微观地形如何通过鸟类对人类的可见性影响水鸟息地选择:息地设计的灵感
Yuxing Wei1, Wencai Yang2, Yufeng Li1
1College of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
Journal of environmental management
|June 4, 2025
概括
水鸟息地选择受到人类可见度的重大影响,受微观地形学的影响. 降低可见度可以提高/起重机和海岸鸟的息地适合性.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 保护生物学 保护生物学
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 以前关于水鸟息地选择的研究主要集中在水文和植被因素上.
- 在了解水鸟息地选择模式时,人类干预,特别是可见性,在很大程度上被忽视了.
- 微观地图在调解水鸟与人类相互作用以及随后的息地选择中的作用需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 调查基于微观地形的水鸟-人类可见度对/起重机和海岸鸟息地选择的影响.
- 量化不同视线半径对人类可见度在水鸟息地选择中的重要性的影响.
- 通过管理人类可见度,为优化水鸟微型息地创造提供科学基础.
主要方法:
- 利用了种类分布模型,将水鸟-人类可见性作为人类变量.
- 分析了中国延市六个沿海息地不同水鸟群的息地选择概率.
- 评估不同视觉半径 (例如100米,300米) 的可见度的重要性及其对息地选择的影响.
主要成果:
- 微观地形学影响的水鸟与人类的可见性是影响两种水鸟群体息地选择的最重要的人类活动变量.
- 与海岸鸟相比,/对100米视线半径的可见干扰更加敏感.
- 增加微观地形以减少可见度显著增加了鸟/起重机 (高达10.4倍) 和海岸鸟 (高达2.3倍) 的息地选择概率.
结论:
- 水鸟对可见的人类干扰具有敏感性,微观地形学在调解这种相互作用方面发挥着关键作用.
- 有效地管理微观地形,以减少人类的可见性,可以大大提高水鸟息地的适宜性.
- 结果为开发有效的水鸟保护和息地管理战略在沿海地区提供了关键的见解.
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