Changes in the landscape patterns of Black-necked Crane habitat and its correlation with their individual population numbers during the past 40 years in China.

The landscape pattern of the Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) habitat in China changed at different spatial scales and long-term periods due to natural factors and human activities, and habitat reduction and fragmentation threatened the survival of Black-necked Cranes. The factors driving the habitat landscape pattern and individual population changes of Black-necked Cranes remain to be studied. In this paper, based on remote sensing data of land use from 1980 to 2020, the changes in landscape pattern and fragmentation of the Black-necked Crane habitat in China over 40 years were analyzed from two different spatial scales using the land cover transfer matrix and landscape index. The correlation between landscape and Black-necked Crane individual population was analyzed. The most obvious observations were as follows: (1) Although transformation between landscapes occurred to varying degrees, the area of wetlands and arable land in the breeding and the wintering areas (net) increased significantly from 1980 to 2020. (2) Habitat fragmentation existed in the breeding and the wintering area and was more obvious in the wintering area. (3) The number of individuals of Black-necked Cranes increased period by period, and habitat fragmentation did not inhibit their population growth. (4) The number of individuals of Black-necked Crane was closely related to the wetland and arable land. The increasing area of wetlands and arable and the increasing landscape shape complexity all contributed to the growth of the individual population. The results also suggested that the number of individuals of Black-necked Crane was not threatened by the expanding arable land in China, and they might benefit from arable landscapes. The conservation of Black-necked Cranes should focus on the relationship between individual Black-necked Cranes and arable landscapes, and the conservation of other waterbirds should also focus on the relationship between individual waterbirds and other landscapes.

[Analysis of Lop Nur "Ear" features in remote sensing image and its environmental meaning].

There is a great significance of revealing the characteristics of regional environment evolution and global change to the research on arid Lop Nur areas. By the "Ear" features of Lop Nur in remote sensing image, the spectrum, soil and surface parameters were analyzed. The differences in total salt content in soil and the surface structure bring are cause directly for the "Ear" features in remote sensing image; The results of the analysis of spectrum, total salt content and particle size are in good agreement. "Ear" features recorded the process of environmental change. The process implys that Lop Nur dried up gradually under the impact of global change. The adjustment during the process of drying up let Lop Nur experience two relatively humid climates, with the previous a little longer, the later very short.