Wu Zhi-feng, Li Yue-hui, Chang Yu, Hu Zhi-bin
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.
Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao. 2010 Jul;21(7):1859-66.
Historical range of variability (HRV) characterizes the fluctuations of ecosystem structure and processes under natural disturbances, and is helpful in understanding the causes and consequences of ecosystem change, providing the researchers and managers a reference to evaluate the present status of ecosystems and guiding managers to develop effective management strategies to ultimately drive ecosystems to a sustainable state. In recent years, HRV has played an increasingly important role in forest ecosystem management, and has been successfully used in indicating the causes of ecosystem change, conservation of biological diversity and endangered species, and restoration of ecosystem function, etc. This paper outlined the concept of HRV, and discussed the applications, limitations (lack of data, environmental change, and human impacts, etc.), and challenges of applying HRV in forest ecosystem management. Strengthening data mining, focusing on the changes of natural environment and human society, and increasing the public's recognition of HRV would benefit the improvement of the application efficacy of HRV in forest ecosystem management, and make the forest ecosystem ultimately achieve a sustainable state.
历史变异性范围（HRV）表征了自然干扰下生态系统结构和过程的波动，有助于理解生态系统变化的原因和后果，为研究人员和管理者评估生态系统现状提供参考，并指导管理者制定有效的管理策略，最终推动生态系统达到可持续状态。近年来，HRV在森林生态系统管理中发挥着越来越重要的作用，并已成功应用于指示生态系统变化的原因、保护生物多样性和濒危物种以及恢复生态系统功能等方面。本文概述了HRV的概念，并讨论了HRV在森林生态系统管理中的应用、局限性（数据缺乏、环境变化和人类影响等）以及挑战。加强数据挖掘、关注自然环境和人类社会的变化以及提高公众对HRV的认识，将有助于提高HRV在森林生态系统管理中的应用效果，使森林生态系统最终实现可持续状态。
