Differentiation of subtaiga landscapesin the Western Transbaikalia

A study is made of the northern spurs of the Tsagan-Daban Range in the Transbaikalia which are represented by Central-Asian and North-Asian taiga geosystems. The investigations of landscape structure were made in two key areas characterized by an alternation of mountain ranges and intermontane depressions (creek valleys).     

Reconstructing the development of the geosystems of the Primorsky Range during the latter half of the Holocene

We examine the sequence of changes in the structure of the geosystems of the Primorsky Range (Baikal region) for the last 6000 years, based on a continuous recording of fluctuations of the vegetation reconstructed from spore-pollen complexes of a high peat bog. We determined the chronological timeframe of paleogeographical events. The study showed that there occurred a radical structure transformation of the geosystems in the mid-late Holocene, along with a recurrence of similar landscape transformations caused by the instability of natural conditions.     

Geoinformational Mapping of Landscapes in the Northwestern Part of Western Siberia Using the Hansen Mosaic Dataset

Presented are the technique and results of studying the landscape structure of the north-west of Western Siberia on the basis of the Hansen mosaic dataset consisting of elements covering the entire territory of the Earth. To study this area used a synthesis of classical methods of thematic system mapping as described in the doctrine of geosystems of V. B. Sochava, and automated interpretation of remote sensing data and mapping using GIS technologies. The method of geoinformational mapping of the landscape structure with the use of MultiSpec and Quantum GIS software programs for the purpose of drawing up real-time raster landscape maps is shown. In drawing up the map and the legend, the principle of geomic system-hierarchical representation of the territory as a complex multi-level “bottom-up” structure from topological-level geosystems (groups and classes of landscape facies) to regional-level geosystems (geoms, groups and classes of geoms) was used. Compilation of operational raster landscape maps of the north-west of Western Siberia involved multilevel automated interpretation of the Hansen mosaic dataset and mapping of areas (clusters) on images with different brightness characteristics, with the landscape structure of key areas and stationary physical and geographical profiles. A characteristic of this approach also implies using a dynamic classification of geosystems based on the study of their variable states. Such an approach permits a monitoring of changes in landscape structure and its areas and the intensity of anthropogenic impacts on forest and marsh landscapes, and determination of permissible pressure on geosystems in areas with high technogenic pressure of the oil and gas complex represented by the north-west of Siberia. An automated processing of data based on a supervised classification of territorial objects allows for the elimination of inaccuracies arising in visual image interpretation. Raster landscape maps can be used both for a further generation of vector maps and as a real-time information base for purposes of environmental management and protection.     

Cartographic approach in studying the structure and dynamics of geosystems as exemplified by the middle Ob region

The structure and dynamics of geosystems in the northwestern part of Western Siberia is considered using the Kazym-Lyamin interfluve, based on the landscape-assessment map for the middle part of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District. The study used the landscape structural-dynamical approach and the methods of studying the spatio-temporal dynamics of taiga geosystems.     

Development of the Geosystem Mapping Methodology

The formative stages of the geosystem mapping methodology are outlined. It is determined that the early stages of geosystem mapping showed a continuity of the ideas of geobotanical mapping: concerning the hierarchical structure of the phytosphere, and the invariant and the variable states of plant communities. It was found that geosystem mapping involves integrating the facies according to structural and structural-dynamic indicators differing from a traditional typization. Data were generalized having regard to the assignment of the facies to a particular landscape area. Use was made of the facies categories of optimal, limited and reduced development caused by a difference in their structure and biotic productivity. It was determined that a next mapping stage implied identifying the dynamic categories and geosystem state variables associated with one primary geomer regarded as the parent core. The map legend was based on the characteristics of the relief and vegetation. The absence of other indicators has limited the possibilities of using the map to solve forecasting problems. It was established that at present, given a significant body of landscape data, there is almost no research devoted to the cartographic solution of the problem of assessing changes in the natural environment. There is a need for mapping of the structural, dynamic and genetic uniqueness of geosystems and to explain their diagnostic features in all crucial components. We determined that the current stage of mapping should be focused on solving the problem of geographic map-based forecasting. For solving the forecast issues, we identified the features of structural-dynamic and evolutionary transformations of geosystems, their stability, and the direction of transformation under the influence of various factors. The methodology and stages of geosystem mapping are suggested.     

