基于稀疏表示的森林火灾火焰识别研究

为了实现森林火灾的智能识别,提出一种基于稀疏表示的林火火焰自动识别方法.以林火火焰和5类干扰物体为研究对象,每类对象从视频图像中随机选取50帧作为训练样本,150帧作为测试样本.对每幅图像提取疑似火焰区域,求取面积变化率、颜色、纹理和形状特征参数.所有训练样本的特征向量构建训练样本特征字典,对每个测试样本利用l1最小化范数计算其在训练字典上的投影系数,根据最小重构残差进行分类识别.结果表明,稀疏表示方法的识别率可达到93.56％,为林火火焰识别提供了一个有效的解决方案.     

草原火研究综述

火作为重要的生态因子与我们的生活息息相关。国内外已对草原火展开了一定研究,本文讨论了草原火的研究成果,从影响因素、生态影响、时空分布格局、草原火的管理、遥感监控、预警和风险评价7个方面进行深入的探讨。一方面可为相关决策部门提供有力的科学依据,进而保证对草原火规范管理、草原生态环境平衡;另一方面,可为草原火发生发展过程,及其对相关区域乃至未来全球气候变化的影响研究提供依据,进而为当前全球变化研究做出贡献。由于目前在研究领域的局限性和研究时间间断性出现的问题,最后分析了草原火的研究趋势,并对火生态因子对全球气候变化影响和火灾预测模型有待深入的研究难点和发展趋势进行了展望。     

Factors Responsible for the Co-occurrence of Forested and Unforested Rock Outcrops in the Boreal Forest

Rock outcrops in the boreal forest of Québec can show either of two different states: a forested state with >25% tree cover, and an unforested state (<25% tree cover). We tested three different hypotheses that might explain the co-occurrence of forested and unforested rock outcrops: (1) differences in bedrock geology, with unforested outcrops associated to bedrock types inimical to tree growth; (2) unforested outcrops as recently disturbed sites undergoing secondary succession towards a forested state; (3) unforested outcrops as an alternative stable state to forested outcrops, induced by post-fire regeneration failure. Digitized forest inventory maps were used along with bedrock geology maps and time-since-fire maps to compare forested and unforested outcrops for bedrock geology type and date of the last fire. Field surveys were conducted on 28 outcrops (14 forested, 14 unforested) to gather information regarding tree species composition and site characteristics (thickness of the organic matter layer, percent cover of lichens, mosses and ericaceous shrubs). None of the three hypotheses explain the co-occurrence of forested and unforested rock outcrops in the boreal forest of Québec. Both outcrop types occur on the same bedrock geology types. Unforested outcrops are not recently disturbed sites in early-successional states, as no clear distinction could be made in tree species composition and date of the last fire between the two outcrop types. Forested and unforested outcrops are not alternative stable states, as unforested outcrops are unstable and cannot maintain themselves through time in the prolonged absence of fire. Hence, unforested rock outcrops could be viewed as degraded, diverging post-fire types maintained by the late Holocene disturbance regime, characterized by high fire frequencies.     

Historical change in coastal sage scrub in southern California,USA in relation to fire frequency and air pollution

Invasions resulting in the transformation of one ecosystem to another are an increasingly widespread phenomenon. While it is clear that these conversions, particularly between grassland and shrubland systems, have severe consequences, it is often less clear which factors are associated with these conversions. We resampled plots from the 1930s (Weislander VTMs) to test whether two widely assumed factors, changes in fire frequency and nitrogen deposition, are associated with the conversion of coastal sage scrublands to exotic grasslands in southern California. Over the 76-year period, coastal sage scrub cover declined by 49%, being replaced predominantly by exotic grassland species. Grassland encroachment was positively correlated with increased fire frequency and, in areas with low fire frequencies, air pollution (percent fossil carbon as indicated by ∂¹⁴C, likely correlated with nitrogen deposition). We conclude that increases in fire frequency and air pollution over the last several decades in southern California may have facilitated the conversion of coastal sage shrubland to exotic grassland systems.     

Effect of season of burning on grass recovery in the false thornveld of the eastern cape

Abstract

Season of burning is one of the most controversial questions concerning the use of fire in veld management. In the summer rainfall areas of South Africa the generally accepted rule of burning only after the first spring rains has proven ineffectual when using fire to control bush encroachment because the fires are too cool when burnt at this time. It was therefore decided to investigate the effect of burning on the regrowth of grass when applied during mid‐winter, spring, late spring and early summer. The results showed that burning when the grass was dormant (mid‐winter) had no deleterious effect on the recovery of grass when compared with burning after the first spring rains (spring). Conversely burning when the grass was actively growing (early summer) seriously retarded its regrowth.