical biota) and Patagonian biota. 相似文献
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《Journal of Arid Environments》1998,39(2):299-313
Temperate and semi-arid regions of Argentina are undergoing rapid habitat conversion as a result of several human activities (i.e. grazing, logging, agriculture, etc.). These arid ecosystems contain many endemic species and have played an important role in the evolution of South American biota. The Man and Biosphere Reserve of Ñacuñán (12,800 ha) is located in the central region of the lowland Monte Desert. The reserve is a stand within a highly disturbed matrix characterized by deforestation (i.e. mesquite,Prosopis)and overgrazing. Major vegetational and animal communities recovered after the reserve was fenced in 1972, and Ñacuñán thus provides critical data describing the recovery of biotic and abiotic components of the Monte Desert when anthropogenic assaults are minimized. Indeed, the Reserve of Ñacuñán protects many distinctive habitats of the Monte Desert, including mesquite forest, or algarrobal, and several representative animals of the South American biota (i.e. tinamous, rhea, marsupials, edentates and caviomorph rodents). Several research projects on community ecology, herbivory, disturbances, ecology and ecophysiology have been or are being developed in the reserve. Although the town of Ñacuñán lies within the reserve, the link between the research community and the local people has not been strong, persistent or effective. The reserve is the most important site in Argentina for monitoring the ecological health of the Monte Desert and for developing indicators of desertification. Its potential is great for long-term ecological research and for strengthening the infrastructure of science. Sustainable development in the next millennium requires integrating the activities of the research, local people, ranch landowners and governmental sectors so as to infuse science-based proposals into management and conservation initiatives. 相似文献
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P.L. Sassi P.A. Taraborelli C.E. Borghi R.A. Ojeda 《Journal of Arid Environments》2009,73(4-5):537-541
Plant assemblages' dynamics have been studied to evaluate the influence of different environmental factors. The aim of our work was to assess the effect of a disturbance in the form of livestock grazing on annual plants, in a South American desert. We tested the exclusion of cattle grazing by comparing the composition of annual plants in three major vegetation types within a MaB Reserve in the Monte Desert of Argentina, with those of an adjacent grazed field. Sampling was conducted in two consecutive years that differed in precipitation. We established three sampling sites within each vegetation type at the reserve and the grazed field. Transects were set to assess plant cover, abundance, and richness. Theoretically, changes in diversity are explained by changes in one of its components: species richness. Species richness of annual plants was not different between the grazed and ungrazed sites. However, plant cover and diversity were lower in grazed sites, whereas abundance increased. Owing to a strong species-specific effect, we propose that it is evenness the main parameter involved in diversity dynamics in the heterogeneous vegetation mosaic of the Monte desert. Finally, vegetation types (spatial heterogeneity) and rainfall regime (temporal heterogeneity) greatly interacted with grazing effects. We endorse the idea that rapid responses of annual plant assemblages to changes in rainfall conditions coupled with herbivore control, might result in a restoration pathway for degraded arid landscapes. 相似文献
