Bulletin of Surveying and Mapping ›› 2023, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (8): 19-23,77.doi: 10.13474/j.cnki.11-2246.2023.0225

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Evolution of ecological network and identification of key restoration areas in the Loess Plateau during 2000-2020

ZHAO Juhua1, YANG Yongchong1, WANG Tao2, YANG Meihuan1, XIE Yanling3, GUO Zhiwei1, CHEN Jiawang4   

  1. 1. College of Geomatics, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710054, China;
    2. Institute of Territorial Space, Xi'an University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710054, China;
    3. First Surveying and Mapping Institute of Guizhou Provence, Guiyang 550025, China;
    4. WSGRI Smart City(Wuhan) Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430074, China
  • Received:2022-12-28 Revised:2023-03-06 Published:2023-09-01

Abstract: Ecological restoration projects play an important role in promoting national ecological protection. Ecological quality assessment and ecological network construction are important ways to identify ecological restoration areas. In this paper, remote sensing ecological index (RSEI), minimum cumulative resistance model and gravity model are used to construct the Loess Plateau ecological network in 2000, 2010 and 2020, and its evolution characteristics is analyzed, ecological key restoration areas in different periods are identified. The results show that: ① From 2000 to 2020, the overall ecological quality of the Loess Plateau was at a moderate and low level, with a spatial distribution feature of poor ecological quality in the northwest and better ecological quality in the southeast. From 2000 to 2010, the ecological quality improved significantly, accounting for 53.55% of the total area. ② From 2000 to 2020, the number of ecological corridors on the Loess Plateau increased, while the total length decreased. The main landscape types of ecological corridor are grassland, woodland and cultivated land. Most important corridors were distributed near the ecological source area in the southeast of the study area, and the number proportion increased year by year. The northwest corridor is small in number, long in distance, low in importance and poor in connectivity. ③ In the key ecological restoration areas of the Loess Plateau, the ecological pinch points were concentrated in the southwest and the east, and the obstacle points were scattered in the east and the south. The main land use types were grassland and cultivated land, and the area showed an increasing trend. Ecological fracture points are widely distributed and clustered around provincial capitals in the east of the Loess Plateau. This study can provide scientific reference for the implementation of territorial ecological restoration projects on the Loess Plateau.

Key words: ecological restoration, remote sensing ecological index, circuit theory, ecological pinch point, Loess Plateau

CLC Number: