Projected Changes of Grassland Productivity along the Representative Concentration Pathways during 2010–2050 in China
Joint Authors
Yin, Fang
Deng, Xiangzheng
Yuan, Yongwei
Wu, Feng
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-08-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The grassland is an important land use type that plays an important role in the ecosystem services supply in China.
It is of great significance to the grassland management to determine the changing trend of grassland productivity and its response to climate change.
Firstly, the relationship between grassland productivity and climate change, geographical conditions, and human activities was analyzed with the panel data of the whole China during 1980–2010 in this study.
The result indicated that the temperature and precipitation were very important to grassland productivity at the national scale.
Secondly, the grassland in China was divided into 7 grassland ecological-economic zones according to the ecosystem service function and climate characteristics.
The relationship between grassland productivity and climate change was further analyzed at the regional scale.
The result indicated that the temperature is more beneficial to the increase of the grassland productivity in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Southwest Karst shrubland region.
Thirdly, the increase of the temperature and precipitation can increase the grassland productivity and consequently relieve the pressure according to the climate factors of simulation with the community climate system model v4.0 (CCSM).
However, the simulation result indicates that the human pressure on grasslands is still severe under the four RCPs scenarios and the grassland area would reduce sharply due to the conversion from the grassland to the cultivated land.
What is more, there is still a great challenge to the increase of total grassland productivity in China.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wu, Feng& Deng, Xiangzheng& Yin, Fang& Yuan, Yongwei. 2013. Projected Changes of Grassland Productivity along the Representative Concentration Pathways during 2010–2050 in China. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-500053
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wu, Feng…[et al.]. Projected Changes of Grassland Productivity along the Representative Concentration Pathways during 2010–2050 in China. Advances in Meteorology No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Wu, Feng& Deng, Xiangzheng& Yin, Fang& Yuan, Yongwei. Projected Changes of Grassland Productivity along the Representative Concentration Pathways during 2010–2050 in China. Advances in Meteorology. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-500053
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-500053