Vegetation Response of the Western Shanxi Loess Plateau in the Middle Reaches of the Yellow River under the Background of Climate Warming
The overview of the western Shanxi Loess Plateau in the middle reaches of the Yellow River was introduced.The response of distribution of vegetation,vegetation coverage and plant growth,vegetation species diversity and vegetation phe-nology to climate factors was summarized.The western Shanxi Loess Plateau in the middle reaches of the Yellow River be-longed to the semi-arid zone with vegetation mainly composed of herbs,shrubs and some arbors suitable for semi-arid condi-tions.Water and heat conditions were the main limiting factors affecting vegetation coverage and plant growth in the western Shanxi Loess Plateau in the middle reaches of the Yellow River.The main characteristics of plant species diversity distribu-tion in the mountainous areas of the western Shanxi Loess Plateau in the middle reaches of the Yellow River were that arbor species diversity,herbaceous species diversity and phylogenetic diversity all decreased with the increase of altitude,while shrub species diversity changes showed no obvious trend.The richness of arbor species was significantly positively correla-ted with the average temperature during the growing season.From 2000 to 2015,there were significant changes in vegeta-tion phenology of the western Shanxi Loess Plateau in the middle reaches of the Yellow River.There were more areas where the start dates of the vegetation growth season advanced and the end dates of the vegetation growth season postponed.
Climate warmingThe western Shanxi Loess Plateau in the middle reaches of the Yellow RiverVegetation re-sponse
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