Quantifying patch distribution at multiple spatial scales: Applications to wildlife-habitat models

Multiscale analyses are widely employed for wildlife-habitat studies. In most cases, however, each scale is considered discrete and little emphasis is placed on incorporating or measuring the responses of wildlife to resources across multiple scales. We modeled the responses of three Arctic wildlife species to vegetative resources distributed at two spatial scales: patches and collections of patches aggregated across a regional area. We defined a patch as a single or homogeneous collection of pixels representing 1 of 10 unique vegetation types. We employed a spatial pattern technique, three-term local quadrat variance, to quantify the distribution of patches at a larger regional scale. We used the distance at which the variance for each of 10 vegetation types peaked to define a moving window for calculating the density of patches. When measures of vegetation patch and density were applied to resource selection functions, the most parsimonious models for wolves and grizzly bears included covariates recorded at both scales. Seasonal resource selection by caribou was best described using a model consisting of only regional scale covariates. Our results suggest that for some species and environments simple patch-scale models may not capture the full range of spatial variation in resources to which wildlife may respond. For mobile animals that range across heterogeneous areas we recommend selection models that integrate resources occurring at a number of spatial scales. Patch density is a simple technique for representing such higher-order spatial patterns.     

新生仔猪的护理——以上海某规模猪场为例

我国养猪业发展迅速，整体水平在不断提高，但是与养殖业较为发达的国家相比仍有一些差距。以每年每头母猪断奶的仔猪数（PSY）为例，目前国外养猪发达国家PSY普遍已超30头，而我国却仍在25头左右，仍有较大的提升空间。仔猪护理工作在生猪生产过程中尤为重要，一旦护理措施不当就会造成仔猪死亡，从而降低PSY，直接影响到养猪企业的经济效益。规模猪场仔猪死亡的主要原因就是由于仔猪护理不当所引起的，仔猪护理问题一直是养猪业的一个难题。文内以2020年4—5月上海某规模猪场某栋产房新生仔猪（共477头，其中压死8头，瘦弱致死12头，腹泻致死亡的32头）为例，介绍规模猪场的仔猪护理及注意事项，以期为仔猪护理工作提供借鉴。     

规模化奶牛场经营管理研究

进入21世纪以来,中国奶业步入了快速发展期,规模化奶牛场经营管理的科学研究已经成为每个奶牛场经营管理者的必修课程和首要任务。本文对规模化奶牛场经营管理效能的相关影响因子进行了系统的综述,分析了规模化奶牛场经营管理的国内外研究现状、取得的成果以及存在的不足,并对未来我国规模化奶牛场经营管理的研究方向进行了展望。     

DEM空间尺度对可照时数模拟结果的影响 ——以浙江省仙居县为例

以浙江省仙居县为实验区,基于4种不同空间分辨率DEM提取相关地形因子,结合可照时数分布式模型,利用数字地形分析和空间数据叠置分析等方法,模拟1月和7月4种空间分辨率下的可照时数,并定量分析DEM尺度效应对模拟结果的影响。结果表明：（1）模拟结果的空间异质性随分辨率减小而减小,其平均值逐渐增加,且1月增幅大于7月,最大值随分辨率的变化不大,而最小值差异较大,标准差逐渐减小。（2）受海拔和地形遮蔽影响,平地和山脊处可照时数最多,海拔200-400m区间最少,400-1100m区域可照时数随海拔增加而增加。以10m分辨率结果为参照,30m、90m和900m分辨率下的差值随分辨率减小而增加,海拔<100m处差值最小,700-900m区域差值最大,1月日均多算0.7、1.4和2.9h,7月日均多算0.5、0.9和2.3h。（3）坡度0-55°范围内,可照时数随坡度增加而减少,30m、90m和900m分辨率与10m分辨率的差值随分辨率降低而增加,且最小差值均在<5°区域,最大差值在不同坡度等级,1月日均多算2.1、1.8和1.7h,而7月日均多算0.3、0.6和1.2h。（4）受太阳高度角和方位角影响,可照时数在南坡-北坡间的差异较大,东南-西南坡、东坡-西坡以及东北-西北坡之间差异较小,30m、90m和900m分辨率与10m分辨率的差值随分辨率降低而增加,在偏北坡,1月差值大于7月,最大差值在1月的北坡上,日均多算1.4、2.5和4.8h,在偏南坡上,1月差值小于7月,最大差值在7月的南坡或西南坡上,日均多算0.5、0.9和2.1h。     

