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Testing the importance of spatial configuration of winter habitat for woodland caribou: An application of graph theory 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Dan O’Brien Micheline Manseau Andrew Fall Marie-Josée Fortin 《Biological conservation》2006,130(1):70-83
Conservation of remaining woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) populations requires land management strategies that not only maintain caribou habitat, but also favour habitat connectivity. This study presents and field tests graph theory-based measures of landscape connectivity, and demonstrate an association between the distribution of woodland caribou and well-connected winter habitat. Cost values for the intervening land cover types were determined based on the probability of selection relative to high-quality winter habitat. Habitat connectivity was then represented by linking high-quality habitat patches along least-cost paths through this parameterized cost surface. A randomization procedure was used to assess the animal’s association with habitat connected at increasing distance thresholds to identify appropriate scales of response. A strong relationship was obtained between large clusters of high-quality winter habitat patches and winter GPS telemetry location points (November 1-March 15) from two woodland caribou herds in Manitoba, Canada. This relationship was stronger when only late winter location points (January 1-March 15) were used. Our results highlight the importance of accounting for the spatial configuration of habitat on the landscape and the intervening land cover types when assessing range quality for woodland caribou. They also provide support for the use of graph theory to assist in identifying core activity areas for woodland caribou and key linkages between these areas and other parts of the landscape. 相似文献
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Graph theoretic approaches have received increased interest recently in landscape planning and conservation in the terrestrial realm, because these approaches facilitate the effective modelling of connectivity among habitats. We examined whether basic principles of graph theory can be extended to other ecosystems. Specifically, we demonstrate how a network-based context can be used for enhancing the more effective conservation of riverine systems. We first show how to use graph theoretic techniques to model riverscapes at the segment level. Then we use a real stream network (Zagyva river basin, Hungary) to examine the topological importance of segments in maintaining riverscape connectivity, using betweenness centrality, a commonly used network measure. Using the undirected graph model of this riverscape, we then prioritize segments for conservation purpose. We examine the value of each of the 93 segments present in the Zagyva river basin by considering the conservation value of local fish assemblages, connectivity and the size of the habitat patches. For this purpose we use the ‘integral index of connectivity’, a recently advocated habitat availability index. Based on the results the selection of the most valuable habitat segments can be optimized depending on conservation resources. Because of their inherent advantage in the consideration of connectivity relationships, we suggest that network analyses offer a simple, yet effective tool for searching for key segments (or junctions) in riverscapes for conservation and environmental management. Further, although the joint consideration of aquatic and terrestrial networks is challenging, the extension of network analyses to freshwater systems may facilitate the more effective selection of priority areas for conservation in continental areas. 相似文献