Automated construction of the boundaries of basin geosystems for the Volga Federal District

Using the Volga (Privolzhskii) Federal District as an example, we offer the solution of such a currently central scientific and methodological problem as automated identification of the boundaries of basin geosystems under different landscape and geomorphological conditions in terms of multiresolution digital elevation models. The main stages of work are described, namely the development of the digital elevation model, its hydrological adjustment, identification of the boundaries of basin geosystems, and validity assessment of results obtained. The technique has been developed for constructing a hydrologically valid digital elevation model with the purpose of identifying the boundaries of basin geosystems.     

Characteristics of the manifestation of landscape-forming processes in the Kuril and Hawaiian Islands

A comparative analysis is made of the landscape-forming factors, and their role in the formation of the spatial structure of landscapes in the Kuril and Hawaiian Islands is determined. The research has been done on the basis of landscape mapping at a scale of 1:200 000. A correlative study was made of the different genetic varieties of geosystems: classical landscapes, catenary and nuclear. In spite of the dissimilar character of manifestation of landscape-forming processes, there occur largely identical formation principles for the spatial structure of landscapes.     

Structure and functioning of soil zoocenoses of taiga geosystems of the Lena-Angara plateau

A unified methodological approach was used to study the soil zoocenoses of uneven-age industrial areas of the Kovykta gas and condensate field. Regeneration of the soil-biotic block is characterized by sequential changes in quantitative characteristics, and in the taxonomic and functional structure of invertebrate communities. The study revealed distinguishing characteristics of the progressive successions of drastically disturbed mountain-taiga geosystems, and the factors that are responsible for the direction and duration of the individual successions.     

东北天然林区森林景观格局与环境关系的研究

借助1997年二类调查数据，在AreInfo的支持下，运用典范对应分析（CCA）法，对吉林省汪清林业局金沟岭林场的森林景观要素空间分布与环境关系进行了研究。结果表明：在金沟岭林场范围内，坡度和土层厚度对景观格局分布的影响极为有限，景观要素空间格局更多地受海拔和坡向综合控制，海拔是控制景观要素空间分布格局的主要因素，其次是坡向；森林景观总体分布是从河谷地低海拔榆杂林和杨桦林到高海拔红松云冷杉林；CCA排序图可将整个林场森林划分6组景观类型：榆树林景观、阔叶混交林景观、杨桦林景观、针阔混交林景观、阔叶红松林景观、人工纯林景观。     

Altitudinal gradient as a complex factor for formation of landscape microzonality and geosystem serialness

Using the biogeocenoses of taiga geosystems as an example, we employed the method of correlation analysis and the technique for analyzing the main components to demonstrate that a relative altitude is a complex indicator of serialness of landscape-level geosystems, reflecting not only the particular geographical signatures but also a certain system of conjugation of the portions of landscape and the force of spatial and typological connections that causes the concrete facies to deviate from zonal normal. Complex indicators: the main components, and the correlation and regression coefficients, were used to reveal a functional correlation of the sets of BGC attributes between themselves and with a relative altitude of the location.     

Structural-dynamical analysis of the state of the biota of soils in urbanized geosystems (Exemplified by the City of Sayanogorsk)

We report the results from investigating the ecological state of the urbanized geosystems in the city of Sayanogorsk. A comparative analysis is made of the structure of zoocenoses against the natural and anthropogenically disturbed soils predominating in the region. We examine the transformation conditions for soil cover and the ecologically important factors influencing the state of soil-biotic communities. The study revealed a negative influence of urban pressure on the population and biomass of invertebrate animals and demonstrated the possibilities of using the structure and quantitative characteristics of zoocenoses in biodiagnostics of changes of steppe geosystems under the influence of anthropogenic factors.     

