Geomorphic Controls on Historical Channel Planform Changes on the Lower Pages River,Hunter Valley,Australia     

Wayne D. Erskine 《The Australian geographer》2011,42(3):289-307

Historical planform changes in a 14.7 km reach of the lower Pages River were determined to assess whether they were autogenic (inherent in the river regime) or allogenic (driven by external changes) in nature so as to better focus river management activities and river restoration works. A pattern metamorphosis or complete change in river morphology occurred during the February 1955 flood. The peak discharge of this event exceeded the slope and grain size (intrinsic) threshold for braiding, converting the narrow, slightly sinuous stream to a wide, braided-like river. Five subsequent intrinsic threshold-exceeding floods did not cause further bar development because an over-widened channel already existed. Autogenic channel planform changes included sinuosity variations due to lateral migration and pattern metamorphosis due to the exceedance of a discharge–slope–grain size geomorphic threshold. Allogenic channel planform changes included: (1) realignment/channel straightening and artificial cutoffs by river training works; (2) lateral migration by increased bank erodibility due to riparian vegetation clearing; (3) lateral migration by the operation of a transitive geomorphic threshold involving the onset of a flood-dominated regime after 1946 and increased catchment runoff after 1830 due to large-scale clearing of catchment vegetation; and (4) the occurrence of a large flood in February 1955. Multiple forcing factors have clearly caused historical channel planform changes of the lower Pages River, making the design of river management and restoration works a complex matter outside the scope of simple formulaic protocols.  相似文献   

Landscape Controls on Structural Variation in Eucalypt Vegetation Communities: Woronora Plateau,Australia     

Ross B. Jenkins  Nicholas C. Coops 《The Australian geographer》2011,42(1):1-17

Quantification of landscape-based vegetation structural variation and pattern is a significant goal for a variety of ecological, monitoring and biodiversity studies. Vegetation structural metrics, derived from airborne laser scanning (ALS or aerial light detection and ranging—LiDAR) and QuickBird satellite imagery, were used to establish the degree of plot-based vegetation variation at a hillslope scale. Topographic position is an indicator of energy and water availability, and was quantified using DEM-based insolation and topographic wetness, respectively, stratifying areas into hot-warm-cold and wet-moist-dry topographic classes. A range of vegetation metrics—maximum and modal canopy height, crown cover, foliage cover, NDVI and semivariance—were compared among randomly selected plots from each topographic class. NDVI increases with increasing landscape wetness, whereas ALS-derived foliage cover decreases with increasing insolation. Foliage cover is well correlated with crown cover (R ² =0.65), and since foliage cover is readily calculable for whole-of-landscape application, it will provide valuable and complementary information to NDVI. Between-plot heterogeneity increases with increasing wetness and decreasing insolation, indicating that more sampling is required in these locations to capture the full range of landscape-based variability. Pattern analysis in landscape ecology is one of the fundamental requirements of landscape ecology, and the methods described here offer statistically significant, quantifiable and repeatable means to realise that goal at a fine spatial grain.  相似文献   

A continental analysis of correlations between tree patterns in African savannas and human and environmental variables     

T.A. Groen  F. van LangeveldeC.A.D.M. van de Vijver  A.L. de RaadJ. de Leeuw  H.H.T. Prins 《Journal of Arid Environments》2011,75(8):724-733

This study analyses possible relationships between natural processes taking place in savannas and the tree patterns found in savannas. This can lead to new hypotheses about which processes are driving savanna physiognomy. To do so tree patterns were quantified for African savannas from historical aerial photographs applying frequently used landscape metrics. Also, additional data for these areas were collected to quantify the processes taking place at these locations. Correlations between tree pattern indices and explaining factors were analysed. We found a negative trend between tree cover and density of sheep and goats, but no relationship between tree cover and density of cattle, suggesting that small livestock have an effect on tree cover, but that larger livestock (or obligate grazers) do not. Also, a positive correlation between human population density and tree cover was found. Possible explanations for the found relations are discussed. Subsequent ways to analyse the latter correlation are discussed, and the potential of the presented historical database of aerial photographs is highlighted.  相似文献   

城市产业集聚动力机制与模式研究的PAF模型   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

吴丰林  方创琳  赵雅萍 《地理研究》2011,30(1):71-82

在综述国内外相关研究的基础上,认为目前城市产业集聚动力机制与模式的研究方法尚比较薄弱,尤其是通过构建模型进行定量研究鲜有涉及.首先对城市产业集聚动力机制与模式的概念与逻辑关系进行解析;其次,应用系统论的观点,对城市产业集聚系统进行解构,将城市产业集聚系统解构为内核系统与调控系统;最后,综合矢量平行四边形法则、层次分析法...  相似文献   

