Current status and future directions of the Tibetan Plateau ecosystem research

作     者：Yangjian Zhang Yixuan Zhu Junxiang Li Yao Chen 

作者机构：Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences College of Resources and Environment University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 

出 版 物：《Science Bulletin》 (科学通报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第64卷第7期

页      面：428-430页

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学科分类：07[理学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA20050102) the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41725003) 

主　　题：Current status and future directions of the Tibetan Plateau ecosystem research TP 

摘      要：The Tibetan Plateau (TP) encompasses Xizang and Qinghai and parts of northern Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, with a total area of circa 2.6 millions km2. The 2013 satellite data showed that grasslands, forests, wetlands, agricultural lands, and deserts account for 60%, 7.7%, 1.4%, 0.3%, and 30%, respectively, of total TP land (1)Due to its existence in dry, high altitude and cold environments, the TP ecosystem is extremely vulnerable to global climate change and studies on the TP ecosystem can be utilized as a pre-warning for other ecosystems.