Effect of Water Level Fluctuations on Wintering Goose Abundance in Poyang Lake Wetlands of China

作     者：XIA Shaoxia LIU Yu CHEN Bin JIA Yifei ZHANG Huan LIU Guanhua YU Xiubo 

作者机构：Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and ModelingInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources ResearchBeijing 100101China University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100049China The Second Surveying and Mapping Institute of Zhejiang ProvinceHangzhou 310012China Jiangxi Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve AuthorityNanchang 330038China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Geographical Science》 (中国地理科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第27卷第2期

页      面：248-258页

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学科分类：07[理学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41171030 41471088) 

主　　题：water level fluctuation wintering geese Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Green Wave Index (GWI) waterbird habitat 

摘      要：The Poyang Lake is a Ramsar site and is the important over-wintering site for migratory waterbirds along the East Asian-Australasian Fly way. Examining the effects of water level fluctuations on waterbird abundance and analyzing the influencing mechanism is critical to waterbird protection in the context of hydrological alteration. In this study, the effect of water level regime on wintering goose abundance was examined and the influencing mechanism was interpreted. Synchronous waterbirds survey data, hydro- logical data, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer-Normalized Difference Vegetation Index （MODIS-NDVI） data and habi- tat data derived from Landsat TNUETM data and HJ/CCD data were combined. The satellite-derived Green Wave Index （GWI） based on MODIS-NDVI dataset was applied to detect changes in goose food resources. It was found that habitat size and vegetation conditions are key factors determining goose abundance. Geese numbers were positively correlated with habitat area, while intermediate range of vegetation productivity might benefit the goose abundance. Water level affects goose abundance by changing available habitat areas and vegetation conditions. We suggested that matching hydrological regime and exposed meadows time to wintering geese dynamics was crucial in the Poyang Lake wetlands. Our study could provide sound scientific information for hydrological management in the context of waterbird conservation.