[Ecological risk assessment of dam construction for terrestrial plant species in middle reach of Lancangjiang River, Southwest China].

Taking the surrounding areas of Xiaowan Reservoir in the middle reach of Lancangjiang River as study area, and based on the vegetation investigation at three sites including electricity transmission area (site 1), electricity-transfer substation and roadsides to the substation (site 2), and emigration area (site 3) in 1997 (before dam construction), another investigation was conducted on the vegetation composition, plant coverage, and dominant species at the same sites in 2010 (after dam construction), aimed to evaluate the ecological risk of the dam construction for the terrestrial plant species in middle reach of Lancangjiang River. There was an obvious difference in the summed dominance ratio of dominant species at the three sites before and after the dam construction. According the types of species (dominant and non-dominant species) and the changes of plant dominance, the ecological risk (ER) for the plant species was categorized into 0 to IV, i.

[Ecological effect of road network in the typical area of Yunnan Province based on integration of landscape pattern and process].

By using the quantitative index of 'probability of connectivity', this paper analyzed the effects of road network on the landscape pattern, ecological process, and landscape function in the typical areas of Yunnan Province. Road network accelerated landscape fragmentation, and changed the structure, number, and distribution pattern of ecological process dispersal paths, with the effects increased with increasing dispersal ability. The road network generally reduced the landscape function in maintaining ecological process connectivity by > 10% and the patch function by > 40%, and the effect also increased with increasing dispersal ability.