Dynamic change of vegetation and its response to climate and topographic factors in the Xijiang River basin, China

Vegetation plays an important role in the energy exchange, water cycle, carbon cycle, biogeochemical cycle, and maintenance of surface ecosystems. In recent years, regional vegetation cover has changed significantly. This study used statistical analyses, including the Mann-Kendall trend test, the Hu...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2020-04, Vol.27 (11), p.11637-11648
Main Authors: Jia, Lu, Li, Zhan-bin, Xu, Guo-ce, Ren, Zong-ping, Li, Peng, Cheng, Yu-ting, Zhang, Yi-xin, Wang, Bin, Zhang, Jia-xin, Yu, Shu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Altitude
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Biogeochemical cycles
Carbon cycle
China
Climate Change
Climate effects
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecological effects
Ecosystem
Ecotoxicology
Energy resources
Energy sources
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental restoration
Environmental science
High temperature
Hydrologic cycle
Moisture content
Precipitation
Research Article
Restoration
River basins
Rivers
Soil temperature
Soil water
Spatial variations
Statistical analysis
Thermal energy
Time lag
Topography
Vegetation
Vegetation cover
Vegetation effects
Vegetation growth
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
Water supply
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Summary:Vegetation plays an important role in the energy exchange, water cycle, carbon cycle, biogeochemical cycle, and maintenance of surface ecosystems. In recent years, regional vegetation cover has changed significantly. This study used statistical analyses, including the Mann-Kendall trend test, the Hurst exponent, and Pettitt test, to analyze the characteristics of temporal and spatial variation of vegetation coverage in the Xijiang River basin from 2000 to 2013. The results showed that vegetation coverage of 98.76% of the Xijiang River basin is weakly variable (Cv 
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-020-07692-w