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Global climate change poses an immense challenge for conservation biologists seeking to mitigate impacts to species and ecosystems. Species persistence will depend on geographic range shifts or adaptation in response to warming patterns as novel climates and community assemblages arise. Assisted colonization has been proposed as a method for addressing these challenges. This technique, which consists of transporting species to a new range that is predicted to be favorable for persistence under future climate scenarios, has become the subject of controversy and discussion in the conservation community due to its highly manipulative nature, questions about widespread feasibility, and uncertainty associated with the likelihood of translocated species becoming invasive. We reviewed the discussion and criticism associated with assisted colonization and sought to identify other conservation techniques that also display potential to promote the colonization and adaptation of species in response to climate change. We propose an integrated conservation strategy that includes management for habitat connectivity, conservation genetics, and when necessary, assisted colonization of species that are still unable to shift their ranges even given implementation of the above standard conservation approaches. We argue that this integrated approach will facilitate persistence for a larger proportion of species than is possible by solely using assisted colonization. Furthermore, a multi-faceted approach will likely reduce the uncertainty of conservation outcomes and will become increasingly necessary for conservation of biodiversity in a changing climate. 相似文献
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Todd R. Lookingbill Andrew J. Elmore John B. Churchill Joshua B. Johnson 《Biological conservation》2010,143(4):974-320
Parks and other protected lands can provide important source habitat and act as valuable dispersal corridors in urbanizing environments. However, most wetlands within protected areas are managed in isolation without consideration of the broader landscape connections. We studied the importance of wetland habitat connectivity and landscape context to bat activity in five National Parks along a gradient of increasing urbanization within the Mid-Atlantic United States. Ninety-six Anabat stations were set up throughout the parks, from which we derived the characteristic spatial scales at which bat activity was associated with wetlands. This information was used in a graph theoretic framework to construct network models of potential landscape connectivity for those species that had positive associations with wetland land cover. We found that the importance of wetlands as a predictor of bat activity varied on a species-by-species basis and increased when network measures were used that accounted for connected area in a broad spatial context. The results demonstrate that both area and connectivity of wetland foraging habitat may act as orthogonal variables to availability of roosting habitat in explaining the distribution of highly mobile species. We use the results to illustrate the value of network analysis to guide the coordinated management of two of the parks’ most valued natural resources - wetlands and bats. 相似文献
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Connectivity among habitat patches has mainly been studied in relation to species-specific behaviours. However, the movements of animals among patches may have different functions, and tolerance to gaps between habitat patches may vary between these functions. We tracked the movements of greater flamingos during the breeding and post-breeding periods with the aim of illustrating how the degree of connectivity may vary depending on the biological processes underlying the movements between wetlands. Most foraging sites used by breeding adults in a colony in southern Spain were within 200 km of the colony site, although some birds eventually moved 400 km. After the breeding season, the adults remained for several weeks in specific wetlands, moving to other sites located 280-2100 km away to overwinter. During these movements the birds may use stopover sites, the conservation of which may be critical to facilitate long-range movements. Our results suggest that wetland connectivity during chick rearing does not seem to be determined by whether or not central-place foraging flamingos are able to reach wetlands located at the longest distance that they are able to fly during non-stop flights (>1000 km), but by whether they are able to sustain the energetic costs derived from frequent commuting. In contrast, long-distance movements were occasionally undertaken during the post-breeding period. The energetic costs of such flights could be paid by flamingos because these movements were infrequent. Thus, in the case of flamingos, connectedness thresholds between wetlands vary depending on the biological process involved (chick rearing or post-breeding movements). This emphasizes the need to consider different types of connectivity in conservation planning. 相似文献
