石羊河下游明清时期荒漠植被的破坏与沙漠化

During Ming and Qing Dynasties the Damage Desert Vegetation and Process in Desertification in the Lower Reaches Oasis of Shiyang River

石羊河下游绿洲地处河西走廊东部,行政区划上属今甘肃省民勤县所辖。本区东面、北面为腾格里沙漠所围绕,西面与巴丹吉林沙漠相比邻,南面石羊河一线弧悬与中游武威绿洲连接,气候上属温带大陆性干旱气候,干燥少雨,多风沙为其显著特征,绿洲生态系统处于脆弱的平衡状态,因而对人类活动的反应极为敏感,特别是绿洲的边缘更为脆弱,其潜在沙漠化因素易于激发活化。本区地带性植被为旱生、超旱生灌木、半灌木和旱生、盐生的肉质半灌木植物生活型组成的类型,分布于绿洲外围,种类寡少,覆盖稀疏,但对于防风固沙,维系绿洲生态平衡,增强绿洲的抗逆性有着特殊重要作用。据武威地区林业站的材料。

This paper studies during Ming and Qing Dynasties the damage dese-rt vegetation and its consequence——process in desertification in the lo- wer reaches oasis of Shiyang River, Gansu,serts forth the historical sourceof fhe environment problems today in this region.