Geographical Variation of Climate Change Impact on Rice Yield in the Rice-Cropping Areas of Northeast China during 1980–2008
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Methods
2.1. Site Description
2.2. Rice Yield and Climate Data
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Climate and Rice Yield Trends during 1980–2008
3.1.1. Climate Trends in the Rice-Growing Season
3.1.2. Rice Yield Trend
3.2. Climate-Rice Yield Relationship in the Northeast China (NEC)
3.3. Geographical Variation of the Climate-Rice Yield Relationship
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | n | Neg_All | Neg_Sig | Pos_All | Pos_Sig | Trendmin | Trendmax | Trendmean |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yrice | 178 | 1 | 0 | 177 | 158 | −7.48 | 322.74 | 134.4 |
GST | 178 | 5 | 4 | 173 | 164 | −0.84 | 1.43 | 0.42 |
GSP | 178 | 164 | 18 | 14 | 10 | −6.88 | 3.54 | −2.79 |
GDD | 178 | 1 | 1 | 177 | 175 | −6.23 | 18.38 | 13.17 |
Climate Variable | n | Neg_All | Neg_Sig | Pos_All | Pos_Sig | Trendmin | Trendmax | Trendmean |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ΔGST | 178 | 63 | 3 | 115 | 19 | −3061.5 | 2453.8 | 206.63 |
ΔGSP | 178 | 121 | 23 | 57 | 5 | −6.96 | 12.71 | −0.85 |
ΔGDD | 178 | 64 | 6 | 114 | 34 | −17.52 | 14.57 | 1.18 |
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Liu, Z.; Zhang, G.; Yang, P. Geographical Variation of Climate Change Impact on Rice Yield in the Rice-Cropping Areas of Northeast China during 1980–2008. Sustainability 2016, 8, 670. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8070670
Liu Z, Zhang G, Yang P. Geographical Variation of Climate Change Impact on Rice Yield in the Rice-Cropping Areas of Northeast China during 1980–2008. Sustainability. 2016; 8(7):670. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8070670
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Zhenhuan, Guojie Zhang, and Peng Yang. 2016. "Geographical Variation of Climate Change Impact on Rice Yield in the Rice-Cropping Areas of Northeast China during 1980–2008" Sustainability 8, no. 7: 670. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8070670