A method for designing buffer zone in Yancheng Biosphere Reserve:taking red crown crane as objective species

Abstract

Abstract: Social,economic,ecological and geomorphic factors are needed to be considered when designing the buffer zone of natural reserve.In this paper,the Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) was applied to design the width of buffer zone.Under considerating the influences in different sections around the reserve,different widths of the buffer zone were designed,and a case study was carried out in Yancheng Biosphere Reserve.The results showed that the proposed method was reasonable and practicable in designing the buffer zone of nature reserve.

Key words: Nature reserve, Buffer zone, Analytic Hierarchy Process

LI Wenjun, WANG Zijian. A method for designing buffer zone in Yancheng Biosphere Reserve:taking red crown crane as objective species[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2000, (6): 843-847.

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