Fine-scale vegetation patches decline in size and cover with increasing rainfall in Australian savannas

Fine-scale vegetation patches (<5 m in width) are critically important in many landscapes because they function to obstruct surface flows of water and wind. These obstructions increase the infiltration of runoff and the capture of nutrients in runoff sediments and in wind-blown soil and litter. The importance of redistribution of runoff into runon patches from spaces between patches (fetches) is likely to be greater in drier than in wetter environments. In this paper we examine the hypothesis that the ratio of fetch to patch decreases as rainfall increases, and that this trend will be most evident on intermediate-textured soils because these soils are more prone to runoff. We measured fine-scale patches on 38 sites with sand, loam or clay soils. Sites were located along a 1000-mm rainfall gradient in the savannas of northern Australia. The width and intercept length of patches and the fetch between patches was measuring along line transects of 100–120 m oriented down slope. We found that the ratio of fetch to patch area did not decrease with decreasing rainfall, but increased on both sand and loam soils. This result was because with increasing rainfall mean spacing between patches disproportionally increased while mean patch size and cover declined. The cover of patches was negatively correlated with tree canopy cover, which significantly increased with rainfall. This negative correlation suggests that in higher rainfall savannas the size and spacing of ground-layer patches is controlled by the tree layer, and that as rainfall decreases this control decreases and runoff-runon processes increasingly structure the landscape. For savannas on clay soils these trends were not significant except that on the highest rainfall sites the cover of ground-layer patches was nearly 100% while trees were absent.     

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贵州屯堡文化在现代园林景观中的应用——以平坝县高烟坡山体公园规划设计为例

指出了屯堡文化作为贵州独特的汉族文化,其截然迥异的民族风格为现代园林地域景观提供了多元化参考。通过以平坝县高烟坡山体公园景观设计为例,对屯堡文化景观元素进行了提取,以促进现代园林景观设计的地域化、乡土化,保护和传承民族文化。     

浅谈园林绿地景石设计

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解析点在园林景观设计中的形式表达

点是现代景观设计中一个重要的视觉造型元素。现就景观设计中点的涵义、形态视觉特性等方面进行论述,并通过应用实例来阐述景观设计中点的几种表达方式,不同"点"的造型要素在不同应用情况下产生的不同景观效果。     

十八世纪俄罗斯园林与中国园林比较研究

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浅析AutoCAD在园林制图中的应用

AutoCAD具有强大的图形绘制和编辑功能，在园林规划中得到大力推广和应用，因此，本文介绍了AutoCAD软件在园林制图中的方法、应用实例及优缺点，希望对园林设计有所帮助。     

临沂市水生植物的选择与应用

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贵阳市植物景观规划设计探讨

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