Effects of changing cost values on landscape connectivity simulation
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| 作者 | Chen, Chun Di2; Wu, Sheng Jun2; Douglas, Meurk Colin1; Lü, Ming Quan2; Wen, Zhao Fei2; Jiang, Yi2 ; Chen, Ji Long2
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| 刊名 | Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica
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| 出版日期 | 2015 |
| 卷号 | 35期号:22页码:7367-7376 |
| ISSN号 | 10000933 |
| DOI | 10.5846/stxb201404010611 |
| 英文摘要 | Landscape connectivity is a critical concern for the study of interactive relationships between landscape structure and ecological processes. A combination of Least-cost Path (LcP) analysis and graph-theoretic techniques can provide a more efficient approach to identifying and assessing potential links in heterogeneous landscapes. This method has been increasingly used in landscape connectivity and ecological network simulation. In the modeling process, the evaluation of cost surfaces ideally should be based on field survey and/ or experimental data; however, it is time-consuming and costly to collect these data. To simplify the process, many connectivity modeling studies rely entirely or in large part on collective expert knowledge together with land suitability assessment. Different experts may assign different values, affecting the reliability of network simulation. Therefore, this study was set up to examine how a range of cost values (representing variation in expert opinion) influence landscape connectivity simulation and how this impact reacts to landscape spatial configuration. We designed a factorial experiment with three factors: cost values, spatial grain size, and landscape fragmentation. Firstly, artificial landscapes were generated in SIMMAP2.0. They comprised five land cover types with controlled area coverage: 20% habitat sources (S), 40% unsuitable land (U), and 5%, 15%, and 20% moderately suitable land types (A, B, and C respectively). We then factorially set two levels of fragmentation, a clumped configuration (P_simmap=0.575) and fragmented landscape (P_simmap=0.3), and four levels of spatial grain size (1 m, 5 m, 10 m, and 20 m) in the factorial experiment. A total of 8 combinations were replicated 5 times for the simulation analysis. We generated 4 groups of cost value scenarios, I: equidistant; II: close to cost values of habitat sources (1 assigned as cost value of habitat sources); III: close to cost values of the unsuitable landscape matrix; and IV: close to middle values. Each group scenario has 3 levels; for example, group IV has rankings of 1 to 10, 1 to 100, and 1 to 1000, respectively. Within each group, the values were assigned to test whether and to what extent the absolute values would change the spatial location of simulated LcPs. Between group scenarios, the cost values were set to investigate whether and to what extent the different scenarios would change the spatial location of simulated LcPs. Our study found that these three factors all have a significant impact on the pathways simulation, and, indeed, there are some interactions between factors. The spatial location of LcPs was insensitive to the absolute values or the range of cost values as long as the relative ranking scenarios remained constant. However, they were significantly affected by the four different group scenarios of cost values assigned to land use/ cover types, and the degree of influence is highly dependent on the spatial grain size of the landscapes, but less so with landscape fragmentation. To deal with the uncertainty and subjectivity brought by cost values and their interactions with landscape structure factors, this study provided some suggestions for an appropriate selection of cost values in order to increase network modeling rigorousness. © 2005, Ecological Society of China. All rights reserved. |
| 电子版国际标准刊号 | 18722032 |
| 语种 | 中文 |
| 源URL | [http://119.78.100.138/handle/2HOD01W0/9906]  |
| 专题 | 中国科学院重庆绿色智能技术研究院 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Landcare Research, Christchurch, New Zealand 2.Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing, China; |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chen, Chun Di,Wu, Sheng Jun,Douglas, Meurk Colin,et al. Effects of changing cost values on landscape connectivity simulation[J]. Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica,2015,35(22):7367-7376. |
| APA | Chen, Chun Di.,Wu, Sheng Jun.,Douglas, Meurk Colin.,Lü, Ming Quan.,Wen, Zhao Fei.,...&Chen, Ji Long.(2015).Effects of changing cost values on landscape connectivity simulation.Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica,35(22),7367-7376. |
| MLA | Chen, Chun Di,et al."Effects of changing cost values on landscape connectivity simulation".Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica 35.22(2015):7367-7376. |
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