摘要
2012和2013年7—8月采用样线和样带调查结合的生境调查方法,对分布于我国大兴安岭西北麓的驯鹿的夏季偏好生境开展了对比研究,并对样地的海拔和乔木郁闭度等23个生境变量进行测量及比较.结果表明:与对照样地相比,夏季驯鹿利用样地的海拔(926.9±0.8 m)、乔木郁闭度(17.9%±2.4%)、乔木胸径(35.5±2.1 cm)、乔木高度(8.2±0.5m)、乔木密度(6.9±0.5株·400 m-2)及树桩数(1.3±0.2个·400 m-2)较大,但灌木均高(54.2±2.0 cm)较小(P<0.01).驯鹿夏季偏好选择坡度较缓的中坡生境,因其夏季喜栖生境的水源较多、隐蔽度和避风性较差,距人为干扰距离和牧民点距离均较远.主成分分析(PCA)表明,干扰强度(由距人为干扰距离及距牧民点距离变量组成)、乔木特征(由乔木的高度、密度、胸径和郁闭度变量组成)、地理特征(由坡位、坡向和土壤湿润度变量组成)、食物多度(地表植被盖度和灌木盖度变量构成)、开阔度(由隐蔽度和避风状况变量构成)和坡度是影驯鹿夏季生境选择的重要因素.这6个因子提供了70.7%的累积贡献率,主要反映了驯鹿夏季在喜栖生境选择中的食物资源、抗干扰性和反捕需求.从夏季喜栖生境的生态特征来看,驯鹿并没有被完全驯化.在保护和管理实践中,应使驯鹿种群及其核心栖息地免受高强度的人为干扰.
In July and August of 2012 and 2013,habitat selection and use patterns of reindeer were studied using both line and strip-transect surveys. Twenty-three habitat factors were measured and compared in known reindeer range areas in northwestern China. A total of 72 sampling sites were designated as being used by reindeer,and 162 sites were designated as unused control plots. The results indicated that,compared to the non-used habitat plots,reindeer selected summer habitats with higher values in altitude( 26.9±0.8 m),arbor canopy( 17.9%±2.4%),arbor DBH( 35.5±2.1 cm),arbor height( 8.2±0.5 m),arbor density( 6.9±0.5 ind·400 m-2) and stump quantity( 1.3±0.2 ind·400 m-2),and with a lower shrub height( 54.2±2.0 cm). Moreover,reindeer also selected habitats at intermediate positions of intermediate slope gradient,which provided good water accessibility,more distance from human disturbance and herder influence,but bad concealment and lee condition. Results of the principal component analysis showed that the distur-bance intensity( i.e. residential dispersion,anthropogenic-disturbance dispersion),arbor cha-racteristics( arbor height and arbor density,arbor DBH and arbor canopy),geography characte-ristics( i.e. slope position,slope aspect and soil moisture),food abundance( ground-plant cover and shrub cover),openness( concealment and lee condition) and slope gradient were the most important factors influencing the habitat selection of reindeer in summer. In summary,the summer habitat selection of reindeer is a multidimensional process,through which reindeer adapt according to their ecological needs of food resources,safety and anti-predation. Furthermore,the pattern of habitat selection of reindeer showed that reindeer in China has not yet been domesticated,and reindeer populations and their core habitats should be conserved from intensive disturbance.
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