《Measuring the Condition of Saline Wetlands Threatened by Agricultural Intensification》.pdfVIP

Pedosphere18(1)：11-23，2008 ISSN 1002··0160／CN32—-1315／P ⑥2008SoilScience ofChina Society Published and Press ElsevierLimitedScience by wvcw elsevier of theConditionSalineWetlandsThreatened Measuring by Intensification牛1 Agricultural C．CASTANEDAandJ．HERRERO s0如and Box lmgationDepartment，Agri—ResearchCenter研Aragon，PO72々，50080 aragon．e8 October (ReceivedMay21，2007；revised6，2007) ABSTRACT Tllesaline that ontheestab— wetlands，or“saladas”，ofMonegrosDesert，NESpain，containbiodiversitydepends lishmentofa thatcanwarnof irreversible thecontextofalack prognosticmonitoting system approachingdamage．In of inventoriesforthe determinedtheirstateofconservationand biodiversity saladas，we existing vulnerabilityusing seven indicators：escarpment to physical continuity,cropping，stonedumping，size，wateroccurrence，distanceroads，and to areas．Thesefeatureswerecombinedintothree proximityirrigated meaningfulindexes，i…e future anassessmentofthe or ofsaladasinthe vulnerability,andvulnerability,thuscreating preservationdegradation contextof agriculturalprojects．Theindexes consistentresultsandshowedthat encroaching irrigation proposedproduced a numberofthe wetlandswere oftheirsize ofwater great Monegros threatened，regardlessor丘equency thesaladasstudiedwereclassifiedas ina or 50％