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基于光谱混合分析的干旱荒漠区植被遥感信息提取研究——以古尔班通古特沙漠西缘为例 总被引：3，自引：1，他引：2
干旱荒漠区植被的盖度和空间分布特征是评判该区生态环境状况及荒漠化程度的重要指标。以Landsat TM影像为数据源,利用归一化植被指数（NDVI）和线性光谱混合分析模型（LSMM）两种方法对研究区——古尔班通古特沙漠西缘进行分析。在运用LSMM过程中,通过多种方法选择出最佳端元,并利用实测数据对混合像元分解结果进行验证。结果表明:①NDVI提取植被的方法受到很多限制,不适合在干旱荒漠区应用;②基于最小法非受限光谱混合分解结果较为理想,植被、盐碱地、裸沙和黑色砂粒等4种端元地物被选取出来;③LSMM提取的植被分量与实测植被盖度显著相关,线性相关系数为0.858,表明干旱荒漠区的植被盖度可以通过遥感影像提取的植被分量间接得到。 相似文献
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中国干旱沙区的生态重建与恢复:沙坡头站60年重要研究进展综述 总被引：3，自引：2，他引：1
中国科学院沙坡头沙漠研究试验站建站60年来,服务于国家需求,推动了沙漠科学的发展。在沙害治理、沙漠生态重建与恢复、荒漠生态系统长期生态学、沙地生态水文学\,人工植被稳定性及干旱胁迫生理生态学方面取得了重要进展\.解决了在降水量小于200 mm的干旱沙漠地区植被建设的关键技术,证实了通过人为促进生态恢复是可行的,创造了人类活动(治理和利用)与沙漠自然和谐持续发展的模式;探讨了干旱沙区土壤水循环的植被调控机理,提出了生态恢复的关键技术及其应用模式;理论上探明了人工植被稳定性维持的生态学机理,提出了荒漠系统生态恢复的理论模型;揭示了荒漠生态系统碳、氮循环及其对环境因子的响应;引领了生物土壤结皮的生理生态功能及其水文学研究;拓展了干旱逆境生理生态学的研究。沙坡头站已成为国际沙漠科学与荒漠长期生态学研究的重要平台。 相似文献
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Soil crust lichens can be the dominant vegetation in arid lands, yet their importance as habitat to secondary producers is relatively unknown. This study examines the distribution of arthropod communities in the northern Namib Desert to evaluate whether a lichen-rich area is more or less productive than adjacent habitats in terms of the consumers each supports. Arthropods are diverse and highly endemic in the Namib Desert and lichens dominate this desert's extensive gravel plains. We sampled lichen-rich, dwarf shrub, and unvegetated sites and found distinct arthropod assemblages in the lichen-dominated sites, including species unique to lichen sites. Arthropod assemblages in two of the lichen sites were similar to those found in the dwarf shrub site. In a canonical correspondence analysis, crustose lichens and overall lichen cover were key in driving the variance in arthropod assemblages within the lichen sites. Furthermore, lichen morphotypes, overall lichen cover and species richness, were significantly correlated with the representation of arthropod subgroups and arthropod species richness. These findings provide evidence that lichen-dominated soil crusts in the Namib Desert are important supporters of secondary production, warranting more in-depth studies into the ecology and conservation of this lichen-rich habitat in warm deserts. 相似文献
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沙漠能源生态圈概念、内涵及发展模式 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
沙漠地区既是中国重要的能源基地,也是生态环境脆弱区和发展落后地区,如何在保护沙漠生态环境的前提下,充分开发利用沙漠丰富资源,同时又带动地区经济发展和改善民生？首先基于生态学、管理学、自然地理学、系统科学等相关理论,结合国内外沙漠能源开发及沙漠治理、生态修复等方面最新研究进展,运用能源互联网思维,构建了包涵沙漠治理、生态修复、脱贫攻坚、乡村振兴、能源建设、经济发展等要素的生态圈结构模型,提出一个合作共赢、基于沙漠能源、以电力为核心的沙漠能源生态圈概念;然后对沙漠能源生态圈内涵及特征进行解析,并从经济、社会、生态三方面对其效益进行阐述;最后,探讨了沙漠能源生态圈发展模式,并从能源、生态、经济、国情、战略五方面阐述了沙漠能源生态圈发展愿景。 相似文献
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It has been suggested that lower rates of granivory in South American warm deserts compared to their North American counterparts arose from a reduction of seed reserves in the former owing to the extinction of argyrolagid marsupials. We measured seed reserves in two habitats of the central Monte Desert in an attempt to detect such seed decline, but to no avail. After moderate rainfall, maximum seed standing crops reached 16,000 and 23,000 seeds m−2in shrublands and open forests, respectively. Under the canopy of trees and shrubs there were 19,000 and 37,000 seeds m−2; whereas in exposed areas there werec. 10,000 seeds m−2in both habitats. Seed banks in other South American semi-arid areas showed similar values. Total grass seeds as well as those presumably preferred by ants also seem to be similar in both continents. Hence, granivory in South America, as has been already reported for Australia, is lower than in North America in spite of the great similarity of seed bank sizes. Moreover, argyrolagids were unlikely seed-hoarding granivores, therefore some other reason than argyrolagid extinction should be sought to explain the lack of specialized seed-eating mammals, and the smaller overall seed consumption rates in South American deserts. 相似文献
