Assessing the distribution and impacts of Prosopis juliflora through participatory approaches     

《Applied geography (Sevenoaks, England)》2016

Invasive species pose global biological and economic challenges. Over the past four decades, Prosopis taxa have emerged as a major invader of the arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Prosopis juliflora, one of the highly invasive Prosopis species, is dominantly present in the Afar region of Ethiopia and continues to spread into the surrounding areas. The objective of this study was to aid the mapping, utilization, and management of the invasive P. juliflora in Afar, by employing participatory research techniques. We assessed the introduction history, impacts, uses, and control strategies of invasive P. juliflora by interviewing 108 pastoralists and agro-pastoralists. In addition, we used Participatory Mapping (PM), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), and remote sensing technologies and approaches to map sites invaded by P. juliflora. Sketch maps were produced by men, women, pastoralist and agro-pastoralist groups. Experts aggregated, scaled and reproduced the sketch maps with support from the Afar communities. We provided GPS and GIS trainings to selected community members who assisted us in collecting the GPS locations of more than 70 key features and landmarks. The sketch maps were digitized and geo-referenced by experts using the 70 GPS records as control points. Geo-referenced community maps were superimposed on pan-sharpened Landsat 8 satellite images and presented to the communities for verification. We overlaid the verified community maps on ancillary land-cover layers, and detected the land-cover classes that were most affected by P. juliflora invasion. Despite its uses as source of fire wood, charcoal, and animal fodder, the species has adverse impacts on native species and livestock resources. Afar communities mapped P. juliflora infestations, particularly those that occurred near their villages, using high and moderate density classes. The two highly invaded land-cover categories were dense grassland, and exposed sand & soils. Participants collaborated in creating the produced maps, suggesting that participatory research approaches are another tool for early detection of invasive species and guiding fine-scale management strategies.  相似文献   

信息通讯技术对老年人的社区满意度影响路径——以南京市锁金社区为例   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0  

陈卉  甄峰 《地理科学进展》2016,35(9):1167-1176

在中国老龄化进程加快以及智慧养老快速发展的背景下,如何运用信息通讯技术(ICT)提高老年人社区生活质量成为地理学与规划学等领域的关注热点。本文选取南京市首个智慧平台落户社区——锁金社区为实证调研对象,通过构建结构方程模型结合问卷调查,探究信息通讯技术对老年人的社区满意度影响路径,其中问卷内容主要包括个人特征属性、个人ICT使用情况、社会支持情况、社区满意度等。结果表明：老年人信息设备的拥有及使用越趋向多元化,其网络活动越频繁;受教育使用水平越高、使用互联网意愿更强烈的老年人其网络活动越频繁;信息通讯技术主要通过社交类网络活动促进老年人的家庭、邻里交往,提高老年人的社会支持,从而提升社区满意度;与社区建成环境相比,社会支持对于老年人的社区满意度影响更大。因此,合理运用信息通讯技术加强老年人与家人、邻里等的联系强度,是提高老年人社区生活质量的一条可行路径。研究结果对于智慧社区、智慧养老建设具有一定的借鉴意义。  相似文献   

鹤山龙口村边次生常绿阔叶林群落分析   总被引：10，自引：0，他引：10  

曹洪麟  蔡锡安  彭少麟  余作岳 《热带地理》1999,19(4):312-317

鹤山龙口村边次生常绿阔叶林属季风常绿阔叶林类型, 其种类组成复杂多样而富于热带性, 据１２００ ｍ２ 的样方统计, 有维管束植物６２ 种, 分属于３２ 科、５４ 属, 其中, 属热带分布的有３２ 种, 属热带－ 亚热带分布的有２１ 种, 属亚热带分布的只有７ 种, 其余２ 种为世界分布。本群落的外貌终年常绿, 层次结构复杂而不明显, 样地内高于１－５ｍ 的立木有５２ 种１８５７ 株, 灌木层种类和株数尚多, １００ ｍ２ 内有１８５株, 草本层以乔灌木幼苗为主, 草本植物较少。群落组成结构与地带性常绿阔叶林相似, 乔、灌、草各层的物种多样性指数在４ 左右, 群落均匀度为０－７ ～０－９ , 生态优势度为０－０７ ～０－１０ , 但群落明显具有次生性, 大部分优势种群呈集群分布。若能减少人为干扰破坏, 本群落将向地带性典型植被类型演替。  相似文献   

