Study on climate-vegetation interaction in China

作     者：Zhang Xinshi (Chang Hsinshi) Yang DiananLaboratory of Quantitative Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy ofSciences, Beijing 100044, China 

作者机构：Lab. of Quantitative Vegetation Ecology Inst. of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100044 China China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》 (环境科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：1993年第5卷第2期

页      面：130-149页

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学科分类：0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 

主　　题：climate-vegetation interaction ecological gradient China. 

摘      要：The climate-vegetation interaction of China is mainly controlled by the atmospheric circulations and topographic characteristics. The distribution and NPP of vegetation zones show a close relationship with a series of climatological indexes, such as annual mean temperature, precipitation, various thermal indexes, and potential evapotranspiration rates. The multivariate analysis (DCA) for climate and vegetation, zones in China provides quantitative environmental interpretation for two significant ecological gradients. The first gradient is mainly a thermal gradient, it can be displayed by latitude, altitude, biotemperature, and annual mean temperature. The second gradient is basically a moisture gradient, it correlated highly with longitude and potential evaportranspiration. The quantitative interaction or statistical models between vegetation zones and climato-geographical indexes can provide a fundamental scenario and comparative parameters for the study on climate and vegetation changes in China.