草原植被覆盖度遥感估算模型的适用性比较

植被覆盖度及其变化对区域生态系统的稳定性具有直接影响,且这种影响在草原地区更加明显。为探寻草原植被覆盖度的最佳遥感估算方法,本文对像元二分模型、Carlson模型和Baret模型的估算精度和适用性进行了比较,优化了Baret模型的参数,以提高其在草原地区的估算精度。内蒙古呼伦贝尔地区的草地计算结果表明：像元二分模型有高估植被覆盖度的现象;Carlson模型在低植被覆盖区低估了植被覆盖度,而在高植被覆盖区高估了植被覆盖度;Baret模型在草原地区的估算精度最高。对Baret模型进行参数优化后,其在高植被覆盖度区域的估算精度提升了4.9%。     

内蒙古典型草原与荒漠草原NDVI对气象因子的响应

分析了内蒙古典型草原与荒漠草原NDVI的变化,探讨了干旱对NDVI的影响,建立了NDVI与气象因子的回归模型。结果表明:2000-2016年内蒙古典型草原与荒漠草原NDVI呈现波动变化,变异较小。干旱对典型草原区的羊草(Leymus chinensis)群落与大针茅(Stipa grandis)群落NDVI影响显著(P<0.05);与正常年份相比,干旱导致羊草群落与大针茅群落NDVI降低约23%。5-8月降水量和干燥度指数影响内蒙古典型草原羊草群落与大针茅群落NDVI;荒漠草原区羊草+短花针茅(Stipa breviflora)群落与沙生针茅(Stipa plareosa)群落NDVI的主要影响因子分别为年均气温与5-8月平均气温;5-8月降水量和年均气温是影响典型草原和荒漠草原NDVI的重要因子。基于气象因子的NDVI回归模型能够较好地对区域NDVI进行估测。生长季降水是影响典型草原NDVI的关键因素,而气温显著影响荒漠草原NDVI。在未来气候变化的背景下,内蒙古典型草原NDVI对干旱的响应会更加敏感。     

氮添加对黄土高原草原生态系统净碳交换的影响

以黄土高原典型草原为对象,采用静态箱-红外分析仪联用法进行野外原位试验,研究氮添加对生态系统CO2通量的影响。设置6个氮添加水平,分别为N0(0)、N1(1.15 g·m^-2·a^-1)、N2(2.3 g·m^-2·a^-1)、N3(4.6 g·m^-2·a^-1)、N4(9.2 g·m^-2·a^-1)和N5(13.8 g·m^-2·a^-1),氮素类型为尿素((NH2)2CO)。结果表明:氮添加处理没有改变生态系统碳交换的季节动态趋势,但是增加了生态系统净碳交换能力(NEE)、生态系统呼吸(ER)和总生态系统生产力(GEP)的峰值。N2、N3、N4、N5处理的NEE生长季绝对累积量分别比对照增加62%、45%、72%和48%;ER累积量分别增加66%、69%、78%、70%;GEP累积量分别增加65%、66%、77%、68%。氮添加处理增强了黄土高原典型草原植物生长季的碳汇功能。0~10 cm层土壤温度和湿度是影响黄土高原典型草原生态系统净碳交换的重要因素。     

氮素添加对草原不同冠层植物光合作用的影响

氮沉降对植物的生理生态特征具有重要影响,草原不同冠层植物光合特性对氮沉降的响应不同。通过向内蒙古典型草原人工施加氮肥模拟氮沉降,测定上层代表性植物羊草（Leymus chinensis）及下层代表性植物黄囊苔草（Carex korshinskyi）的光合速率（P_n）、水分利用效率（WUE）、蒸腾速率（Tr）和气孔导度（G_s）等光合特性指标及生物量,分析氮沉降对草原不同冠层植物的影响。结果表明：羊草净光合速率随着氮添加量增加呈先上升后下降趋势,而黄囊苔草净光合速率随着氮添加量增加呈上升趋势。氮添加增加了羊草的水分利用效率、生物量和相对生物量,但是对黄囊苔草的水分利用效率、生物量和相对生物量没有影响。在施氮量高于0.8 mol·m^-2后,黄囊苔草的气孔导度和蒸腾速率极显著高于羊草（P<0.01）;整体上看,随着氮添加梯度黄囊苔草蒸腾速率呈现增加的趋势,而羊草的气孔导度和蒸腾速率的变化没有明显的规律。典型草原区不同冠层植物的光合特性对氮添加具有不同的响应,上层植物对下层植物光合作用的限制较小。     

荒漠草原沙生针茅(Stipa glareosa)群落物种多样性和地上生物量对降雨量的响应

利用野外降雨量增减试验平台,研究了荒漠草原沙生针茅(Stipa glareosa)群落物种多样性和地上生物量对降雨量的响应特征。结果表明:降雨量增加或减少均能导致物种的改变,使物种多样性发生变化。处理中,4种物种多样性指数整体表现为8月高于6月。降雨量减少40%时,Shannon-Wiener指数、Simpson优势集中性指数和物种丰富度Patrick指数最低,减少20%时,Pielou均匀度指数最低。降雨量增减也能够导致盖度与生物量的响应。降雨量减少60%、40%、20%时,6月植被盖度高于8月;降雨量增加20%、40%、60%时,6月植被盖度低于8月。降雨量减少和增加对荒漠草原植被盖度都有累加效应,即随时间变化,增雨处理使植被盖度持续升高,反之亦然。随降雨量增加,地上现存生物量逐渐升高,且在降雨量增加60%时达最大。降雨量减少60%、40%、20%和增加20%,都会显著降低凋落物生物量(P<0.05)。随降雨量增加,地上现存生物量与凋落物生物量的比值增大。在荒漠草原沙生针茅群落中,降雨量增加,有利于地上现存生物量的积累和地上总生物量的提高。影响荒漠草原地区植物群落地上生物量和物种多样性的关键降雨量变化范围为减雨40%～20%和增雨40%～60%。超出该范围,植物群落地上生物量和物种多样性对降雨变化的响应都会减弱。增雨20%～40%对地上生物量和物种多样性的影响不显著。     

