Studies on wetland landscape of the
Modern Yellow River Delta
As a kind of ecotone
constituted of clustered land mosaics, wetland always exhibits one of its
remarkable spatial features—heterogeneity. Landscape ecology is such an
interdisciplinary branch focusing on heterogeneity that may bring us some
synthetic and creative thinking. Therefore, some landscape theories and methods
are applied into the studies on the elements, structure, pattern and dynamics
of wetland landscape in the Modern
1.
Establishing the wetland landscape system of MYRD, based on
Land use System of 1991 (1:50000) and wetland system developed from some
satellite images.
2.
Analyzing the wetland landscape heterogeneity of MYRD,
including:
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Assessing landscape fragmentation using landscape
fragmentation indices;
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Assessing heterogeneity using landscape diversity indices;
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Analyzing Structure and pattern of landscape element
distribution
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Analyzing Landscape change by comparing landuse
1991 and landuse 1984
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Inducing wetland transition and vegetation succession
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Examining the relationship between landscape heterogeneity
and environmental heterogeneity
3.
Evaluating wetland conservation strategies based upon the
results from landscape analysis.
Wetland Reserve of
Yellow Rive Delta