Spatiotemporal Variation and Influencing Factors of Vegetation Growth in Mining Areas: A Case Study in a Colliery in Northern China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area Profile
2.2. Data Source and Processing
2.3. Methodology
2.3.1. Maximum Value Composite
2.3.2. Time Series Analysis
2.3.3. Trend Analysis
2.3.4. Simple Correlation Analysis
2.3.5. Multiple Correlation Analysis
2.3.6. Partial Correlation Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Analysis of Vegetation Spatiotemporal Variation Characteristics
3.1.1. Interannual Variation Trend of Vegetation
3.1.2. Spatial Distribution Characteristics of Vegetation
3.1.3. Spatial Pattern of EVI Variation
3.2. Sensitivity Analysis of EVI to Precipitation
3.3. Correlation Analysis of EVI to Coal Mining and Precipitation
3.3.1. Multiple Correlation Analysis
3.3.2. Partial Correlation Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Model Summary a | AVOVA a | Coefficients a | |||||
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F | Sig. | Unstandardized Coefficients | Collinearity Statistics (VIF) | ||||
R | 0.992 b | Regression | 59.052 | 0.017 | Constant (β0) | 0.241 | |
R2 | 0.983 | Residual | Coal production (β1) | −0.208 | 1.005 | ||
Adjusted R2 | 0.967 | Total | Precipitation (β2) | 0.251 | 1.005 |
Control Variable | Coal Production | ||
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Precipitation | EVI | Correlation | −0.979 |
Significance (2-tailed) | 0.021 | ||
df | 2 | ||
Control Variable | Precipitation | ||
Coal production | EVI | Correlation | 0.985 |
Significance (2-tailed) | 0.015 | ||
df | 2 |
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Yang, Z.; Li, W.; Li, L.; Lei, S.; Tian, J.; Wang, G.; Sang, X. Spatiotemporal Variation and Influencing Factors of Vegetation Growth in Mining Areas: A Case Study in a Colliery in Northern China. Sustainability 2022, 14, 9585. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159585
Yang Z, Li W, Li L, Lei S, Tian J, Wang G, Sang X. Spatiotemporal Variation and Influencing Factors of Vegetation Growth in Mining Areas: A Case Study in a Colliery in Northern China. Sustainability. 2022; 14(15):9585. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159585
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Zhi, Wenping Li, Liangning Li, Shaogang Lei, Jiawei Tian, Gang Wang, and Xuejia Sang. 2022. "Spatiotemporal Variation and Influencing Factors of Vegetation Growth in Mining Areas: A Case Study in a Colliery in Northern China" Sustainability 14, no. 15: 9585. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159585