Quantifying the contributions of climate change and human activities to vegetation dynamic in China based on multiple indices

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作者
Liu, Yue [1 ]
Liu, Huanhuan [1 ]
Chen, Yin [1 ]
Gang, Chengcheng [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Shen, Yifan [1 ]
机构
[1] Northwest A&F Univ, Coll Grassland Agr, Xianyang 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[2] Northwest A&F Univ, Inst Soil & Water Conservat, Xianyang 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Soil & Water Conservat, Minist Water Resources, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[4] Northwest A&F Univ, Inst Soil & Water Conservat, Xinong Rd 26, Xianyang 712100, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Vegetation dynamics; Climate change; Human activities; Remote sensing; Vegetation indices; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE; SATELLITE; CANOPY; PRECIPITATION; ENVIRONMENT; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROWAVE;
D O I
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156553
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Distinguishing the respective roles of climate change and anthropogenic activities can provide crucial information for sustainable management of the environment. Here, using the residual trend method (RESTREND), which measures the residue of the actual and potential trends of vegetation, we quantified the relative contributions of human activities (e.g., ecological restoration, overgrazing, and urbanization) and climate change (the warmer and wetter trend) to vegetation dynamics in China during 1988-2018 based on multiple vegetation indices, including the vegetation optical depth (Ku-VOD, C-VOD), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), and gross primary productivity (GPP). The results showed that the VOD, NDVI, and GPP exhibited overall increasing trends during 1988-2018. Human activities contributed >70% to the increases in NDVI and GPP in China, whereas a counterbalanced contribution of human activities and climate change was identified for the VOD dynamics (51% vs. 49%). Regions with high contributions from human activities to NDVI, GPP, and VOD were located in northeastern, southern, central, and northwestern China. In northern China, the positive impacts of human activities on NDVI (78%) and BEPS-GPP (83%) were greater than those of climate change. In contrast, human activities contributed 96% to the decrease in Ku-VOD over the same period. Before 2000, climate change promoted increases in GPP and NDVI in most regions of southern China. The increasing rates of GPP and NDVI accelerated after 2000 due to afforestation. However, human activities like overgrazing and urbanization have led to decreases in Ku-VOD in northern and southwestern China, and in C-VOD in northeastern, eastern, central, southwestern, and southern China. In all, the relative roles of climate and human factors varied in different regions when NDVI, GPP, or VOD were individually considered. Our results highlighted that the regional-scale vegetation conditions should be taken into full account to achieve sustainable management of ecosystems.
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