ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Construction of a Niche-Fitness Model
for Well-Facilitated Capital Farmland
and its Application
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Department of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, Henan, China
Submission date: 2017-10-16
Final revision date: 2017-12-15
Acceptance date: 2017-12-25
Online publication date: 2018-08-01
Publication date: 2018-11-20
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Haipeng Niu
Henan Polytechnic university, Department of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, Hen, 454003 Jiaozuo, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2019;28(1):473-484
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Today, constructing well-facilitated capital farmland on a large scale is one of the key strategic
initiatives for enhancing the national capacity for food security. In order to strengthen the scientific
and rational distribution of well-facilitated capital farmland, this article, starting with the discussion
of ecosystem integrity of regional well-facilitated capital farmland on the basis of ecological niche
theory, proposes the concept of ecological niche for well-facilitated capital farmland, and constructs
“ecostate” and “ecorole” evaluation models (Ni model) of ecological niche for well-facilitated capital
farmland. This is verified by studying the case of the city of Xinzheng, Henan Province, China. As the
research result shows, first the condition of farmland in Xinzheng is generally good, and the farmland
in the whole city is suitable for the construction of well-facilitated capital farmland covering
34,224.48 hm2, 63.18% of the total area, which is mainly distributed in the southern and northwestern
parts of the city. Second, the evaluation results are generally in consistency with the actual situation,
which indicates that the Ni model is scientific and realistic in the evaluation of suitability for constructing
well-facilitated capital farmland. Meanwhile, the Ni values are helpful for indicating the suitability for
regional well-facilitated capital farmland. Third, using the most suitable ecological niche to explain
standards of construction for well-facilitated capital farmland, and matching n dimension resources
ecological niche along with most suitable ecological niche to evaluate well-facilitated capital farmland will
convey clear ecological significance and be quite helpful to develop plans and measures for constructing
well-facilitated capital farmland based on the size and changes of niche-fitness values.