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The relationship between spatial scale and biodiversity patterns is a highly debated topic in ecology. We evaluated the partition of small mammal diversity at multiple spatial scales and analyzed protected areas in order to evaluate their role of protecting biodiversity at the regional scale. Diversity of small mammals in the Monte Desert was quantified at the regional biome scale (96,000 km2) (γ) and partitioned at three spatial scales: aridity range (α3,n = 6,16 000 km2), locality level (α2,n = 18,2-3 ha), and habitat patch (α1,n = 51,0.6 ha). We estimated their diversity using an additive approach with three indices (richness, Shannon-Weiner, Simpson). Diversity was higher than expected at the “between aridity range (β3)” scale, but lower at the “within-habitat scale (α1)”. Alpha was higher than beta diversity for most spatial scales; and at the regional scale protected areas preserved a higher biodiversity than unprotected ones. Our results are the first to partition the diversity of desert small mammals at multiple spatial scales and to support the hypotheses of an irregular scale dependence of alpha and beta diversity when increasing the spatial scales. They also highlight that a better understanding of biodiversity patterns is gained when several tools are integrated and combined at different spatial scales. 相似文献
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S. Fracchia L. KrapovickasA. Aranda-Rickert V.S. Valentinuzzi 《Journal of Arid Environments》2011,75(11):1016-1023
In arid and semi-arid environments, root-associated fungi may play a key role in plant communities (e.g., seedling establishment, nutrient acquisition, plant survival and heat tolerance). Several studies have shown the importance of small mammals as consumers and dispersal agents of mycorrhizal fungi spores in tropical and temperate ecosystems. However, little is known about the dispersal of infective propagules of endophytic fungi in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. This study analyzed the potential role of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys cf. knighti as a dispersal agent of root-associated fungi. In order to demonstrate this role, we analyzed: (1) the incidence of colonization of arbuscular mycorrhizae and dark septate endophytes on representative plant species of the Monte Desert; (2) the presence of fungal structures of arbuscular mycorrhizae and dark septate endophytes in C. cf. knighti fecal samples; and (3) the infectivity of the fungal propagules contained in the scat and their growth effects on nine native plant species. Data strongly suggest that this South American subterranean rodent may play a key role as a dispersal agent of arbuscular mycorrhizae and dark septate endophytes fungi in the arid environment of the northern Monte Desert of Argentina. 相似文献