A community-based urban forest inventory using online mapping services and consumer-grade digital images     

Amr H. Abd-Elrahman  Mary E. Thornhill  Michael G. Andreu  Francisco Escobedo 《International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation》2010

Community involvement in gathering and submitting spatially referenced data via web mapping applications has recently been gaining momentum. Urban forest inventory data analyzed by programs such as the i-Tree ECO inventory method is a good candidate for such an approach. In this research, we tested the feasibility of using spatially referenced data gathered and submitted by non-professional individuals through a web application to augment urban forest inventory data. We examined the use of close range photogrammetry solutions of images taken by consumer-grade cameras to extract quantitative metric information such as crown diameter, tree heights and trunk diameters. Several tests were performed to evaluate the accuracy of the photogrammetric solutions and to examine their use in addition to existing aerial image data to supplement or partially substitute for standard i-Tree ECO field measurements.  相似文献   

中国南亚热带水库敞水区春季轮虫群落结构:基于分类特征和功能性状的分析     

陈旭繁  黄珂  章洁香  黄琦  刘平  韩博平 《湖泊科学》2021,33(5):1490-1499

轮虫是淡水后生浮游动物中种类最丰富的类群,是水体生态系统食物链的关键环节.很多种类的轮虫对环境变化敏感,环境条件的改变能够导致其群落结构的快速变化,因此,轮虫群落的组成与变化可从生态位角度得以解释.物种的功能性状可提供更强的生态适应性信号,轮虫的个体大小是反映其代谢与行为的综合性状,而咀嚼器、防御结构及防御行为则反映了它们对食物利用和应对捕食等方面的功能性状,轮虫群落中物种的这些功能性状组成反映了食物资源和捕食压力等对群落组成的选择作用.为了解我国南亚热带水库轮虫群落的结构特征,于2018年春季(3—5月)采集了我国华南地区43座水库敞水区的浮游动物定性样品和定量样品,同时测定了水温、水深、水体透明度及叶绿素a浓度等指标.共采集到轮虫19属45种,主要为营浮游生活的种类,异尾轮属(Trichocerca)和臂尾轮属(Brachionus)的种类最多,分别有10和7种.在轮虫个体大小上,群落中体长≤150 μm个体的丰度和生物量均占绝对优势(分别为83.11%和53.10%),体现出热带、亚热带地区轮虫群落以小个体种类占优势的一般特征;具有槌型咀嚼器、杖型咀嚼器的轮虫为优势咀嚼器功能群,分别占57.78%和33.14%;具背甲与棘刺的轮虫为主要优势防御结构功能群(66.59%).南亚热带水库春季轮虫群落在食物利用及应对捕食压力上的特点明显,冗余分析表明轮虫群落的种类组成及性状功能群的丰度组成显著地受到食物、温度及竞争的影响.  相似文献   

互联网+社区地震应急桌面演练的设计与实施——以青海省海西州为例     

张媛  王金萍  赖俊彦  才其格  李亦纲 《震灾防御技术》2020,15(2):411-418

地震灾害应对实践表明,社区作为社会治理的基本单元,在抢救生命、安置群众生活等方面发挥着重要作用。应急演练是有效提升民众防灾减灾意识和社区应对灾害能力的重要途径。近年来,社区开展了不同程度的地震应急演练,但在专业性和实效性方面仍存在很大提升空间。本文基于互联网+应急演练理念,提出基于互联网云服务的分布式、多社区、不限人数、同步或异步开展的应急桌面演练新模式,并在青海省海西蒙古族藏族自治州进行了试点应用。实践表明,互联网+社区地震应急桌面演练融合了传统桌面演练与实战演练的优势,可针对社区管理层开展地震灾害全过程桌面推演,能有效促进社区管理层应急组织协调能力的提升。  相似文献   

King Canute muses in the South Seas: Why aren’t Pacific Islands transitioning to low carbon sea transport futures?     