基于无人机遥感的高寒草原沙化模型及等级划分

高寒草原是青藏高原草地生态系统的主要组成,在防风固沙、野生动物保育等方面具有重要作用。近年来,在全球气候变化和人为干扰加剧的背景下,高寒草原沙化加剧,基于时空尺度监测范围及程度是防治高寒草地沙化的前提。以青海三江源区玛多县的高寒草原为研究区,结合大疆“精灵3”和“经纬M100”旋翼无人机和地面调查,探讨基于无人机遥测的植被指数在草地沙化调查方面的适宜性,以此为基础制定了高寒草原沙化模型及等级划分标准。结果显示：（1）通过对VDVI（Visible-Band Difference Vegetation Index）、ENDVI（Enhanced Normalized Difference Vegetation Index）和NGRDI（Normalized Green-Red Difference Index）指数与草地沙化指数GDI（Grassland Desertification Index）的相关分析,选取出高寒草地沙化研究最优植被指数为VDVI（R=0.9055）;（2）GDI与VDVI的关系模型为VDVI=0.3024GDI²-0.0335GDI+0.0119（R²=0.9326）。模型相对误差为1.779%（RMSE=0.165,R²=0.7447）,拟合精度较高;（3）基于无人机遥感植被指数的聚类分析,将研究区高寒草原沙化划分为5个等级,即无明显沙化（VDVI>0.2247）、轻度沙化（0.1493 < VDVI < 0.2246）、中度沙化（0.0924 < VDVI < 0.1492）、重度沙化（0.0692 < VDVI < 0.0923）和极度沙化（VDVI<0.0692）。     

Living in a High Mountain Border Region： the Case of the ＇Bhotiyas＇ of the Indo-Chinese Border Region

This article introduces one of South Asia＇s most important border regions into academic discourse, namely, the Central Himalayan mountain rim separating India and the Tibetan Autonomous Region （People＇s Republic of China）. What makes this border region so interesting is a tangled interplay of changing environmental, cultural, and political forms to which the local populations constantly have to adapt in order to make a living there. We focused on the so-called ＇Bhotiyas＇ of Uttarakhand, former trans- Himalayan traders whose ethnicity and livelihood was traditionally associated with the Indo-Chinese border that was sealed as a result of the India-China war in 1962. Drawing on the work of borderland scholarship, we identified the key processes and developments that changed the perspective of this area. Competing political aspirations as well as the ＇Bhotiyas＇ countervailing strategies were considered equally important for understanding local livelihoods and identities within the dynamics of a ＇high mountain border region＇. Through an exemplary analysis of historical differences of power in one ＇Bhotiya＇ valley, we further explored the ways in which shifting socio-spatial constellations are creatively re-interpreted by the borderlanders.     

Glacier Extent and Volume Change （1966-9000） on the Su-lo Mountain in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau,China

The topographic maps of 1：50, 000 scales, aerial photographs taken in 1966, one Landsat image taken in 1999, and SRTM data from 2000 were used to quantify the losses in area and volume of the glaciers on the Su-lo Mountain, in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China in the past 30 years. The total glacier area decreased from 492.9 km^2 in 1966 to 458.2 km^2 in 1999. The volume loss of the studied glaciers reached 1.4 km^3 from 1966 to 2000. This agrees with documented changes in other mountain glaciers of the whole Tibetan Plateau.     

Effect of snow-cover duration on plant species diversity of alpine meadows on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Although snow cover plays an important role in structuring plant diversity in the alpine zone, there are few studies on the relationship between snow cover and species diversity of alpine meadows on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. To assess the effect of snow cover on plant species diversity of alpine meadows, we used ten parallel transects of 60 m × 1 m for this study and described the changes in species diversity and composition associated with snow depth. With the division of snow depth into six classes, the highest species richness （S） and species diversity （H′） occurred with an intermediate snow depth, i.e., class Ⅲ and class Ⅳ, showing a unimodal curve with the increase in snow depth. The relationship between snow depth and plant diversity （both richness and Shannon index） could be depicted by quadratic equations. There was no evident relationship between diversity （both S and H′） and soil water content, which implied that other more important factors influenced species diversity. The patterns of diversity found in our study were largely attributed to freeze-thaw alteration, length of growing season and disturbances of livestock grazing. Furthermore, snow depth affected species composition, as evaluated by the Sorensen＇s index of similarity. In addition, almost all species limited to one snow depth class were found only in class Ⅲand class Ⅳ, indicating that intermediate snow depth was suitable for the survival and growth of many alpine species.     

多时间尺度气象干旱指数在内蒙古典型草原的适应性研究

利用1981—2015年内蒙古典型草原牧草观测站土壤水分和气象观测资料,对比分析不同时间尺度气象干旱指数与各季节0～20、0～50、0～100 cm深度土壤相对湿度的相关性,探究多时间尺度气象干旱指数在典型草原干旱监测中的适用性,并基于多元回归分析构建各站点不同季节土壤相对湿度的预测模型.结果表明:春、夏、秋三季,内蒙...