新疆塔河流域城镇化空间格局演变及驱动因素   总被引：5，自引：1，他引：4  

李雪梅  张小雷  杜宏茹 《地理研究》2011,30(2):348-358

运用熵值法从城镇人口、经济、社会和空间方面对新疆塔里木河流域2000年和2008年两个时期的城镇化综合发展水平进行测度,并借助GIS技术,运用空间聚类法和空间自相关法对城镇化水平的空间演变及分异进行分析,结果表明:城镇化综合水平在空间分布上存在较大差异,但基本格局保持稳定,区域城镇化综合水平较高的主要集中在巴州和阿克苏...  相似文献   

清代东蒙农业开发的消长及其气候变化背景     

萧凌波  方修琦  叶瑜 《地理研究》2011,30(10):1775-1782

利用档案史料、建置沿革史研究成果等提取信息,建立历史代用指标序列,对清代（1644～1911）内蒙古东部地区农业开发的时空进程进行描述,结合当地农业气候资源条件（温度、降水）及清代气候变化（温度）探讨其中的气候因素。结果显示：（1）清代东蒙农业开发集中在现代年均≥10℃积温2500℃、降水量400mm以上区域之内;（2...  相似文献   

北京都市区城市功能格局及其变化——基于经济普查数据的分析   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

卢明华  李国平  孙铁山 《地理研究》2011,30(11):1970-1982

利用北京市第一、第二次经济普查数据,以“乡镇＼街道”为基本空间单元,运用因子分析和聚类分析方法研究北京都市区城市功能格局的特征与模式。与2004年相比,2008年北京都市区城市功能格局发生了明显变化。北京都市区城市功能布局呈现郊区化态势：建筑运输与制造功能呈现最明显的郊区化特征,沿主要交通干线向远郊区快速拓展;生产服务...  相似文献   

1977～2008年延吉市城市景观格局演变   总被引：6，自引：2，他引：4  

杜会石  哈斯  李明玉 《地理科学》2011,(5):608-612

以延吉市为研究对象,利用1977年、1986年1:5万地形图,1992年、2001年TM影像,2008年ALOS影像等5期多源数据,运用景观生态学原理,借助遥感和GIS技术,选取城市景观构成、平均斑块面积、斑块密度、斑块分形维数、景观分离度指数、多样性指数和均匀度指数等进行分析,揭示延吉市近31 a来城市景观格局演变及...  相似文献   

塔里木河流域荒漠河岸林胡杨群落的空间格局研究   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

于军  王海珍  陈加利  韩路 《中国沙漠》2011,30(4):913-918

 以塔里木河流域荒漠河岸林胡杨群落为研究对象,研究优势种胡杨与灰胡杨种群径级结构、空间分布格局与空间关联性。结果表明,胡杨和灰胡杨种群径级结构均呈倒金字塔型,属衰退型种群。胡杨种群在1～25 m尺度内呈聚集分布,灰胡杨种群在2～23 m尺度内呈聚集分布,胡杨种群聚集强度大于灰胡杨。随种群生长发育,胡杨和灰胡杨聚集尺度范围及聚集规模逐渐减弱,大树趋于随机分布。灰胡杨不同生长阶段在0～25 m空间尺度上相互独立,胡杨小树与中树在5～10 m空间尺度上相互依存。胡杨中树与灰胡杨中树在大尺度空间(＞23 m)上相互排斥; 胡杨与灰胡杨种群在小尺度空间(2～3 m)上相互依存,中尺度空间上相互独立。  相似文献   

狼毒种群小尺度空间分布格局及空间关联性研究   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

赵成章  高福元  盛亚萍  董小刚  周伟 《干旱区地理》2011,34(3)

空间分布格局、空间关联性对尺度具有较强的依赖性,种群在不同的尺度上往往表现出多种空间分布格局和空间关联性。在黑河上游高寒退化草地,采用点格局分析方法,研究了小尺度上狼毒(Stellera chamaejasme)种群的分布格局和空间关联性。结果表明:小尺度上随着种群的发育,狼毒种群的空间分布格局由聚集分布逐渐向随机分布过渡;两个形体大小程度越接近的种群之间,空间关联性越有可能表现为正关联,随着种群的共同发育,空间关联性逐渐向不显著过渡,形体大小差异程度越大,则越有可能表现为负关联,而较大尺度上空间关联性趋于复杂化。种群个体之间的相互庇护促使狼毒个体的数量不断增长,并通过种内竞争使斑块不断扩张,狼毒种群合作与竞争机制的相互转变实现了种群的扩散。  相似文献