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为探究延河流域植被景观格局对水文连通性的影响,基于土地利用分类成果和水文连通指数空间分布,探讨了延河流域植被景观和水文连通性的格局特征,并借助Geoda软件平台基于空间自相关理论探究了林草植被景观格局与水文连通在空间上的相关性。结果表明:(1)延河流域草原带、森林草原带和森林带中林草景观与水文连通性都呈现空间自相关性。3个地带中林地景观的平均斑块面积、聚合度指数和斑块面积百分比都与水文连通性呈现显著的统计学上的正相关性以及空间正相关性; 景观分离度和斑块破碎化指数与水文连通性呈显著的统计学上的负相关性以及空间负相关性。(2)林地景观的优势度和聚集程度的增加并不能带来水文连通性的降低,而其斑块破碎化的增加会带来水文连通性的降低。对于3个地带的草地景观,其表现则与林地完全相反,增加草地景观的面积,提高草地植被的优势度,使草地斑块连续集中可以促使水文连通性降低。(3)在探究水文连通性和植被景观格局相关关系的空间回归模型中,空间滞后模型和空间误差模型拟合效果远好于普通线性回归模型,综合来看,空间滞后模型对植被景观格局与水文连通性的空间关系的解释能力更强。研究结果可为延河流域植被景观格局的设计和规划,提供有效的参考。 相似文献
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Effects of structural and functional connectivity and patch size on the abundance of seven Atlantic Forest bird species 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
We studied the importance of fragment size and structural and functional connectivity on the occurrence and abundance of seven Atlantic Forest bird species in 13 patches (13-275 ha) and three sites within a continuous forest (10,000 ha). We sampled birds with point counts and evaluated structural connectivity considering the presence of corridors and the degree of isolation. We defined functional connectivity by analyzing species movements using playbacks in forest corridors between fragments and in the surrounding matrix. Species differed in their responses to fragmentation. For the frugivorous species, Trogon surrucura, Carpornis cucullatus and Triclaria malachitacea, patch size was the main factor determining abundance. Two understory insectivorous species, Basileuterus leucoblepharus and Pyriglena leucoptera, were more affected by the degree of patch connectivity, the former by the presence of corridors and the latter by the distance between patches. The capacity of P. leucoptera to use corridors and open areas (i.e. functional connectivity) shaped its abundance pattern. Fragmentation had no effect on the abundance of Chiroxiphia caudata and had a positive effect on Batara cinerea. This study emphasizes the importance of considering species’ perceptions of landscape, especially functional connectivity, in understanding the effects of habitat fragmentation. 相似文献
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Soil aeration is a critical factor for oxygen-limited subsoil processes, as transport by diffusion and advection is restricted by the long distance to the free atmosphere. Oxygen transport into the soil matrix is highly dependent on its connectivity to larger pore channels like earthworm and root colonised biopores. Here we hypothesize that the soil matrix around biopores represents different connectivity depending on biopore genesis and actual coloniser. We analysed the soil pore system of undisturbed soil core samples around biopores generated or colonised by roots and earthworms and compared them with the pore system of soil, not in the immediacy of a biopore. Oxygen partial pressure profiles and gas relative diffusion was measured in the rhizosphere and drilosphere from the biopore wall into the bulk soil with microelectrodes. The measurements were linked with structural features such as porosity and connectivity obtained from X-ray tomography and image analysis. Aeration was enhanced in the soil matrix surrounding biopores in comparison to the bulk soil, shown by higher oxygen concentrations and higher relative diffusion coefficients. Biopores colonised by roots presented more connected lateral pores than earthworm colonised ones, which resulted in enhanced aeration of the rhizosphere compared to the drilosphere. This has influenced biotic processes (microbial turnover/mineralization or root respiration) at biopore interfaces and highlights the importance of microstructural features for soil processes and their dependency on the biopore's coloniser. 相似文献
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黄河中下游典型河岸缓冲带植被景观连接度及其网络构建 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
植被作为河岸缓冲带生态系统服务形成与维持的基础,在维持生物多样性方面,能为多种物种提供栖息地和迁移廊道。因此,本文以黄河中下游典型河岸缓冲带植被为对象,采用遥感解译、景观连接度指标、斑块重要性评价和廊道网络分析相结合的方法,分析2003年、2009年和2015年研究区的植被景观连接度和斑块重要值变化,并构建河岸缓冲带植被廊道网络,以期为黄河中下游河岸缓冲带生物多样性保护提供支持。结果表明,研究区植被斑块的连接度在2003—2015年呈增加趋势,且随距离阈值的增大而增大;不同距离阈值下,斑块重要值随斑块面积增大而增大,且随距离阈值增大的而增大;小型斑块(0~5 hm~2)重要值呈增加趋势,中型斑块(5~10 hm~2)重要值呈先增加后降低趋势,而大型斑块(10 hm~2)重要值呈降低趋势。植被廊道网络分析表明,基于重要生态节点同时考虑沟渠和道路廊道可作为研究区植被廊道网络构建的重要参考。 相似文献
