Social-ecological and regional adaptation of agrobiodiversity management across a global set of research regions

To examine management options for biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, eight research regions were classified into social-ecological domains, using a dataset of indicators of livelihood resources, i.e., capital assets. Potential interventions for biodiversity-based agriculture were then compared among landscapes and domains. The approach combined literature review with expert judgment by researchers working in each landscape. Each landscape was described for land use, rural livelihoods and attitudes of social actors toward biodiversity and intensification of agriculture. Principal components analysis of 40 indicators of natural, human, social, financial and physical capital for the eight landscapes showed a loss of biodiversity associated with high-input agricultural intensification. High levels of natural capital (e.g. indicators of wildland biodiversity conservation and agrobiodiversity for human needs) were positively associated with indicators of human capital, including knowledge of the flora and fauna and knowledge sharing among farmers. Three social-ecological domains were identified across the eight landscapes (Tropical Agriculture-Forest Matrix, Tropical Degrading Agroecosystem, and Temperate High-Input Commodity Agriculture) using hierarchical clustering of the indicator values. Each domain shared a set of interventions for biodiversity-based agriculture and ecological intensification that could also increase food security in the impoverished landscapes. Implementation of interventions differed greatly among the landscapes, e.g. financial capital for new farming practices in the Intensive Agriculture domain vs. developing market value chains in the other domains. This exploratory study suggests that indicators of knowledge systems should receive greater emphasis in the monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem services, and that inventories of assets at the landscape level can inform adaptive management of agrobiodiversity-based interventions.     

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用拟准检定法和岭估计解算病态污染方程

针对法方程呈现病态且观测值受到污染而不严格服从正态分布的情况 ,探讨运用拟准检定法抗御粗差 ,用岭估计改善法方程的病态性。拟准检定法是根据真误差与观测值的确定关系式 RΔ =- RL求解真误差估值Δ。在 A或 ATA病态的情况下 ,直接求 R是不稳定的。对 A作奇异值分解计算 R,可避免对病态矩阵直接求逆。由于 R是秩亏的 ,通过附加“拟准观测真误差估值范数极小”的条件来求解真误差估值。拟准检定法与岭估计两者的结合 ,一般情况下有效地剔除了粗差 ,而且改善了方程的病态性 ,计算简单、快捷 ,结果比较理想。     

A three-point method for estimating wave reflection of obliquely incident waves over a sloping bottom

A three-point method for estimating wave reflection is proposed to account for monochromatic oblique incident waves propagating over a sloping beach. The amplitudes of reflected wave and incident wave are separated using wave amplitudes measured at three fixed wave gauges with a distance. The applicability of the theory is verified by comparing the simulated results with the available theoretical, numerical and experimental results for the estimation of wave reflection. The sensitivity is also tested to provide a more accurate prediction of the reflection coefficient.     

A new smooth hysteretic model for ductile flexural‐dominated reinforced concrete bridge columns

A new smooth hysteretic model is proposed for ductile, flexural‐dominated reinforced concrete bridge columns. Four columns designed per modern seismic codes were tested using monotonically increasing and variable‐amplitude cyclic loading protocols and ground motion loading to develop the model. Based on the test results, hysteretic rules for damage accumulation and path dependence of reloading were constructed. For damage accumulation, unloading stiffness degradation is correlated with the maximum displacement and hysteretic energy dissipation, while reloading stiffness degradation is set equal to the unloading stiffness degradation. Pinching severity is related to the residual displacement in the direction opposite to the loading direction. Strength deterioration is correlated with the damage index and does not occur until the damage index reaches a threshold, after which the deterioration is proportional to the increase of the damage index. For path dependence of reloading, reloading paths are classified into primary paths and associate paths. The primary paths are those that start from a residual displacement that is equal to or larger than the previous maximum one. The associate paths are those that do not belong to primary paths and tend to be directed towards certain points. Reloading without load reversal is assumed to be linear. Comparison with the results of pseudo‐dynamic tests using three consecutive ground motions showed that the proposed model closely matched the test results. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust estimation for correlated observations: two local sensitivity-based downweighting strategies

An iterative robust estimation procedure for correlated observations is proposed, in which the a-prior correlation coefficient matrix is not updated to alleviate the computational burden. Selection of the downweighting strategy plays a key role in the proposed method. Two local sensitivity-based strategies, one is based on the uniformly most powerful test statistics, the other is based on the standardized least squares residuals, are developed and analyzed. Monte Carlo simulations in the GPS network adjustment scenario demonstrate that, the two strategies can provide a certain resistance against the deteriorating effect of outlying observations on the parameter estimates; the former downweighting strategy is superior to the latter one, both in terms of robustness and computational efficiency.     

贵州喀斯特石漠化防治的国家重点生态功能区生态系统健康度评价

文章以桂黔滇喀斯特石漠化防治的国家重点生态功能区贵州区为研究对象,以2010、2015年遥感影像、基础地理信息、降水、土壤等数据资料为基础,集成3S技术和生态评估模型,对水源涵养、土壤侵蚀和石漠化进行定量和定位研究。结果表明:研究区4个亚区的水源涵养功能等级处于“中”、“高”等水平,2015年比2010年的水源涵养指数有所提高;威宁—赫章区、关岭—镇宁区和册亨—望谟区3个亚区的土壤侵蚀模数较大,水土保持功能等级处于“低”等,罗甸—平塘区的土壤侵蚀模数最低,其水土保持功能等级为“中”等;威宁—赫章区2010年中度以上石漠化比重达16.36%,2015年降为8.74%,生态系统健康度从“低”转为“中”;关岭—镇宁2010年和2015年中度以上石漠化比重分别为8.64%和4.49%,生态系统健康度从“中”转化“高”;册亨—望谟和罗甸—平塘的健康度均为“高”,2015年相比2010年均有所提升;4个亚区的石漠化恶化面积所占比重均不到1.00%,石漠化好转区域分别占27.00%、14.10%、10.24%和5.13%,石漠化得到了有效遏制。今后应继续因地制宜,恢复植被和生态系统,巩固和扩大石漠化防治成果。      

动态海面上方船舶六自由度运动仿真

在Fudide-Krylov假设条件下,依据船舶分离建模理论在固定和运动坐标系中计算海面船只六自由度运动数学模型。主要包括:对风、浪、流的单独建模并进行矢量叠加,并在风浪流联合作用下对船舶六自由度运动构建简化的数学建模,完成实时仿真。基于Simulink和V-Realm Builder虚拟现实技术创建船舶运动模型、海洋表面环境及船只的几何模型,对船舶六自由度运动进行视景仿真,给出了有风无浪、有浪无风和风浪兼有三种情况下船只旋回路径和船舶运动轨迹。在VR视景浏览器中创建动态海面上船舶六自由度运动模型,不仅易于实现且结果逼真。得到的结果为进一步研究动态船只目标声散射特性的精确预报提供基础。     

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Can Hydraulic Conductivity of Fluvial Sediments be Informed by Spectral Reflectance?

Water Resources - This study explores the statistical relationship between spectral reflectance and hydraulic conductivity (K) of fluvial sediments in two Nebraska rivers. The spectral reflectance...