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Warm deserts world-wide provide habitats for rich lizard species assemblages; North American deserts are no exception, however the desert regions of the US and Mexico are experiencing increasing habitat changes from multiple anthropogenic sources. Our objective here was to document current lizard species richness patterns across the North American deserts within the existing network of conservation areas. We identified 110 lizard species occurring across one or more of the 19 sites we analyzed. Three species richness hot spots were identified; a northern Baja California faunal extension into southern California in the US, and in Mexico, two sites within the state of Coahuila, as well as high endemism in the Cape Region of Baja California Sur. Species richness was associated with sites where desert ecoregions overlap and with insular isolation. Our uncertainty regarding how species will respond to the multifaceted aspects of global change is such that large protected natural areas with complex topography may be the most effective strategy for protecting desert lizards along with overall biodiversity. The 19 sites we analyzed represent the cores of a more robust conservation network that will be needed for the protection of biodiversity across North American Deserts. 相似文献
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基于遥感的贺兰山两侧沙漠边缘带植被覆盖演变及对气候响应 总被引：3，自引：2，他引：3
使用NOAA/AVHRR 8KM 1981-2001数据,以及准同期逐日观测气象数据,用GIS与RS空间分析方法和数理统计的分析方法对数据进行了归纳和插值处理。对贺兰山东西两侧腾格里与毛乌素两大沙漠的南缘带植被覆盖、气候要素的降水与气温变化特征以及它们之间的响应关系进行了分析。通过比较得出不同干湿条件沙漠边缘带植被覆盖状态变化的差异,以及各自生境对气候变化的响应特征。研究表明:气候条件中水分条件是决定干旱区与半干旱区土地覆盖状态的关键性因素;但是地形条件对植被覆盖的季相差异的影响也不可忽视;与植被覆盖相比,低覆盖植被分布面积的变化可以更好的揭示生态环境对气候变化的响应;整个研究期气候整体趋于暖干化,暖干程度在1999-2000年达到了高峰,随之植被覆盖在2000-2001年达到了最低值。这说明生态环境对气候变化的响应存在一种时间上的滞后性。从RS与GIS角度为干旱区与半干旱区沙漠边缘带宏观土地覆盖变化研究提供了一种较为可靠方法,为因地制宜进行生态环境综合治理与防治土地沙漠化也提供一种新的参考。 相似文献
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荒漠是中国北方的重要生态系统,约占中国陆地总面积的1/5。植物群落是荒漠生态系统的有机组成部分,是构建中国北方绿色生态屏障、实施国家重大生态工程、落实“一带一路”倡议和建设生态文明的重要基础资源,在国家社会、生态和经济活动中发挥着重要作用。以塔里木-准噶尔盆地荒漠区、青藏高原高寒荒漠区、阿拉善高原-河西走廊荒漠区、西鄂尔多斯高原-阴山北麓荒漠区、内蒙古中东部半干旱荒漠区为主要调查区域,共布设2 300个调查点,以查清中国北方荒漠植物群落类型、种类组成、群落学特性、空间分布、利用现状及生境特征,测定荒漠植物DNA条形码。获取荒漠植物样本8 300份,生境数据5万份,植物DNA条形码2 300份。以此为基础,编写中国荒漠植物群落类型、特征与现状调查报告,编制荒漠植物群落类型分布图集,建立中国荒漠植物群落资源监测体系。通过构建荒漠植物群落的数据库,利用国家科技基础条件平台,实现荒漠植物群落特征数据的联网共享,可为中国荒漠治理、植物资源保护与可持续利用提供数据支撑。 相似文献
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Introduction of domestic ungulates may lead to interspecific competition with native herbivores, particularly if the species involved are of similar size and share similar foraging strategies due to a scarcity of trophic resources. This interaction has not been investigated in South American deserts in which guanaco (Lama guanicoe), the larger South American wild camelid and the most widely-distributed ungulate, co-occurs with several introduced ungulates (e.g. cattle, donkeys, sheep or red deer). We studied the occurrence and abundance patterns of guanacos, donkeys and cattle in desert areas of Argentina by dung sampling. Analyses of co-occurrence show no relationship in land use between guanaco and livestock when geographical effects are removed. Distribution and abundance models of the guanaco are strongly associated with sparse plant cover, rocky substrata and human-influence variables, guanacos appearing in areas furthest from villages. Nevertheless, while guanaco distribution is weakly related to feral livestock presence, their abundance is negatively associated with donkey presence. In contrast, livestock species appear closely associated with each other, being centred on areas of densest and most productive vegetation. These results are relevant for the management of extensive arid areas of South America, where guanacos co-occur with feral donkeys and frequently conflicts with humans activities. 相似文献
