短暂流动和植被生产力:对沙漠保护的见解

IF 2.9 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ECOLOGY
Ecosphere Pub Date : 2025-09-04 DOI:10.1002/ecs2.70391
Nicole M. Fiore, Megan E. Lulow, Travis E. Huxman
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摘要

在沙漠环境中,不频繁但强烈的降雨事件驱动了短暂的流动,塑造了景观,影响了植被模式,并维持了生物多样性。然而,尽管它们在生态和水文方面具有重要意义,但短期流动的地图和评估很差,阻碍了有效的研究、管理和保护。为了解决这一问题,我们使用1米数字高程模型(DEM)和ArcGIS水文工具集,开发并验证了美国加利福尼亚州Borrego Springs次盆地的高分辨率地表水文数据集。该数据集包括详细的输出,说明了水在整个景观中的运动,包括流向、水流积累、水流网络以及到子盆地中每个单元最近的水流路径的距离。在一次重要的季风降雨事件之后,利用卫星图像进行了验证,显示了可见的水流和潮湿的土壤。利用该数据集,我们提出了一个新的框架来研究流量接近与植被生产力之间的关系,使用平均生长季节归一化植被指数(NDVI)作为植被生产力和覆盖度的代理。我们的研究结果表明,NDVI值随着与流道距离的增加而急剧下降。高密度、高产植被(NDVI > 0.5)集中分布在短时间流道40 m范围内,而最高植被(NDVI > 0.75)集中分布在10 m范围内。这些发现强调了短暂流动通过在米尺度上产生一致的生产力空间格局,在构建沙漠植被方面发挥的核心作用。然而,我们也发现,中部次流域的城市发展严重破坏了自然流动网络,降低了水文连通性,改变了地表水资源的分布。当在更精细尺度的土壤水分动态和更广泛的地貌过程的背景下观察时,这些模式提供了对塑造干旱景观的多尺度物理驱动因素的见解。通过验证数据集并探索其生态应用,本研究为治理干旱地区的生态水文相互作用提供了重要的见解,并为管理和保护沙漠生态系统提供了有价值的工具。
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Ephemeral flows and vegetation productivity: Insights for desert conservation

Ephemeral flows and vegetation productivity: Insights for desert conservation

Ephemeral flows and vegetation productivity: Insights for desert conservation

Ephemeral flows and vegetation productivity: Insights for desert conservation

Ephemeral flows and vegetation productivity: Insights for desert conservation

In desert environments, infrequent but intense rainfall events drive ephemeral flows that shape the landscape, influence vegetation patterns, and sustain biodiversity. However, despite their ecological and hydrological importance, ephemeral flows are poorly mapped and assessed, hindering effective study, management, and conservation. To address this gap, we developed and validated a high-resolution surface hydrology dataset for the Borrego Springs Subbasin in California, USA, using a 1-m digital elevation model (DEM) and the ArcGIS Hydrology Toolset. The dataset includes detailed outputs illustrating water movement across the landscape, including flow direction, flow accumulation, flow networks, and distance to the nearest flow path for each cell in the subbasin. Validation was conducted using satellite imagery following a significant monsoon rainfall event, which revealed visible water flow and wet soil. Leveraging this dataset, we present a novel framework for examining the relationship between flow proximity and vegetation productivity, using the mean growing season normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) as a proxy for vegetation productivity and cover. Our findings reveal a strong decrease in NDVI values with increasing distance from flow paths. Dense, highly productive vegetation (NDVI > 0.5) was restricted to areas within 40 m of ephemeral flow paths, while the highest NDVI (NDVI > 0.75) was confined to within 10 m. These findings underscore the central role ephemeral flows play in structuring desert vegetation by generating consistent spatial patterns of productivity at the meter scale. However, we also found that urban development in the central subbasin has significantly disrupted natural flow networks, reducing hydrologic connectivity and altering the distribution of surface water resources. When viewed in the context of finer scale soil moisture dynamics and broader geomorphic processes, these patterns offer insight into the multiscale physical drivers shaping arid landscapes. By validating the dataset and exploring its ecological applications, this study provides essential insights into the ecohydrological interactions that govern arid regions and offers a valuable tool for managing and conserving desert ecosystems.

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Ecosphere
Ecosphere ECOLOGY-
CiteScore
4.70
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3.70%
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378
审稿时长
15 weeks
期刊介绍: The scope of Ecosphere is as broad as the science of ecology itself. The journal welcomes submissions from all sub-disciplines of ecological science, as well as interdisciplinary studies relating to ecology. The journal''s goal is to provide a rapid-publication, online-only, open-access alternative to ESA''s other journals, while maintaining the rigorous standards of peer review for which ESA publications are renowned.
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