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- Title
Development of a landscape index to link landscape pattern to runoff and sediment.
- Authors
Shi, Peng; Qin, Yan-li; Li, Peng; Li, Zhan-bin; Cui, Ling-zhou
- Abstract
Linking landscape indexes to ecological processes is the key topic of landscape ecology. However, traditional landscape metrics based on the Patch-Mosaic Model have no ecological significance. In this study, the runoff-sediment landscape index coupling land use, topography, soil, and vegetation factors was constructed to link landscape patterns to runoff and sediment. In the study area, the runoffsediment landscape index at the class scale showed an increasing trend from 0.10 in 1995 to 0.26 in 2015. Cropland had a higher runoff-sediment landscape index compared to grassland or forestland. At the landscape scale, the runoff-sediment landscape index showed a decreasing trend since 1995; furthermore, it decreased by 36.24% in 2015 compared with the index in 1990. The runoff-sediment landscape index had higher correlations with runoff and sediment compared with traditional landscape metrics. Redundancy analysis showed that the runoffsediment landscape index had a higher contribution to runoff and sediment compared to traditional landscape metrics, explaining 90.1% of the variability. The soil erosion risk assessed by the runoff-sediment landscape index showed an increasing trend upstream of the Dali River watershed. More attention should be paid to this area in future vegetation restoration attempts, as exploring the impact of landscape pattern changes on ecological processes, especially hydrological processes, plays an important role in comprehensive watershed management.
- Subjects
RUNOFF; LANDSCAPES; WATERSHED management; LANDSCAPE ecology; SEDIMENTS; LANDSCAPE changes; SOIL erosion
- Publication
Journal of Mountain Science, 2022, Vol 19, Issue 10, p2905
- ISSN
1672-6316
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11629-021-7187-3