The Gandaki River Basin(GRB),located in the central Himalaya,provides habitats for a large number of important flora and fauna species.The habitats of key protected species have changed over time as a result of climat...The Gandaki River Basin(GRB),located in the central Himalaya,provides habitats for a large number of important flora and fauna species.The habitats of key protected species have changed over time as a result of climate changes and human activities related to land use change,including the development of roads.This study assessed the present and future distributions of sloth bear(Melursus ursinus)habitats using the maximum entropy(Max Ent)model.Bioclimatic data,a digital elevation model and roads were used as environmental layers to assess current and future distributions of habitat.Results show that the overall habitat within the study area is likely to undergo important changes in the future.Bio 8(the mean temperature of the wettest quarter)and slope were found to be important variables affecting the distribution of the species.The habitats very highly suitable for sloth bears currently cover an area of 148 km^(2) within the GRB.These habitats are predicted to increase by 122 km^(2) more by 2050.Overall,a net change by 680.38 km^(2) was found in the GRB.Conservation measures are necessary for this key protected species and its habitat within the GRB and elsewhere in Nepal.展开更多
Background:Habitat resources occur across the range of spatial scales in the environment.The environmental resources are characterized by upper and lower limits,which define organisms’distribution in their communitie...Background:Habitat resources occur across the range of spatial scales in the environment.The environmental resources are characterized by upper and lower limits,which define organisms’distribution in their communities.Animals respond to these resources at the optimal spatial scale.Therefore,multi-scale assessments are critical to identifying the correct spatial scale at which habitat resources are most influential in determining the specieshabitat relationships.This study used a machine learning algorithm random forest(RF),to evaluate the scaledependent habitat selection of sloth bears(Melursus ursinus)in and around Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve,Madhya Pradesh,India.Results:We used 155 spatially rarified occurrences out of 248 occurrence records of sloth bears obtained from camera trap captures(n=36)and scats located(n=212)in the field.We calculated focal statistics for 13 habitat variables across ten spatial scales surrounding each presence-absence record of sloth bears.Large(>5000 m)and small(1000–2000 m)spatial scales were the most dominant scales at which sloth bears perceived the habitat features.Among the habitat covariates,farmlands and degraded forests were the essential patches associated with sloth bear occurrences,followed by sal and dry deciduous forests.The final habitat suitability model was highly accurate and had a very low out-of-bag(OOB)error rate.The high accuracy rate was also obtained using alternate validation matrices.Conclusions:Human-dominated landscapes are characterized by expanding human populations,changing landuse patterns,and increasing habitat fragmentation.Farmland and degraded habitats constitute~40%of the landform in the buffer zone of the reserve.One of the management implications may be identifying the highly suitable bear habitats in human-modified landscapes and integrating them with the existing conservation landscapes.展开更多
分别以磺化煤、果壳、PVC塑料、回收旧塑料等4种密度与活性炭相当的惰性填料替代工程上广泛使用的石英砂,结合适当的反冲洗解决复极性固定床电解槽(BPBC,b ipolar packed bed cell)存在的电极污染及填料分层问题.并以含有对硝基酚钠的...分别以磺化煤、果壳、PVC塑料、回收旧塑料等4种密度与活性炭相当的惰性填料替代工程上广泛使用的石英砂,结合适当的反冲洗解决复极性固定床电解槽(BPBC,b ipolar packed bed cell)存在的电极污染及填料分层问题.并以含有对硝基酚钠的废水降解实验考察其应用的可行性.结果表明,以回收旧塑料及磺化煤作为填料的BPBC处理效果优于石英砂的,而果壳、PVC塑料的与石英砂的处理效果相当.反冲洗后,以磺化煤、果壳、PVC塑料和回收旧塑料作填料的电解槽再生率均大于石英砂的.展开更多
Twenty thousand years ago,Manny the woolly mammoth,Sid the sloth,and Diego the saber-toothed tiger-the heroes of the 2002 animated film Ice Age-trekked across frozen landscapes to avoid a forthcoming ice age.Today,pol...Twenty thousand years ago,Manny the woolly mammoth,Sid the sloth,and Diego the saber-toothed tiger-the heroes of the 2002 animated film Ice Age-trekked across frozen landscapes to avoid a forthcoming ice age.Today,polar animals are facing a threat in the opposite direction,the disappearance of glaciers.展开更多