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Xingchen Li Jianqin Zhang Lina Fan Xinzhi Li Huizhong Jiang Nan Lu 《Soil Use and Management》2023,39(3):1036-1039
The decommissioning and overall relocation of urban industrial enterprises have generated a large number of decommissioned contaminated sites, and the leftover soil pollution is gradually becoming a major problem that restricts urban green development and damages human health. Deep mining and efficient management of site soil pollution information through digitization and informatization are needed to solve these problems more accurately and efficiently. Knowledge mapping for visual analysis of relevant pathways is a forward-looking approach in soil contamination management that does not require complex testing instruments, thus saving research manpower, time and cost. Data associated with contaminated sites come from a wide range of sources and have different structures. Through the natural language processing technology of computer, suitable methods such as entity recognition, relationship recognition and knowledge fusion are selected to extract various types of information from contaminated sites and establish semantic networks for fast targeting of soil contamination sources, thus providing a more convenient solution. In this paper, we propose a knowledge graph construction method for multi-source heterogeneous data of contaminated sites, find sulphide contamination sources through visual analysis of knowledge graph and explore the application prospects of natural language processing techniques such as knowledge graph in contaminated site management. 相似文献
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Satoyama is a traditional agricultural landscape in Japan. It contains many kinds of organisms, including endangered species. Satoyama is composed of several habitat types, including paddy fields, secondary forests, secondary grasslands, ponds, and streams. High species richness has been sustained in most habitats by anthropogenic disturbances of intermediate impact, mainly activities related to agriculture. The variety of habitats and connectivity among them have contributed to the high species diversity within satoyama. These factors allow organisms to move among habitats and use different habitat types to obtain different resources. The connectivity among habitats is often more vulnerable than the specific habitats themselves under anthropogenic influences. In satoyama, species that require connectivity among habitats (e.g., grey-faced buzzard [Butastur indicus] and Genji firefly [Luciola cruciata]) have tended to decrease. The grey-faced buzzard is categorized as a “vulnerable” species in the Japanese Red List. It usually nests in forest trees and forages in habitats such as paddy fields, grasslands, and forests. Its foraging locations shift seasonally depending on food availability. It is thought that the degradation of either paddy fields or forests in a landscape may result in the disappearance of this species. The Genji firefly spends its larval period in stream water, pupates underground along streams, and flies near streams after emergence. This species requires not only the integrity of streams and nearby areas, but also connectivity between these areas. The ecology of these species suggests that the variety of habitats and connectivity among them are critical factors for their survival. 相似文献
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Zongjun Guo Lei Wu Shuai Liu Huiyong Zhang Bailin Du Bingnan Ruan 《European Journal of Soil Science》2023,74(5):e13412
Quantitative identification of the covariation between sediment connectivity and soil erosion can contribute to provide the key information for watershed sediment management. However, this covariation and its spatiotemporal response mechanisms are still unclear, especially whether this covariation can be used as a basis for identifying critical source areas of sediment in large-scale ecological restored watersheds. In this study, an integrated methodology framework by the revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE), index of connectivity (IC) and sediment delivery ratio (SDR) was proposed to visually assess the spatiotemporal characteristics of erosion and