Landscape Analysis of the Forest-Tundra Ecotone in Rocky Mountain National Park,Colorado∗     

《The Professional geographer》2013,65(4):361-375

Landscapes in the ecotone between forest and tundra contain a mosaic of patches of trees, meadows, lakes, disturbed areas, and other features. The structure of this mosaic affects species habitat and potential ecotone response to global change. However, the alpine forest-tundra ecotone may be insensitive to climatic change if it is a climatic relict or is frequently disturbed. We used GIS and multivariate statistics to (1) analyze landscape structure in transects across the ecotone in Rocky Mountain National Park, (2) identify the major variants of forest-tundra ecotone, and (3) identify the influence of the environment and natural disturbances on variation in the landscape structure of the ecotone. There are six major types of ecotone varying in the amount of natural disturbances, permanent features (e.g., lakes), closed forest, patch forest, and krummholz. Variation is primarily related to slope, elevation, aspect, and geology associated with the morphology of the mountains and the disturbances they produce. The ecotone is not strongly structured by natural disturbances; thus, it may be more strongly controlled by and sensitive to climatic change than in areas where disturbance is more prevalent. Monitoring of potential ecotone response to global change is feasible, if tailored to the types of ecotone and their expected response.  相似文献   

Mapping Ecotone Movements: Holocene Dynamics of the Forest Tension Zone in Central Lower Michigan,Usa     

《自然地理学》2013,34(5):473-490

This paper presents a novel method for detecting and mapping movements of ecotone boundaries, over both time and space, using existing fossil pollen data. The method combines existing statistical techniques, including discriminant analysis and spatial interpolation, to generate statistically robust maps of ecotone boundaries over time. This method was applied to provide a comprehensive vegetative history of the forest tension zone in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan during the last 10,000 years. Pollen data for nine lakes in the Lower Peninsula were analyzed with discriminant analysis and spatially interpolated with inverse distance weighted to track ecotone movements of the forest tension zone. The forest tension zone has been in existence over the last 10,000 years and has been highly variable over space and time, with at least three major latitudinal shifts, spanning 320 km and 6° of latitude, as well as several less pronounced shifts. These shifts occurred primarily in response to millennial-scale oscillations in climate such as the warmer and dryer conditions associated with the mid-Holocene. A slighter shift was evident in association with the cooler and drier conditions of the Little Ice Age (600-100 cal yr BP). This research demonstrates the sensitivity of Great Lakes forest communities to Holocene climate change and suggests a similar sensitivity of future ecotone dynamics in response to modern global warming.  相似文献   

Quantitative reconstruction of Holocene precipitation changes in southern Patagonia     

Marcela Sandra Tonello  Maria Virginia Mancini  Heikki Sepp 《Quaternary Research》2009,72(3):410-420

Holocene variations in annual precipitation (P_ann) were reconstructed from pollen data from southern Argentinian Patagonia using a transfer function developed based on a weighted-averaging partial least squares (WA-PLS) regression. The pollen–climate calibration model consisted of 112 surface soil samples and 59 pollen types from the main vegetation units, and modern precipitation values obtained from a global climate database. The performance (r² = 0.517; RMSEP = 126 mm) of the model was comparable or slightly lower than in other comparable pollen–climate models. Fossil pollen data were obtained from a sediment core from Cerro Frias site (50°24'S, 72°42'W) located at the forest-steppe ecotone. Reconstructed P_ann values of about 200 mm suggest dry conditions during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition (12,500–10,500 cal yr BP). P_ann values were about 300–350 mm from 10,500 to 8000 cal yr BP and increased to 400–500 mm between 8000 and 1000 cal yr BP. An abrupt decrease in P_ann at about 1000 cal yr BP was associated with a Nothofagus decline. The reconstructed P_ann suggests a weakening and southward shift of the westerlies during the early Holocene and intensification, with no major latitudinal shifts, during the mid-Holocene at high latitudes in southern Patagonia.  相似文献   