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荒漠是陆地生态系统的重要组成部分,荒漠植被碳储量研究是陆地生态系统碳循环研究的重要内容之一。中亚五国及中国准噶尔荒漠是中亚干旱区的主体部分,目前关于该地区荒漠植被碳储量的研究尚属空白。在对准噶尔荒漠不同植被类型活生物量碳大规模调查的基础上,结合中亚干旱荒漠区植被图,利用平均生物量法初步估算了中亚区域荒漠植被碳储量。结果表明：中亚区域荒漠面积共310.37×104 km2,总生物量碳储量为57.03×107 t,地上、地下生物量碳分别为28.87×107 t和28.16×107 t,各占50.63%和49.37%。各植被型中,温带半灌木、矮半灌木荒漠的生物量碳储量最大,达到14.17×107 t （占24.84%）。中亚荒漠平均生物量碳密度为1.837 t/hm2,其中温带矮半乔木荒漠碳密度最大（2.367 t/hm2）。可以推测,在未来中亚地区降水持续增加的条件下下,中亚荒漠植被将会有更大的碳汇潜力。 相似文献
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博尔塔拉河流域位于中哈边境,其植被和土壤具有十分明显的垂直分布和区域性差异,根据该流域一条自西向东沿着海拔高度从210 m 到3 235 m 长约200多km的样带上所采集的人为干扰较少的49 个表土花粉样品的孢粉组合图式和现代植被样方调查资料,探讨了博尔塔拉河流域植被与表土花粉之间的关系。该区孢粉谱从上至下可划分为6个带,分别对应高山草甸带、亚高山草甸草原带、森林灌丛带、灌丛草原带、荒漠草原带、荒漠植被带。值得注意的是第6个孢粉带因含有具湿地特征的隐域性植被类型花粉组分,故又分成2个亚带,即荒漠植被亚带Ⅵ1和荒漠植被亚带Ⅵ2。森林灌丛植被带上限的云杉花粉含量明显比该带下限的含量高,表明云杉花粉的传播在沟谷地区受山谷风的影响较大。与此同时,将孢粉数据与气象数据相结合,分析结果得出比较有代表性的云杉属(Picea)、桦属(Betula)、藜科(Chenopodiaceae)、麻黄属(Ephedra)等花粉,与降水量和温度的关系较为密切。 相似文献
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Changes in plant community structure and composition of the Mojave Desert in response to greater fire intensity and extent are likely to have strong bottom-up effects on the biological community. The objective of this study was to determine how expansive fire in Mojave Desert impacts small mammal communities across seasons. We sampled small mammals in paired burned (4–5 years post-fire) and unburned areas of Beaver Dam Wash in southwestern Utah. Fire reduced total abundance of small mammals, and species richness and species diversity of the small mammal community. Merriam’s kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami) responded positively to fire (15% greater in burned areas). Long-tailed pocket mouse (Chaetodipus formosus) and canyon mouse (Peromyscus crinitus) were 91% and 98% less abundant in burned versus unburned areas. The positive response of Merriam’s kangaroo rat to fire is most likely correlated with their preference for open foraging microhabitat while other species captured prefer greater and more diverse cover. Because the small mammal community has been dramatically affected by fire, it is likely that top-down control of vegetation structure will be dominated by Merriam’s kangaroo rat in burned areas, which may promote more open habitat by limiting the growth of annual and perennial grasses. 相似文献
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东部沙区表土有机质和速效养分与风沙环境关系初探 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
东部沙区表土有机质、速效养分含量普遍较低。按照库布齐沙漠、毛乌素沙地、浑善达克沙地、科尔沁沙地和呼伦贝尔沙地的次序,有机质和速效K含量逐渐增大,这种分布格局与区域风沙环境性质、风沙活动方式密切相关;各沙漠/沙地内部,表土有机质和速效K含量分别与植被盖度、颗粒平均粒径、分选系数之间存在较好的相关性。速效N和速效P含量未表现出上述变化规律。可见有机质和速效K含量对风沙环境的变化较为敏感,因而其在表土中的再分配可以在一定程度上反映局地风沙环境的变化,而速效N和速效P对风沙环境的指示意义不明显。东部沙区表土有机质、速效N及速效P含量普遍高于西部沙区,而速效K含量明显偏低。 相似文献
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巴丹吉林沙漠周边植被特征和物种多样性 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
通过对巴丹吉林沙漠周边地区的野外调查,以重要值为测度指标,计算物种多样性指数、均匀度指数和优势度指数,对巴丹吉林沙漠周边地区荒漠植物群落物种多样性进行分析。结果表明:(1)该区域共计植物37种,各区域重要值大于0.1的物种中,灌木和半灌木占优势;(2)8个区域的Shannon-Wiener指数、Simpson指数、丰富度指数和优势度指数差异显著,区域5(北部)和7(西部)因含有单物种群落,Shannon-Wiener指数和Simpson指数显著低于其他区域;(3)荒漠植物群落结构层次中,8个区域的灌木层片每个多样性指数均没有显著性差异,草本层片在8个区域中多样性水平差异显著,由于荒漠区植被物种稀少、数量少,灌木层和草本层并未表现出显著差异;(4)巴丹吉林沙漠物种多样性水平较低,生态系统脆弱,对巴丹吉林沙漠周边地区生态系统重建时应该关注各种生态型植被的恢复重建。 相似文献
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中国戈壁综合自然区划研究 总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11
中国戈壁广泛分布于北方的干旱与极干旱区域,直至目前尚未系统地开展戈壁分区研究。本文在综合分析戈壁特征与形成发生机制关系后认为,我国戈壁的最主要特征是地表砾质覆盖;表层具孔状漆漠结皮,其下具棕红色紧实层及石膏层;植物覆盖度极低,生长旱生极旱生灌木—半灌木。戈壁形成发生的区域仅限于干燥度4以上的干旱、极干旱区域。根据戈壁特征及发生条件的区域分异,选取干温指标、区域地质地貌建造指标、地表物质成因形态指标,将中国戈壁分布区划分为温性干旱极干旱戈壁区、暖性干旱极干旱戈壁区和青藏高原北部亚寒干旱极干旱戈壁区3个一级区(区),其下按区域地质地貌建造特征划分出9个二级区(地区),再按戈壁地表物质成因与形态差异划分出19个三级区(亚地区)。还可根据土壤和植被的地域分异进一步划分出若干个四级区(小区)。 相似文献