GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE

Vegetation Change and Its Response to Climate Change in Grassland Region of China

Xiang-jin SHEN, Dao-wei ZHOU, Fei LI, Hai-yan ZHANG

SCIENTIA GEOGRAPHICA SINICA, 2015, 35(5): 622-629. DOI: 10.13249/j.cnki.sgs.2015.05.622

	生长季温度	生长季降水	春季温度	春季降水	夏季温度	夏季降水	秋季温度	秋季降水
温带典型草原	0.052	0.650^**	0.644^**	0.368	-0.157	0.411^*	0.282	0.166
温带草甸草原	-0.070	-0.036	0.286	0.011	-0.140	-0.217	0.069	-0.345
温带荒漠草原	-0.046	0.676^**	-0.343	0.212	-0.013	0.529^**	-0.210	0.083
高寒典型草原	0.255	-0.330	0.408^*	0.372	0.309	-0.387	0.324	-0.148
高寒草甸草原	0.461^**	-0.180	0.623^**	-0.335	0.580^**	-0.301	0.615^**	0.331

Table 2 Correlation coefficient between NDVI and climate variables for different vegetation types

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Fig. 1 Spatial distribution and vegetation types of grassland region in China
Fig.2 Changes of NDVI, temperature and precipitation in grassland region of China in growing season
Fig.3 Spatial pattern of average NDVI in growing season and seasonal variation in grassland region of China
Table 1 Correlation coefficient between growing season or seasonal NDVI and climate variables
Fig.4 Spatial pattern of correlation coefficient between seasonal NDVI and temperature, precipitation in grassland region of China
Fig.5 Changes of monthly NDVI, temperature and precipitation in grassland region of China
Table 3 Correlation between monthly NDVI and climate variables in grassland region of China