sediment yield processes in the Yanhe Watershed with large-scale ecological restoration from 1985 to 2020 and to identify the covariation between sediment connectivity and erosion in subbasins. The soil erosion estimated by RUSLE has decreased by over 80% since 1985 owing to increased vegetation cover and the effective implementation of soil conservation measures, but the upper reaches still have high erosion intensity due to differences in specific controlling factors such as topographic conditions and land cover, requiring focused soil conservation practice. The IC results showed that as the vegetation restoration and soil conservation measures in the Yanhe Watershed varied from year to year, their spatial and temporal patterns had a strong influence on the distribution of sediment connectivity, and some local areas in the middle reaches showed local minima of IC in 1995, 1998 and 2010 mainly due to the implementation of long-term ecological restoration project. The developed IC-Erosion maps indicated that areas with high connectivity but low erosion accounted for over 60% of the total watershed area from 1985 to 1999, demonstrating a reverse correlation between sediment connectivity and erosion. Meanwhile, over 40% of the erosion occurred in a few areas (approximately 20%) with high connectivity and high erosion from 2000 to 2004, which can be characterized as the critical areas of erosion. The methods and results of this study provide ideas for separately defining both erosion and connectivity and quantifying bi-variable erosion–connectivity classification, which can be easily viewed on a scatterplot. 相似文献
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植被覆盖度和降雨侵蚀力变化对小流域泥沙连通性的影响 总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0
泥沙连通性可以反映泥沙源汇的潜在联系,识别流域水土流失热点区域及泥沙迁移路径。研究泥沙连通性的影响因素有助于更好地理解泥沙连通性的时空变化特征。该研究在已有泥沙连通性指数（Index of Connectivity,IC）模型基础上,考虑影响连通性的功能性因素,并采用修正泥沙连通性指数（Revised Index of Sediment Connectivity,ICr）探讨了植被覆盖度和降雨侵蚀力耦合作用下的季节与年际变化对天目湖中田舍河流域泥沙连通性特征的影响。结果表明：2019年夏冬季植被覆盖度分别为85%、57%,对应的泥沙连通性指数均值是-9.39、-6.85,植被覆盖度变化对泥沙连通性具有重要影响,利用NDVI值获取模型中的地表综合系数,可以动态反映地表植被和土地利用的区域及季节性变化;降雨影响泥沙的功能连通性,年尺度上的连通性指数均值同流域泥沙量的相关系数达0.91。说明在流域植被覆盖变化不明显时或者在林地为主的流域中,降雨因子具有主导作用;植被覆盖度升高28%,IC均值降低37%,而单独考虑降雨因子的IC-R均值则反映出雨量升高,指数值随之升高,修正连通性指数ICr综合考虑了植被与降雨因子,但在应用中要依据流域实际情况适当调整两者的权重。研究结果指出泥沙连通性指数在中国东南部区域运用中存在的问题,将对气候变化背景下我国湿润区湖泊小流域水土保持与水环境治理等提供科学参考。 相似文献
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Rens J. H. Masselink Saskia D. Keesstra Arnaud J. A. M. Temme Manuel Seeger Rafael Gimnez Javier Casalí 《Land Degradation \u0026amp; Development》2016,27(4):933-945
Knowledge about connectivity and what affects it, through space and time, is needed for taking appropriate action at the right place and/or time by stakeholders. Various conceptual frameworks for hydrological and sediment connectivity have been developed in recent years. For most of these frameworks, the objective was to conceptualise connectivity, not necessarily to infer it from measurements. Studies focussing on measurements of connectivity have so far not been done often. Because of lack of data on connectivity, few real‐world data have been used in recent connectivity modelling studies. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that existing data can be used to assess governing factors of connectivity, and how these change over time. Data from three catchments in Navarre, Northern Spain, were used to assess factors that influence hydrologic and sediment connectivity. These factors were used as components in a linear model for discharge and suspended‐sediment yield. Three components of connectivity were distinguished: topographical, biological and soil. Changes in the topographical component for the studied periods were considered relatively small, and, therefore, kept constant. Changes in the biological component were determined using the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index. Changes in the soil component were assessed using an Antecedent Precipitation Index. Nash–Sutcliffe model efficiency coefficients were between 0·49 through 0·62 for the discharge models and between 0·23 through 0·3 for the sediment‐yield models. We recommend applying the model at smaller spatial scales than catchment scale to minimise the lumping of spatial variability in the components. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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为探究城市扩张与景观破碎化演变过程及其关联机制,以江西省南昌市为例,基于2000—2015年的土地利用数据,运用城市破碎指数(UFI)刻画建设用地的景观破碎化水平; 然后结合形态学空间格局分析(MSPA)和景观连接度分析量化了自然景观和耕地的景观动态演变过程; 最后采用格网分析探究了三者之间的空间自相关动态特征。结果表明:2000—2015年间南昌市共有273.26 km2的耕地及45.61 km2的自然景观转为建设用地,整体城市破碎度指数在研究期内由2.27上升至4.94; 耕地核心区数量在15 a时间内持续衰减,自然生境在前期变化平稳,随着城市化进程的加快,核心及桥接区不断减少,岛状斑块开始增加; 空间自相关分析显示,景观破碎度与自然生境、耕地平均连通概率三者呈负相关,景观破碎度与耕地、自然生境平均连通概率之间的高低聚集区域集中分布在城市扩张的主要区域。2000—2015年城市快速扩张导致的破碎化致使耕地及自然生境景观结构发生改变,景观连通性逐渐丧失。 相似文献