基金supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(STEP)(2019QZKK0603)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA20040201)the Chinese Academy of Sciences-The World Academy of Sciences(CAS-TWAS)President’s Fellowship Program for international PhD students and the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship Initiative for postdoctoral research(2018PC0030)。
文摘The Gandaki River Basin(GRB),located in the central Himalaya,provides habitats for a large number of important flora and fauna species.The habitats of key protected species have changed over time as a result of climate changes and human activities related to land use change,including the development of roads.This study assessed the present and future distributions of sloth bear(Melursus ursinus)habitats using the maximum entropy(Max Ent)model.Bioclimatic data,a digital elevation model and roads were used as environmental layers to assess current and future distributions of habitat.Results show that the overall habitat within the study area is likely to undergo important changes in the future.Bio 8(the mean temperature of the wettest quarter)and slope were found to be important variables affecting the distribution of the species.The habitats very highly suitable for sloth bears currently cover an area of 148 km^(2) within the GRB.These habitats are predicted to increase by 122 km^(2) more by 2050.Overall,a net change by 680.38 km^(2) was found in the GRB.Conservation measures are necessary for this key protected species and its habitat within the GRB and elsewhere in Nepal.
基金The field expanses were facilitated by a local NGO(The Corbett Foundation).
文摘Background:Habitat resources occur across the range of spatial scales in the environment.The environmental resources are characterized by upper and lower limits,which define organisms’distribution in their communities.Animals respond to these resources at the optimal spatial scale.Therefore,multi-scale assessments are critical to identifying the correct spatial scale at which habitat resources are most influential in determining the specieshabitat relationships.This study used a machine learning algorithm random forest(RF),to evaluate the scaledependent habitat selection of sloth bears(Melursus ursinus)in and around Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve,Madhya Pradesh,India.Results:We used 155 spatially rarified occurrences out of 248 occurrence records of sloth bears obtained from camera trap captures(n=36)and scats located(n=212)in the field.We calculated focal statistics for 13 habitat variables across ten spatial scales surrounding each presence-absence record of sloth bears.Large(>5000 m)and small(1000–2000 m)spatial scales were the most dominant scales at which sloth bears perceived the habitat features.Among the habitat covariates,farmlands and degraded forests were the essential patches associated with sloth bear occurrences,followed by sal and dry deciduous forests.The final habitat suitability model was highly accurate and had a very low out-of-bag(OOB)error rate.The high accuracy rate was also obtained using alternate validation matrices.Conclusions:Human-dominated landscapes are characterized by expanding human populations,changing landuse patterns,and increasing habitat fragmentation.Farmland and degraded habitats constitute~40%of the landform in the buffer zone of the reserve.One of the management implications may be identifying the highly suitable bear habitats in human-modified landscapes and integrating them with the existing conservation landscapes.
文摘分别以磺化煤、果壳、PVC塑料、回收旧塑料等4种密度与活性炭相当的惰性填料替代工程上广泛使用的石英砂,结合适当的反冲洗解决复极性固定床电解槽(BPBC,b ipolar packed bed cell)存在的电极污染及填料分层问题.并以含有对硝基酚钠的废水降解实验考察其应用的可行性.结果表明,以回收旧塑料及磺化煤作为填料的BPBC处理效果优于石英砂的,而果壳、PVC塑料的与石英砂的处理效果相当.反冲洗后,以磺化煤、果壳、PVC塑料和回收旧塑料作填料的电解槽再生率均大于石英砂的.
文摘Twenty thousand years ago,Manny the woolly mammoth,Sid the sloth,and Diego the saber-toothed tiger-the heroes of the 2002 animated film Ice Age-trekked across frozen landscapes to avoid a forthcoming ice age.Today,polar animals are facing a threat in the opposite direction,the disappearance of glaciers.
