An overview and the outlook for wetland ecosystems in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau under climate change
Alpine wetland is one of the important types of land cover on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,which connects different geospheres of the plateau and plays an important role and value for maintaining the function of the plateau ecosystem.The inherent characteristics of wetland system and the special natural geographical environment of the plateau determine that the plateau wetland ecosystem is sensitive to climate change.Previous studies have shown that the types of wetlands in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau are diverse,but there are large discrepancies between studies,the response of wetlands to climate change shows significant temporal and spatial differences and typological differences,the comprehensive ecological functions of plateau wetlands need to be scientifically evaluated,and the lack of wetland-related thematic data products limit the in-depth research on wetlands,especially,in the fields of carbon cycle and biodiversity conservation.In the future,it is necessary to strengthen the synthesis of multi-source technology,interdisciplinary cross-research,and launch the simulation of environmental effects of wetland changes and quantitative assessment studies of ecological functions,and so on,which are suggesting to provide scientific support for the sustainable management of alpine wetlands.
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