Habitat suitability change of red-crowned crane in Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve

作     者：CAO Ming-chang LIU Gao-huan CAO Ming-chang;LIU Gao-huan

作者机构：Institute of Geographic Sciences and Nature Resources ResearchChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100101P. R.China Graduate School of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100039P.R.China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Forestry Research》 (林业研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2008年第19卷第2期

页      面：141-147页

核心收录：

学科分类：0907[农学-林学] 090705[农学-野生动植物保护与利用] 08[工学] 09[农学] 0834[工学-风景园林学（可授工学、农学学位）] 

基　　金：the research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation (No. 40771172) Knowledge innovation project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. kzcx2-yw-308) 

主　　题：red-crowned crane Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve habitat suitability habitat loss habitat fragmentation 

摘      要：Habitat loss and fragmentation are mainly associated with population decrease of endangered species and biodiversity loss. The habitat suitability maps of red-crowned crane （Grusjaponensis） in 1992, 1999 and 2006 were produced by using Ecological Niche Suitability Model （ENSM） in Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve （118°33′-119°20′E longitude, 37°35′-38°12′N latitude）, Shandong Province, China. Based on the habitat suitability maps, the causation and change law of habitat loss and fragmentation of red-crowned crane were analyzed by selecting a series of landscape pattern indices. Results showed that due to scarcities of fresh water sources, habitat suitability of red-crowned crane in 1999 was inferior to that in 1992 and 2006 no matter whether human disturbances existed or not. Besides, human disturbance activities, especially road disturbances, increased rapidly during the period of 1992-2006. This worsened the habitat loss and frag- mentation of red-crowned crane, and led to degrading habitat suitability of red-crowned crane in 2006, compared with that in 1992. In conclusion, fresh water sources and human disturbance activities are the two main factors that drive the habitat suitability change of red-crowned crane.