| Title | Human-Climate Coupled Changes in Vegetation Community Complexity of China Since 1980s |
| Authors | Su, Yanjun Guo, Qinghua Guan, Hongcan Hu, Tianyu Jin, Shichao Wang, Zhiheng Liu, Lingli Jiang, Lin Guo, Ke Xie, Zongqiang An, Shazhou Chen, Xuelin Hao, Zhanqing Hu, Yuanman Huang, Yongmei Jiang, Mingxi Li, Jiaxiang Li, Zhenji Li, Xiankun Li, Xiaowei Liang, Cunzhu Liu, Renlin Liu, Qing Ni, Hongwei Peng, Shaolin Shen, Zehao Tang, Zhiyao Tian, Xingjun Wang, Xihua Wang, Renqing Xie, Yingzhong Xu, Xiaoniu Yang, Xiaobo Yang, Yongchuan Yu, Lifei Yue, Ming Zhang, Feng Chen, Jun Ma, Keping |
| Affiliation | Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing, Peoples R China Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Inst Remote Sensing & Geog Informat Syst, Beijing, Peoples R China Peking Univ, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Inst Ecol, Beijing, Peoples R China Nanjing Agr Univ, Plant Phen Res Ctr, Nanjing, Peoples R China Nanjing Agr Univ, Jiangsu Collaborat Innovat Ctr Modern Crop Prod, Nanjing, Peoples R China Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Biol Sci, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA Xinjiang Agr Univ, Coll Pratacultural & Environm Sci, Urumqi, Peoples R China Northwest Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Lanzhou, Peoples R China Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Appl Ecol, Key Lab Forest Ecol & Management, Shenyang, Peoples R China Beijing Normal Univ, Coll Resources Sci & Technol, Beijing, Peoples R China Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Aquat Bot & Watershed Ecol, Wuhan, Peoples R China Cent South Univ Forestry & Technol, Coll Forestry, Changsha, Peoples R China Xiamen Univ, Coll Life Sci, Xiamen, Peoples R China Chinese Acad Sci, Guangxi Inst Bot, Guilin, Peoples R China Ningxia Univ, Agr Coll, Yinchuan, Ningxia, Peoples R China Inner Mongolia Univ, Sch Ecol & Environm, Hohhot, Peoples R China Gannan Normal Univ, Sch Life & Environm Sci, Inst Navel Orange, Ganzhou, Peoples R China Chinese Acad Sci, Chengdu Inst Biol, Key Lab Mt Ecol Restorat & Bioresource Utilizat, Chengdu, Peoples R China Chinese Acad Sci, Chengdu Inst Biol, Ecol Restorat & Biodivers Conservat Key Lab Sichu, Chengdu, Peoples R China Heilongjiang Acad Forestry, Harbin, Peoples R China Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Life Sci, State Key Lab Biocontrol, Guangzhou, Peoples R China Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Life Sci, Guangdong Key Lab Plant Resources, Guangzhou, Peoples R China Nanjing Univ, Sch Life Sci, Nanjing, Peoples R China East China Normal Univ, Sch Ecol & Environm Sci, Zhejiang Tiantong Forest Ecosyst Natl Observat &, Shanghai, Peoples R China Shandong Univ, Sch Life Sci, Qingdao, Peoples R China Anhui Agr Univ, Dept Forest Sci, Hefei, Peoples R China Hainan Univ, Coll Ecol & Environm, Haikou, Hainan, Peoples R China Chongqing Univ, Key Lab Gorges Reservoir Reg Ecoenvironm 3, Minist Educ, Chongqing, Peoples R China Chongqing Univ, Natl Ctr Int Res Low Carbon & Green Bldg, Chongqing, Peoples R China Guizhou Univ, Coll Life Sci, Guiyang, Peoples R China Northwest Univ, Key Lab Resource Biol & Biotechnol Western China, Xian, Peoples R China Shanxi Univ, Inst Loess Plateau, Taiyuan, Shanxi, Peoples R China Shanxi Univ, Sch Life Sci, Taiyuan, Peoples R China Natl Geomat Ctr China, Beijing, Peoples R China |
| Keywords | DISTURBANCE GRADIENTS ECOSYSTEM STABILITY SPATIAL VARIABILITY SPECIES RICHNESS DIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY FORESTS IMPACTS DEFORESTATION DEGRADATION |
| Issue Date | Jul-2022 |
| Publisher | EARTHS FUTURE |
| Abstract | Vegetation community complexity is a critical factor influencing terrestrial ecosystem stability. China, the country leading the world in vegetation greening resulting from human activities, has experienced dramatic changes in vegetation community composition during the past 30 years. However, how China's vegetation community complexity varies spatially and temporally remains unclear. Here, we examined the spatial pattern of China's vegetation community complexity and its temporal changes from the 1980s to 2015 using two vegetation maps of China as well as more than half a million field samples. Spatially, China's vegetation community complexity distribution is primarily dominated by elevation, although temperature and precipitation can be locally more influential than elevation when they become the factors limiting plant growth. Temporally, China's vegetation community complexity shows a significant decreasing trend during the past 30 years, despite the observed vegetation greening trend. Prevailing climate warming across China exhibits a significant negative correlation with the decrease in vegetation community complexity, but this correlation varies with biogeographical regions. The intensity of human activities have an overall negative influence on vegetation community complexity, but vegetation conservation and restoration efforts can have a positive effect on maintaining vegetation composition complexity, informing the critical role of vegetation management policies in achieving the sustainable development goal. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/649357 |
| DOI | 10.1029/2021EF002553 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) |
| Appears in Collections: | 地球与空间科学学院 城市与环境学院 |