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Habitat fragmentation is a major threat to species survival worldwide due to genetic isolation, inbreeding depression, genetic drift and loss of adaptive potential. However the data on how gene-flow changes following habitat fragmentation is contradictory. If there is significant gene-flow between spatially isolated populations then limited conservation resources could be directed away from projects to ‘establish genetic connectivity’ and used to address other consequences of habitat fragmentation.This research focused on an endangered tree species Gomortega keule (Gomortegaceae) in a fragmented landscape in the Central Chile Biodiversity Hotspot and addressed three questions: (1) How far does pollen move between pollen donors and seed trees and what is the shape of the dispersal curve? (2) Do insect pollinators travel outside of forest patches? (3) Do small populations and single trees contribute to genetic connectivity across the landscape?Paternity analysis results show that G. keule’s insect pollinators travel outside of forest patches, over distances of 6 km, beyond the scale of population fragmentation or genetic structure. Pollen moved from small sites and single trees into large sites, as well as in the other direction, indicating these sites play a key role as functioning elements of the wider population and as stepping stones between sites. Fragmentation at the scale investigated has not led to genetic isolation, thus genetic connectivity per se is not a conservation priority. Other consequences of land-use change, specifically continuing habitat loss and population reduction, still threaten the survival of the species. 相似文献
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Maria Beger Hedley S. Grantham Kerrie A. Wilson Peter J. Mumby Daniel R. Brumbaugh 《Biological conservation》2010,143(3):565-130
Conservation plans are usually developed for regions that encompass only one environmental realm (terrestrial, freshwater or marine) because of logistical, institutional and political constraints. This is inadequate because these realms often interact through processes that form, utilize and maintain interfaces or connections, which are essential for the persistence of some species and ecosystem functions. We present a conceptual framework for systematic conservation prioritization that explicitly accounts for the connectivity between the terrestrial, marine, and freshwater realms. We propose a classification of this connectivity that encompasses: (1) narrow interfaces, such as riparian strips; (2) broad interfaces, such as estuaries; (3) constrained connections, such as corridors of native vegetation used by amphibians to move between natal ponds and adult habitat; and (4) diffuse connections, such as the movements of animals between breeding and feeding habitats. We use this taxonomy of inter-realm connectivity to describe existing and new spatial conservation prioritization techniques that aim to promote the persistence of processes that operate between realms. 相似文献
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Yosef STEINBERGER Dorsaf KERFAHI Tirza DONIGER Chen SHERMAN Itaii APPLEBAUM Gil ESHEL 《土壤圈》2023,(6):916-926
Soil biota play a crucial role in soil ecosystem stability, promoting organic matter decomposition and nutrient cycling. Compared to conventional farming,organic farming is known to improve soil properties such as aggregation. Despite the importance of soil microbial communities in soil biogeochemical processes, our knowledge of their dynamics is rudimentary, especially under different agricultural management practices. Here we studied the effects of vineyard management practices(conventional an... 相似文献
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图论中最小生成树问题的算法在现实中应用非常广泛,本文先根据其中的Kruskal算法的步骤并结合数据结构中单链表的特点对在计算机中如何实现这一问题进行了阐述和分析,最后又更加深入地探讨了如何利用代数理论来判定最小生成树涉及到的简单无向图连通性问题。 相似文献