Climatic change controls productivity variation in global grasslands

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Gao, Qingzhu

作者： Gao, Qingzhu;Ganjurjav, Hasbagan;Wan, Yunfan;Qin, Xiaobo;Ma, Xin;Li, Yue;Gao, Qingzhu;Ganjurjav, Hasbagan;Wan, Yunfan;Qin, Xiaobo;Ma, Xin;Li, Yue;Zhu, Wenquan;Schwartz, Mark W.;Williamson, Matthew A.

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期刊名称：SCIENTIFIC REPORTS （ 影响因子：4.379； 五年影响因子：5.133 ）

ISSN： 2045-2322

年卷期： 2016 年 6 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Detection and identification of the impacts of climate change on ecosystems have been core issues in climate change research in recent years. In this study, we compared average annual values of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) with theoretical net primary productivity (NPP) values based on temperature and precipitation to determine the effect of historic climate change on global grassland productivity from 1982 to 2011. Comparison of trends in actual productivity (NDVI) with climate-induced potential productivity showed that the trends in average productivity in nearly 40% of global grassland areas have been significantly affected by climate change. The contribution of climate change to variability in grassland productivity was 15.2-71.2% during 1982-2011. Climate change contributed significantly to long-term trends in grassland productivity mainly in North America, central Eurasia, central Africa, and Oceania; these regions will be more sensitive to future climate change impacts. The impacts of climate change on variability in grassland productivity were greater in the Western Hemisphere than the Eastern Hemisphere. Confirmation of the observed trends requires long-term controlled experiments and multi-model ensembles to reduce uncertainties and explain mechanisms.

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