Title: Potential Impacts of Highway Construction on Biodiversity in Guangxi,China
Abstract:In order to reveal the highway construction impacts on local biodiversity and analyze the difference of those impacts over Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,the following indexes were calculated based ...In order to reveal the highway construction impacts on local biodiversity and analyze the difference of those impacts over Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,the following indexes were calculated based on the pixels of 5 km×5 km with GIS support. Biodiversity impact index(B)and segregation index(Ⅰ)were applied to evaluate the intensity of potential impacts of highway construction on local biodiversity,and the segregation index (Ⅰ)was the segregation grade of fauna and flora for a mesh in highway network. The result shows that,the North and southwest mountainous areas,and the marginal mountainous areas of Guangxi,are of high diversity in vegetation types and rich in endemic plants. For the sake of the highway management at present and the highway design and construction in future,special attention should be paid to biodiversity conservation and biological invasion prevention.Read More
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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