The Impacts of Climate and Human Activities on Grassland Productivity Variation in China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data
2.2.1. Remote Sensing Data
2.2.2. Human Activity Data
2.3. Methods
2.3.1. Sen-Mann–Kendall (Sen-MK) Trend Analysis
2.3.2. Partial Correlation Analysis
2.3.3. Geographical and Temporal Weighted Regression (GTWR) Model
2.3.4. Lindeman Merenda Gold (LMG) Method
3. Results
3.1. Spatiotemporal Variation in GPP in Chinese Grassland
3.2. The Effects of Climate Factors on Grassland GPP
3.3. The Effects of Human Activities on Grassland GPP
3.4. The Contribution of Climate Factors and Human Activities to GPP
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Indicators | Description | Sources |
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Large livestock | Year-end inventory of large livestock | China Animal Husbandry Yearbook and Web of SOSHOO (https://www-soshoo-com-cn.webvpn.xju.edu.cn:8040/index.do, accessed on 12 December 2022) |
Sheep | Year-end inventory of sheep (sheep and goats) | China Animal Husbandry Yearbook and Web of SOSHOO |
Population | Year-end inventory of population | China Statistical Yearbook and Web of SOSHOO |
Primary industry | Output value of the primary industry | China Statistical Yearbook and Web of SOSHOO |
Forbidden grazing | Area of grazing prohibition, rest, and rotation | China Grassland Statistical Yearbook and Web of SOSHOO |
Rodent and pest control | Area of rodent and pest control | China Grassland Statistical Yearbook and Web of SOSHOO |
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Xue, Y.; Liang, H.; Ma, Y.; Xue, G.; He, J. The Impacts of Climate and Human Activities on Grassland Productivity Variation in China. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 3864. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15153864
Xue Y, Liang H, Ma Y, Xue G, He J. The Impacts of Climate and Human Activities on Grassland Productivity Variation in China. Remote Sensing. 2023; 15(15):3864. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15153864
Chicago/Turabian StyleXue, Yayong, Haibin Liang, Yuanyuan Ma, Guoxuan Xue, and Jia He. 2023. "The Impacts of Climate and Human Activities on Grassland Productivity Variation in China" Remote Sensing 15, no. 15: 3864. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15153864