内蒙古荒漠-草原过渡带灌木群落特征     

宋兆斌  辛智鸣  朱雅娟 《中国沙漠》2022,42(2):104-112

荒漠-草原过渡带是草原逐渐被荒漠取代的区域.沿阿拉善左旗-乌拉特后旗调查灌木群落,分析植物群落的结构和物种多样性,以期为生物多样性保育提供理论依据.结果表明:该荒漠-草原过渡带有62种植物,隶属于18科、47属,禾本科、藜科、豆科和菊科的植物较多.植物主要由灌木和多年生草本构成,以旱生植物为主,主要包括红砂(Reaum...  相似文献   

荒漠-绿洲过渡带斑块植被区起沙风对风蚀积沙量的影响   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

胡广录  王德金  廖亚鑫  张宏伟 《中国沙漠》2016,36(4):902-910

以黑河中游荒漠-绿洲过渡带斑块植被区的风蚀积沙观测资料为基础,结合中国生态系统研究网络（CERN）临泽内陆河流域研究站的风况资料,应用地统计学方法对2012-2013年风蚀季（3-8月）的风蚀积沙过程进行分类,并分析起沙风对风蚀积沙量的影响。结果表明：（1）2012-2013年风蚀季风蚀积沙量的空间变异过程分为随机性变异过程（2012年4-7月）和结构性变异过程（2012年8月及2013年3-7月）。（2）在随机性变异过程中,风蚀积沙量与起沙风的风速,风向,风频率依次相关;在结构性变异过程中,风蚀积沙量与起沙风的风向,风速,风频率依次相关。③输沙势（DP）与风蚀积沙量的相关性大小为随机性变异过程>结构性变异过程;在随机性变异过程中,合成输沙势（RDP）与风蚀积沙量无明显相关关系（R²=0.0745）;而在结构性变异过程中,合成输沙势（RDP）与风蚀积沙量的相关系数较高（R²=0.9343）。④在随机性变异过程中,各月风蚀积沙量呈不规则的片状分布;在结构性变异过程中,各月积沙量呈明显的带状分布。  相似文献   

民勤荒漠绿洲过渡带灌丛沙堆形态特征及分布格局     

张进虎  唐进年  李得禄  魏林源  满多清  柴成武 《中国沙漠》2015,35(5):1141-1149

以民勤荒漠绿洲过渡带为研究区,通过样方调查,研究了荒漠区、荒漠绿洲过渡区到绿洲内不同梯度生境中灌丛沙堆的形态特征及分布格局。结果表明:(1)3种生境中灌丛沙堆的形态呈极显著性差异(p<0.01);绿洲区灌丛沙堆的平均高度、底面积、纵横断面积和体积均最大,其次为荒漠区,过渡区最小。(2)过渡带3种生境灌丛沙堆的长、短轴之间均呈二次函数关系,但相关程度不同,过渡区相关性最高,相关系数达0.78;绿洲区相关性最低,相关系数为0.57;高度与底面积、体积与高度间均呈幂函数关系,相关系数均在0.59以上;(3)过渡区灌丛沙堆分布密度较大,呈聚集分布,而荒漠区及绿洲区沙堆分布密度较小,均呈随机分布。  相似文献   

荒漠绿洲过渡带不同立地条件下物种多样性及其与土壤理化因子的关系   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

解婷婷  苏培玺  周紫鹃  李善家  张海娜 《中国沙漠》2013,33(2):508-514

通过于2007-2011年对甘肃河西走廊中部荒漠绿洲过渡带不同立地条件下植被样方的调查,应用 Margalef丰富度指数、Pielou均匀度指数、Shannon-Weiner指数和Simpson指数研究了不同立地条件下物种多样性的变化,并采用典范对应分析方法(CCA)研究植物物种分布与土壤环境因子的关系。结果表明：荒漠绿洲过渡带丘间低地的植被盖度和Margalef、Simpson、Shannon-Wiener、Pielou指数值均最大,流动沙丘条件下最小;Hill多样性指数排序结果显示,随着土壤水分条件的变差,物种多样性同样表现出降低的趋势。按多样性从高到低的顺序,其相应的立地条件分别为丘间低地、缓平沙坡、固定沙丘、半固定沙丘和流动沙丘。选取的土壤因子对过渡带植被分布的影响程度大小为土壤含水量＞pH值＞全钾＞有机质＞速效氮＞全氮＞速效钾＞全磷＞土壤盐分＞速效磷。土壤含水量和pH是荒漠绿洲过渡带植被分布空间差异的最主要影响因子,前3个轴的环境解释率为98％,证明排序可信。  相似文献   

