Quantitative assessment of ecological stress of construction lands by quantity and location: case study in Southern Jiangsu, Eastern China

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 1559-1578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pingxing Li ◽  
Jinlong Gao ◽  
Jianglong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Ecological Stress ◽  
Southern Jiangsu

scholarly journals Applications of Vitrinite Anisotropy in the Tectonics: A Case Study of Huaibei Coalfield, Southern North China

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Yudong Wu ◽  
Quanlin Hou ◽  
Yiwen Ju ◽  
Daiyong Cao ◽  
Junjia Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North China ◽  
Vitrinite Reflectance ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Tectonic Stress ◽  
Deformation Mechanisms ◽  
Thermal Metamorphism ◽  
Regional Tectonic ◽  
Projection Analysis ◽  
Huaibei Coalfield

29 oriented and 10 nonoriented coal samples are collected in the study from three different regions of the Huaibei coalfield, eastern China, and their vitrinite reflectance indicating surface (RIS) parameters are systematically calculated and analyzed. Using the available methods, Kilby’s transformations and RIS triaxial orientations are obtained. The magnitudes and orientations of the RIS axes of the three regions were respectively projected on the horizontal planes and vertical sections. The results show that the samples in high deformed region have significant anisotropy magnitudes (higher Bw/Rmax and Ram values) with a biaxial negative style, whereas the samples in the slightly deformed area have unimpressive anisotropy magnitudes with a biaxial negative style. Thermal metamorphism superposed might enhance the complication and variation of RIS style. RIS projection analysis deduced that the RIS orientation is mainly controlled by regional tectonic stress, and likely influenced by deformation mechanisms of coal.

The southern Jiangsu coast is a critical moulting site for Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea and Nordmann’s Greenshank Tringa guttifer

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 649-660
Author(s):  
ZIYOU YANG ◽  
BENJAMIN J. LAGASSÉ ◽  
HUI XIAO ◽  
MICHA V. JACKSON ◽  
CHUNG-YU CHIANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yellow Sea ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
The Yellow Sea ◽  
Population Declines ◽  
Intertidal Flats ◽  
Jiangsu Coast ◽  
Waterbird Species ◽  
Southern Jiangsu ◽  
Near Threatened

SummaryThe extent of intertidal flats in the Yellow Sea region has declined significantly in the past few decades, resulting in severe population declines in several waterbird species. The Yellow Sea region holds the primary stopover sites for many shorebirds during their migration to and from northern breeding grounds. However, the functional roles of these sites in shorebirds’ stopover ecology remain poorly understood. Through field surveys between July and November 2015, we investigated the stopover and moult schedules of migratory shorebirds along the southern Jiangsu coast, eastern China during their southbound migration, with a focus on the ‘Critically Endangered’ Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea and ‘Endangered’ Nordmann’s Greenshank Tringa guttifer. Long-term count data indicate that both species regularly occur in globally important number in southern Jiangsu coast, constituting 16.67–49.34% and 64.0–80.67% of their global population estimates respectively, and it is highly likely that most adults undergo their primary moult during this southbound migration stopover. Our results show that Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Nordmann’s Greenshank staged for an extended period of time (66 and 84 days, respectively) to complete their primary moult. On average, Spoon-billed Sandpipers and Nordmann’s Greenshanks started moulting primary feathers on 8 August ± 4.52 and 27 July ± 1.56 days respectively, and their moult durations were 72.58 ± 9.08 and 65.09 ± 2.40 days. In addition, some individuals of several other shorebird species including the ‘Endangered’ Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris, ‘Near Threatened’ Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica, ‘Near Threatened’ Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata and Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii also underwent primary moult. Our work highlights the importance of the southern Jiangsu region as the primary moulting ground for these species, reinforcing that conservation of shorebird habitat including both intertidal flats and supratidal roosting sites in this region is critical to safeguard the future of some highly threatened shorebird species.

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