基于GIS的老挝-中国边境土地适用性评估

对老挝-中国边境林地使用变更进行了评估,并提出了茶叶的土地适用性。建立一个综合的基于GIS的分析系统（IGAS）,该系统支持老挝-中国边境的林地使用和土地适用性的评估研究。采用多标准分析和系统动态技术评估林地使用和土地适用性,同时预测了潜在的茶叶用地。收集到的土地数据和数据分析表明,整体研究区域为10325.07 km2,当前的森林覆被由1992年的6337.33 km2（占61.38%）减少到2002年的5106.28 km2（占49.46%）。当前的森林主要被转为潜在林地和专门的永久农业用地,甚至国家生物多样性保护区域被转为橡胶种植区。林地使用转变的主要原因是贫穷。为了解决这个问题,根据多标准方法,我们对研究区域中适用茶叶种植土地提出了2种分类方案。     

湖南省退耕还林工程社会经济效益调查研究

调查结果显示：①农户家庭总收入和净收入退耕后2004年,分别增长41．54％、62．95％,且退耕后农户家庭收入结构也发生了一定的变化;②农户家庭生活和文化消费总支出退耕后2004年增长率分别为37．28％、51．17％,且退耕后农户家庭的生活和文化消费支出结构也发生了一定的变化;③恩格尔系数退耕后2004年下降了3．56％,说明退耕后农民的生活水平得到了进一步提高;④农户家庭就医率和适龄儿童入学率上升到了退耕后2004年的84.5％、97．8％;⑤生态环境建设在我省干部和农户心目中的地住逐渐提高,说明生态环境建设在我省干部和群众中奠定了坚实的民意基础,产生了较为深远的影响力。     

湖南小溪国家级自然保护区野生纤维植物资源调查

经过3年实地调查、标本鉴定和资料查阕,初步确定湖南省小溪国家级自然保护区有野生纤维植物33科896种。对主要几种以予介绍,对如何开发利用和保护野生纤维植物植物提出几点建议。     

青岛崂山樱属植物的分布种类及资源利用研究

樱属在植物分类学上属蔷薇科梅亚科,本属有120种以上,分布于北温带,我国约有48种以上。山东省分布10种(含2变种,3变型),其中崂山分布有9种(含2变种,3变型),几乎涵盖了山东省所有樱属植物种类。该文详细介绍了青岛崂山樱属植物的分布种类,并对其观赏特性及园林用途进行了阐述。     

Is community-based forest management more effective than protected areas?: A comparison of land use/land cover change in two neighboring study areas of the Central Yucatan Peninsula,Mexico

The importance of the role of local community forestry institutions towards forest conservation is exemplified through a comparison of two adjacent areas within the Central Yucatan Peninsular Region (CYPR) in which Land-Use Cover Change (LUCC) analyses were conducted. We also used logistic regression analyses to examine key environmental, socioeconomic and institutional drivers associated with deforestation. One of the areas, La Montaña (LM) at Hopelchen, Campeche, is part of the northern section and buffer zone of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (CBR) as well as part of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. LM is an agricultural forest frontier region economically dependent on productive activities. The other study, Zona Maya (ZM), found at the municipality of Felipe Carrillo Puerto in Quintana is characterized by having developed community-based forestry enterprises with world wide recognition. In addition, the major tourism industry in nearby Cancun and Riviera Maya provide an important source of off-farm labor and temporary migration. Results show contrasting annual deforestation rates among the two study areas, being greater in the Campeche site (0.7% from 2000 to 2005) compared to Quintana Roo (−0.002% from 2000 to 2004). Logistic regression results show that the occurrence of land clearing at LM is significantly related to demographic variables as well as soil-environment types and conservation status did not reveal to relate to LUCC processes at all. At Quintana Roo, despite twice the population density, population variables at large did not strongly correlate to forest clearing. Rather forest conservation or maintenance was shown to be influenced by local community forestry institutions and a landscape zoning provided by larger management goals from the part of the communities. Greater availability of wage labor for the prominent tourism economy may also reflect a lesser dependence on agriculture and contribute to the much lower deforestation rate. Nonetheless, results show that community forest management can play an effective role in forest conservation. We argue for a regional land use management approach as a conservation strategy in which local inhabitants are considered key actors.     

川西南雷波县小海子孢粉组合特征与距今1.6万年以来古气候分析

根据该地层剖面不同时期泥炭地层的孢粉类型、数量的变化，将该不同年龄段剖面中出现的孢粉划分为六个孢粉组合带。利用不同时段孢粉类型及数量变化所反映的森林生态环境，重塑了不同时期的古气候特征。可概括为：从距今1．6万年晚更新世晚期，经冰后期晚更新世与早全新世分界，再经中全新世至晚全新世直到目前，经历了冰后期一个短暂转暖期一寒冷一温冷到温暖一温暖微干一温凉一温暖这一变化趋势。雷波小海子地处凉山州东部边缘，临近金沙江河谷，由于受黄茅埂高山阻隔和金沙江河谷干热气候影响，故自1．6万年以来气候变化波动较小，而与布拖县西溪河火烈湖2．2万年以来古气候有不同变化趋势。     

沙地樟子松人工林碳储量研究

以科尔沁沙地樟子松人工林为研究对象,分别实地测定了造林10年、18年、25年和30年樟子松人工林树木生物量、枯落物生物量、草本生物量和根系生物量,并研究了各碳库碳储量动态变化特征.结果表明:樟子松各器官平均碳含量为48.12%;随着林龄的增大,除了林下草本碳库碳储量减小外,樟子松地上部分碳库、枯落物碳库、根系碳库及土壤...     

Effect of vegetation restoration on ant nest‐building activities following mobile dune stabilization in the Horqin Sandy land,Northern China

Measurements of the density and characteristics (size and height) of ant mounds were carried out on mobile, semi‐mobile, semi‐fixed and fixed dunes in the Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China. The relationships between the distribution of ant mounds and the plant community (abundance and cover) were investigated, for areas within and across the dune stages. Changes in spatial pattern of ant mounds were also analysed following mobile dune stabilization. The results showed no ant mounds on mobile dunes; the mound density was significantly higher on fixed dunes than on semi‐fixed or semi‐mobile dunes. The mound density depended on plant density and cover across all dune stages, but not within any dune stage. The mound diameter increased but the mound height decreased from semi‐mobile dunes to fixed dunes. However, the mound diameter and height were not related to plant cover and density within any stabilization stage or across all dune stages. The spatial pattern of ant mounds tended to change from more clumped (semi‐mobile and semi‐fixed dunes) to less clumped and approached a random pattern (fixed dunes) along the dune stabilization gradient, which was related to the changing vegetation pattern during succession. Although the quantification of the number of ant species present was not attempted on each dune, the observed differences in ant colour and size suggest at least eight species were present. Fixed dunes were more attractive for different kinds of ant species, but the mound distribution exhibited a more random pattern with more continuous vegetation. Thus, different environmental conditions, especially in terms of the plant communities present at different dune stages, affected the activities and behaviour of the ants (including the distribution of mounds), but did not affect mound size and height. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Major declines in the abundance of vultures and other scavenging raptors in and around the Masai Mara ecosystem, Kenya

Vulture population declines have been noted in West and Southern Africa, but have not been assessed in East Africa. Roadside transects conducted in 1976 and 1988 were compared with surveys done from 2003–2005 in and around Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Staggering declines in abundance were found for seven of eight scavenging raptors surveyed. No Egyptian vultures were seen during recent transects. We compared trends between the ungulate migration and non-migration season among three land use types (reserve, buffer, and grazed) and among the species surveyed to establish the causes of declines in scavenging raptors. Large declines during the ungulate migratory period suggest that most scavenging raptor species are declining well beyond the area of study. For all species, except Hooded vultures, substantial declines outside of the reserve indicate an important role of land use change in causing observed declines. In addition, significant declines of populations of Gyps species in the reserve itself, especially during the migration season, provide evidence that human activities occurring in other parts of the species’ range such as poisoning of carcasses may be causing their decline. Declines found in this study suggest that at a minimum African white-backed, Rüppell’s, and Hooded vultures should be relisted as Vulnerable. Management actions that limit land use change around the reserve combined with a countrywide ban on carbamate pesticides will be important for conserving keystone members of the scavenging guild. Future research should further examine possible causes of these declines and quantify the effect of reduced scavenging raptor abundance on scavenging efficiency.     

Identifying the impacts of chronic anthropogenic disturbance on two threatened cacti to provide guidelines for population-dynamics restoration

Species frequently have to be preserved in disturbed areas. Restoring their predisturbance population dynamics may increase their population growth rate (λ) while preventing the development of vulnerable genetic- or age-structures in the population. We assessed how population dynamics have been affected by anthropogenic disturbance in the threatened cacti Mammillaria dixanthocentron and Mammillaria hernandezii. We worked in areas exposed to different intensities of disturbance, and applied a retrospective analysis to detect which of the vital rates affected by disturbance were responsible for reductions in λ. M. dixanthocentron had lower λs in more disturbed conditions as a consequence of the reduced survival of adults because of livestock trampling and increased predation by hares. M. hernandezii had significantly higher λs with intermediate disturbance. The reduction in λ under intense disturbance resulted from reduced reproduction and adult plant mortality. The death of these individuals seemingly was associated to the change in soil conditions due to overgrazing. However, the factor with the greatest influence over both species was temporal variability, which interacted with disturbance sometimes increasing its negative effects. The identification of hypothetical mechanisms reducing λ was facilitated by the retrospective analysis, which is then a valuable heuristic tool guiding research. As long as they are not properly tested, these hypotheses should be considered carefully in management plans, but they may provide timely information. Retrospective analysis allows taking initial conservation measures, while suggesting guidelines for future research that may improve such measures.