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A Modified Location-Weighted Landscape Index to Evaluate Nutrient Retention in Agricultural Wetlands: A Case Study of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage Site

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  • Yuanmei Jiao

    (Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China)

  • Zhiqin Zha

    (Law School, Oxbridge College, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China)

  • Qiue Xu

    (Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China)

Abstract

Understanding the influence of landscape patterns on the water quality of agricultural wetlands is critically important for their management and related decision-making. However, the question of how to quantify this objectively remains a challenge in the relevant scientific fields. In this study, the location-weighted landscape index (LWLI), a process-oriented indicator that integrates ecological processes with landscape patterns based on the source and sink theory, was modified into the SLWLI by assigning nutrient-based weights in the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage Site (HHRT). The results indicate that the five watersheds are dominated by sink landscapes, representing 64 percent of the total area. Rice terraced fields were a composite “source–sink” landscape, and their areas in the five watersheds ranged from 4.82 to 20.40%. The nutrient retention function of the sink landscapes of total nitrogen (TN) ranged from 0.64 to 0.86, whereas the total phosphorus (TP) ranged from 0.72 to 0.82, showing good retention function in regard to both nutrients. The contribution rates of forest land and rice terraces to TN and TP retention were greater than 47.07 and 17.07%, respectively, which indicates their key regulation of the nutrient retention function, reducing the risk of water eutrophication and leading to optimized conservation. The vertical pattern of the HHRT plays an important role in nutrient retention function. The SLWLI is an effective index that can be used to assess nutrient retention function and to identify sink landscapes for regulating water pollution in agricultural wetlands.

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  • Yuanmei Jiao & Zhiqin Zha & Qiue Xu, 2022. "A Modified Location-Weighted Landscape Index to Evaluate Nutrient Retention in Agricultural Wetlands: A Case Study of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces World Heritage Site," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-17, September.
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