《Marine Policy》2017

Transition to low carbon sea transport is a logical response to the extreme dependency of the Pacific Islands region on imported fossil fuel, its significant vulnerability to the effects of climate change and the critical shipping needs of Pacific Island countries (PICs). Building on previous work in low carbon sea transport in the Pacific, this paper further considers the barriers to achieving such transition by assessing, through a ‘post-Paris Agreement’ lens, the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted by PICs and contrasting these to the near total lack of investment and planning for low carbon transition in the transport sector with the parallel occurrence in the electricity sector where ~USD 2 billion of donor investment is deployed or queued despite electricity using only ~20% of fossil fuel across the region. Consistent with recent international studies, inadequate and inappropriate financing and policy have been identified as dominant transition barriers for low carbon sea transport development in PICs. This paper further examines the regional level barriers to policy development, and finds them inhibited by the silo nature of the major regional actors. The implications that the Paris Agreement has for climate financing to support the essential research and capacity development needed to underpin a successful low carbon sea transport transition strategy at any useful scale and speed are also considered in this paper.  相似文献   

A numerical study of tropospheric ozone in the springtime in East Asia   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

ZHANG Meigen  XU Yongfu  Itsushi UNO  Hajime AKIMOTO 《大气科学进展》2004,21(2):163-170

The Models-3 Community Multi-scale Air Quality modeling system (CMAQ)coupled with the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS)is applied to East Asia to study the transport and photochemical transformation of tropospheric ozone in March 1998．The calculated mixing ratios of ozone and carbon monoxide are compared with ground 1evel observations at three remote sites in Japan and it is found that the model reproduces the observed features very well．Examination of several high episodes of ozone and carbon monoxide indicates that these elevated levels are found in association with continental outflow,demonstrating the critical role of the rapid transport of carbon monoxide and other ozone precursors from the continental boundary layer．In comparison with available ozonesonde data,it is found that the model-calculated ozone concentrations are generally in good agreement with the measurements,and the stratospheric contribution to surface ozone mixing ratios is quite limited．  相似文献   

Shifts from native to non-indigenous mussels: Enhanced habitat complexity and its effects on faunal assemblages     

《Marine environmental research》2013

Ecosystem engineers such as mussels may affect strongly both the structure of benthic assemblages and the ecosystem functioning. The black-pygmy mussel Limnoperna securis is an invasive species that is spreading along the Galician coast (NW Spain). Its current distribution overlaps with the distribution of the commercial native mussel species Mytilus galloprovincialis, but only in the inner part of two southern Galician rias. Here, we analysed the assemblages associated with clumps of the two mussel species and evaluated if the invasive species increased complexity of habitat. To measure complexity of clumps we used a new method modified from the “chain and tape” method. Results showed that the identity of the mussel influenced macrofaunal assemblages, but not meiofauna. L. securis increased the complexity of clumps, and such complexity explained a high percentage of variability of macrofauna. The shift in dominance from M. galloprovincialis to L. securis may alter habitat structure and complexity, affecting the macrofaunal assemblages with unpredictable consequences on trophic web relations.  相似文献   

Climate driven changes in subtidal kelp forest communities in NW Spain     

《Marine environmental research》2013

Reconstructions suggest a massive decline of nearly 1400 ha of kelp forest in North Western Spain in 2007. In line with global rising temperatures, we hypothesized that Sea Surface Temperature (SST) surpassed a lethal threshold for kelp. We examined whether changes in SST correlated to the proposed decline in kelp forest. All investigated SST characteristics suggested to affect kelp abundance increased significantly during the past thirty years, reaching extreme values during the last decade. In addition over the past two decades, the landscape formerly dominated by both cold and warm temperate canopy forming and understory species changed to one dominated by warm temperate understory species, resulting in a loss of vertical community structure. Fisheries landing data of kelp associated species was used to support the suggested change in kelp abundance. Subsequent recovery of the kelp appears to be occurring in deeper waters.  相似文献