Spatial patterns of terrestrial net ecosystem productivity in China during 1981–2000 |
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| Authors: | Tao Bo Cao MingKui Li KeRang Gu FengXue Ji JinJun Huang Mei Zhang LeiMing |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China;(2) Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China |
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| Abstract: | As the third largest country in the world, China has highly variable environmental condition and ecological pattern in both
space and time. Quantification of the spatial-temporal pattern and dynamic of terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle in China
is of great significance to regional and global carbon budget. In this study, we used a high-resolution climate database and
an improved ecosystem process-based model to quantify spatio-temporal pattern and dynamic of net ecosystem productivity (NEP)
in China and its responses to climate change during 1981 to 2000. The results showed that NEP increased from north to south
and from northeast to southwest. Positive NEP (carbon sinks) occurred in the west of Southwest China, southeastern Tibet,
Sanjiang Plain, Da Hinggan Mountains and the mid-west of North China. Negative NEP (carbon sources) were mainly found in Central
China, the south of Southwest China, the north of Xinjiang, west and north of Inner Mongolia, and parts of North China. From
the 1980s to 1990s, the increasing trend of NEP occurred in the middle of Northeast China Plain and the Loess Plateau and
decreasing trends mainly occurred in a greater part of Central China. In the study period, natural forests had minimal carbon
uptake, while grassland and shrublands accounted for nearly three fourths of the total carbon terrestrial uptakes in China
during 1981–2000.
Supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (G2002CB412507), the Major Program of the National Natural Science
Foundation of China (Grant No.30590384), the “Hundred Talent” Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and K C WONE Education
Foundation |
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| Keywords: | China terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle spatial patterns climate change |
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