In this paper,the development of Individual-based Spatial Explicit Landscape Model was outlined at first.Then several issues,pertaining to develop Individual-based Spatial Explicit Landscape Models,were discussed in details.And at last,the application perspectives of such models were illustrated,including animal movement,plant competition and landscape change.This study has relatively important significance guiding roles in developing Individual-based Spatial Explicit Landscape Model in our country and in landscape management.
The nutrient cycling in the reed field has been studied via field investigation and laboratory analysis. The results indicate that N absorption in higher reed productvity field is 0.6044% (high level); The P absorption is 0.1100% (intermediate); The K absorption is 0.0153% (low level).the cycling coefficiencies for N,P and K are 0.16、 0.15 and 0.12,respectively. They are all at low levels.
In landscape with overpopulation, intensive management for economic production, and where even small natural-vegetation patches are scarce, ecological conservation generally must be developed in the course of economic development. Thus “landscape ecological construction” has evolved in China. This approach adds spatial elements and alters landscape pattern to strengthen inter-ecosystem linkages, improve functioning of damaged ecosystems, and increase productivity and stability of the whole landscape. Five examples of managed landscapes in China are presented: dike-pond systems in a river delta; multi-pond system in a rice paddy landscape; field-grass-wood grid system on unstable sand dunes; shelterbelt network in a crop field area; and field-grass-wood mosaic system on highly erodible hilly farmland. These indicate that ecological conditions can be improved along with increased economic production. Altering landscape structure and ecological flows by introducing small landscape elements in distinct spatial patterns is considered a key to the results. This reshaping of the land has focused on changing patch size, regularity of arrangement, biological and hydrological corridors, and networks, the matrix and grain size. It suggests that such changes can increase negative feedbacks and increase stability. Finally, planning and design principles are pinpointed for the landscape ecological construction process.
XIAO Du-ning (Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, P.R.China