Risks of construction and operation of heat and power generating facilities (as exemplified by Sakhalin oblast)

The ecological risks of construction and operation of heat and power generating facilities in Sakhalin oblast have been investigated on the basis of a comparative-geographical analysis of the study areas. Risks are considered, which are associated with selection of main fuel for Sakhalin GRES–2 Power Plant, a change in the land use pattern and, hence, a loss of the ecological functions of geosystems, and with unfavorable natural conditions which are exacerbated in the construction process of the power plant. Vulnerable geosystems are revealed, and the eventual negative changes in the structure of flora and fauna in the construction area are determined. The problems of chemical and physical pollution caused by the operation of the projected GRES–2 are considered. The legal and socio-cultural aspects of the risks caused by construction activity are taken into consideration. Alternative variants are proposed for the siting of GRES–2 from the perspective of ecological risks: in the area of the village of Ilyinskoe (Tomarinskii district), on the western shore of Sakhalin; nearby the coal deposit in the Uglegorskii municipal district, and on the shore of the Terpeniya Gulf in the Poronaiskii district, in the immediate vicinities to the existing Sakhalin GRES–1. It was found that the industrial site of the existing Sakhalin GRES–1 in the area of the village of Ilyinskoe (Tomarinskii district) is an optimal variant for the construction from the standpoint of ecological risks.     

The geosystems of the Southern and Middle Kuril Islands

The spatial structure of the landscapes on the Southern and Middle Kuril Islands is considered. The main regularities of their landscape structure are described. The study revealed a landscape asymmetry that has a different genesis as well as the character of influence of the landscape-forming factors for the Southern and Middle Kurils, with the volcanic factor holds a special position.     

Geosystems of the Upper Yenisei basin

We examine the methodological issues and some results of landscape mapping of the Upper Yenisei basin (the Nazarovskaya, Kanskaya, Minusinskaya and Tuvinskaya depressions) at a scale of 1:1 000 000. A fragment of the map of the geosystems is provided, and the territory’s landscape structure is described.     

沙溪流域永安段景观指数筛选与景观变化分析

以沙溪流域永安段为研究对象,利用RS、GIS技术,解译遥感影像获得的研究区景观类型分布图．运用Fragstats软件计算出研究区23个景观指数,根据相关分析和因子分析法对景观指数进行筛选,并据此对景观格局变化进行定量分析,结果表明：1）可用斑块类型的面积及幅度特征因子、形状复杂性因子、空间分布特征因子3个公因子表达23...     

地理探测器方法下甘肃白龙江流域景观破碎化与驱动因子分析

基于GIS技术、景观格局指数、主成分分析和地理探测器的方法,定量分析了1990~2014年甘肃白龙江流域的景观破碎化及其驱动因子。结果表明：1990~2014年甘肃白龙江流域景观破碎化程度先增加后降低;研究期间流域东南部的景观指数变化最为剧烈和复杂,主要是文县和武都区;人类干扰（人类活动强度和土地利用类型）和地形因子（高程、坡度和坡向）对景观破碎化空间分异的影响显著不同,其中人类干扰是景观破碎化空间分异的主要驱动因子。     

中国西部干旱区生态景观制图的若干问题

制图方法是认识和揭示客观现象与过程的重要途径。生态景观制图作为专题制图学的一个重要方向,通过建立分类体系,制定分类方法,编制专题图件,可以反映自然要素和人为作用的特点,揭示生态景观要素的耦合关系。生态景观制图中专题要素的表现方式,制图过程的数据采集,制图单元的划分,制图的模式选择,以及遥感、GIS与数字制图手段的应用,是十旱Ⅸ景观生态制图的关键问题。生态景观制图巾的地图信息理论、地图模式论、地图分析理论、地图要素综合理论、制冈工艺学等的发展,对于开拓资源环境制图学的新领域具有理论价值,并对生态规划与生态建设具有重要促进作用。     

The dynamics of mountain geosystems in southern Siberia

Using three key areas as an example we examine the tendencies toward changes of the mountain geosystems in southern Siberia caused by fluctuations of climate. Presented are the quantitative parameters of the dynamics of nival-glacial geosystems (glaciers, perennial snow clusters, icings, and stony glaciers). Portions of large-scale maps for the key areas generated for a subsequent monitoring of the mountain geosystems are presented.