Spatial-Temporal Variation Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Vegetation in the Yellow River Basin from 2000 to 2019
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Research Area
2.2. Data Resource
2.3. Method
3. Results
3.1. Spatiotemporal Distribution and Changes in FVC
3.1.1. FVC Trends and Characteristics
3.1.2. The Contribution of Vegetation
3.2. Variation Factors
3.2.1. Effects of Climatic Factors on Vegetation
3.2.2. The Relationship between Ecological Management and Vegetation
3.2.3. Effects of Ecological Afforestation on Vegetation
- (1)
- The Typical Area of Huanglong and the Surrounding County
- (2)
- The Typical Area of Wuqi and the Surrounding County
4. Conclusions and Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Partial Correlation Analysis | Fractional Vegetation Cover (FVC) | ||||
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PCC | Arid | Semi Arid | Semi Humid | Humid | |
Precipitation | Partial correlation coefficient | 0.532 | 0.649 | 0.258 | 0.504 |
Significance (bilateral) | 0.019 | 0.003 | 0.25 | 0.028 | |
Temperature | Partial correlation coefficient | 0.387 | 0.47 | 0.445 | 0.586 |
Significance (bilateral) | 0.101 | 0.042 | 0.056 | 0.008 |
County | Pearson Correlation | Significance | County | Pearson Correlation | Significance |
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Huanglong | 0.88 | 0.01 * | Wuqi | 0.925 | 0.01 * |
Luochuan | 0.95 | 0.01 * | Jingbian | 0.896 | 0.01 * |
Baishui | 0.66 | 0.01 * | Huan | 0.714 | 0.01 * |
Chengcheng | 0.56 | 0.05 * | Dingbian | 0.639 | 0.01 * |
Heyang | 0.62 | 0.01 * |
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Shi, P.; Hou, P.; Gao, J.; Wan, H.; Wang, Y.; Sun, C. Spatial-Temporal Variation Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Vegetation in the Yellow River Basin from 2000 to 2019. Atmosphere 2021, 12, 1576. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12121576
Shi P, Hou P, Gao J, Wan H, Wang Y, Sun C. Spatial-Temporal Variation Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Vegetation in the Yellow River Basin from 2000 to 2019. Atmosphere. 2021; 12(12):1576. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12121576
Chicago/Turabian StyleShi, Peirong, Peng Hou, Jixi Gao, Huawei Wan, Yongcai Wang, and Chenxi Sun. 2021. "Spatial-Temporal Variation Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Vegetation in the Yellow River Basin from 2000 to 2019" Atmosphere 12, no. 12: 1576. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12121576