Comparing fire spread algorithms using equivalence testing and neutral landscape models

We demonstrate a method to evaluate the degree to which a meta-model approximates spatial disturbance processes represented by a more detailed model across a range of landscape conditions, using neutral landscapes and equivalence testing. We illustrate this approach by comparing burn patterns produced by a relatively simple fire spread algorithm with those generated by a more detailed fire behavior model from which the simpler algorithm was derived. Equivalence testing allows objective comparisons of the output of simple and complex models, to determine if the results are significantly similar. Neutral landscape models represent a range of landscape conditions that the model may encounter, allowing evaluation of the sensitivity and behavior of the model to different landscape compositions and configurations. We first tested the model for universal applicability, then narrowed the testing to assess the practical domain of applicability. As a whole, the calibrated simple model passed the test for significant equivalence using the 25% threshold. When applied to a range of landscape conditions different from the calibration scenarios, the model failed the tests for equivalence. Although our particular model failed the tests, the neutral landscape models were helpful in determining an appropriate domain of applicability and in assessing the model sensitivity to landscape changes. Equivalence testing provides an effective method for model comparison, and coupled with neutral landscapes, our approach provides an objective way to assess the domain of applicability of a spatial model.     

The impact of thematic resolution on the patch-mosaic model of natural landscapes

We argue that thematic resolution, i.e., the level of categorical detail of a thematic map expressed by the number of classes included in the map legend, is an inherent component of the scale at which a landscape is analyzed. Changing the number of classes can change the configuration of the patch mosaic as much as changing the grain does. We address recent calls in this and other journals to deepen research in this topic. In particular, we report how thematic resolution affects the patchiness of mosaics representing natural landscapes, which have seldom been studied in this respect. We selected seven 50 × 50 km landscapes within national parks, each representative of a world biome. We applied an object-based unsupervised classification to Landsat TM imagery of these landscapes using increasing numbers of classes, between 2 and 50, and derived curves of mean patch size and patch density for each site. Our results are consistent with previous findings in that the patchiness of output mosaics increases monotonically with increasing thematic resolution, with a higher rate of increase up to eight classes that declines until it becomes roughly constant for more than 16 classes. However, this constant rate of increase is still considerable, meaning that, at least for natural landscapes, there is no threshold beyond which the patch-mosaic model is independent of the conceptual filter applied. This dependence on human fiat calls for re-thinking the patch-mosaic paradigm.     

百合鳞片扦插繁殖的研究进展

鳞片繁殖是百合种球生产过程中的关键环节.综述了迄今为止有关鳞片扦插技术、影响鳞片扦插繁殖的因素和鳞片繁殖生理等方面的研究成果,并对该领域存在的问题进行了简析,对今后的研究重点进行了展望.     

规模化畜禽养殖场粪便养分数据空间化表征方法

针对目前进行规模化养殖场粪便养分分配,主要以行政单元为单位将规模化养殖统计数据总量按农田面积简单分配,认为所有的农用地之间都是均匀的,而忽视了农用地块之间存在差异性的问题,利用GIS空间分析技术,结合农用地地块间的空间差异性以及规模养殖畜禽粪便作为肥料施用的特殊性,构建了规模化畜禽养殖统计数据空间化算法,并结合农用地最大养分负荷,实现从规模畜禽养殖统计数据到区域畜禽粪便养分供给的空间化转换,最后以福州市闽侯县上街镇为例进行了算法的实际应用。结果表明研究区农用地氮、磷最大养分负荷分别为169.994 kg/hm2和34.973 kg/hm2。无论是畜禽养殖粪便氮养分还是磷养分,都未超过算法设定的阈值。     

Fractal几何的理论形成及应用发展

在阐述Ｆｒａｃｔａｌ几何由来和应用发展的基础上，分析了它在应用过程中对其理论体系的完善过程。着重指出目前Ｆｒａｃｔａｌ几何理论不再局限于对自然形体的形态描述及形成过程的分析上。而已开始用于对抽象表现空间的自然现象及的评价。Ｆｒａｃｔａｌ一词也在理论和应用发展过程中扩展了内涵。这充分说明理论和实践相辅相承共同发展这一哲学观点的正确性。     

蚧虫预测预报及综合防治

蚧虫种类繁多,不少种类是农林业的重要害虫.对蚧虫预测预报及综合防治进行了综述.