新疆于田景观特征变化的遥感分析   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0  

贺凌云  海米提·依米提  瓦哈甫·哈立克  奚秀梅 《中国沙漠》2010,30(5):1027-1030

以4期Landsat遥感影像为基础,结合两期土地利用图及历年实地考察资料,分析了1977—2002年间新疆于田的景观变化特征。研究发现,于田平原与荒漠区环境退化严重,荒漠增加而交错带减少,高生态级别的高覆盖度草地锐减;绿洲在稳定增长,以绿洲为中心的核心区生态环境质量却明显退化,但天然绿洲整体变化不明显,波动小且变化恢复较快;生态的主要退化期为20世纪70—80年代,此后趋于好转,1999年以后好转明显;人工绿洲的开发只是明显影响了绿洲近缘景观,对远缘影响较弱。  相似文献   

Vegetation change of ecotone in west of Northeast China plain using time-series remote sensing data   总被引：3，自引：1，他引：2  

Fang Huang  Ping Wang 《中国地理科学(英文版)》2010,20(2):167-175

Multi-temporal series of satellite SPOT-VEGETATION normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and normalized difference water index (NDWI) data from 1998 to 2007 were used for analyzing vegetation change of the ecotone in the west of the Northeast China Plain. The yearly and monthly maximal values,anomalies and change rates of NDVI and NDWI were calculated to reveal the interannual and seasonal changes in vegetation cover and vegetation water content. Linear regression method was adopted to characterize the trends in vegetation change. The yearly maximal NDVI decreased from 0.41 in 1998 to 0.37 in 2007,implying the decreasing trend of vegetation activity. There was a significant decrease of maximal NDVI in spring and summer over the study period,while an increase trend was observed in autumn. The vegetation-improved regions and vegetation-degraded regions occupied 17.03% and 20.30% of the study area,respectively. The maximal NDWI over growing season dropped by 0.027 in 1998–2007,and about 15.15% of the study area showed a decreasing trend of water content. Vegetation water stress in autumn was better than that in spring. Vegetation cover and water content variations were sensitive to annual precipitation,autumn precipitation and summer temperature. The vegetation degradation trend in this ecotone might be induced by the warm-drying climate especially continuous spring and summer drought in the recent ten years.  相似文献   

荒漠绿洲过渡带柽柳和泡泡刺光合作用及水分代谢的生态适应性   总被引：14，自引：12，他引：2  

刘冰  赵文智 《中国沙漠》2009,29(1):101-107

对分布于荒漠绿洲过渡带的柽柳(Tamarix ramosissima)和泡泡刺(Nitraria sphaerocarpa)光合和水分代谢特性进行了比较研究。结果表明,柽柳和泡泡刺：①净光合速率与环境因子响应具“光合下调”现象,其曲线符合Gauss model。②净光合速率最大值分别为20.2 μmol CO2·m-2·s-1和23.8 μmol CO2·m-2·s-1;光补偿点和饱和点为244.62 μmol·m-2·s-1和1 180.31 μmol·m-2·s-1,73.67 μmol·m-2·s-1和1 467.85 μmol·m-2·s-1。③净光合速率近似双峰型抛物线;光能利用效率单峰曲线;柽柳蒸腾速率和水分利用效率为单峰旗形,泡泡刺波浪型。 ④泡泡刺利用较高的净光合速率、蒸腾、水分利用效率,柽柳通过高光能利用效率来适应荒漠生态环境。因此,光抑制所导致的“光合下调”现象是柽柳和泡泡刺对水分胁迫所产生的保护性机制,反映了荒漠植物在与环境协同进化过程中的生态适应性;较低的水分利用效率是荒漠植物对其环境响应的普遍适应机理。  相似文献