KMS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
| Reconstruction of the vegetation distribution of different topographic units of the Chinese Loess Plateau during the | |
| Sun, Aizhi1,2; Guo, Zhengtang1,2,3; Wu, Haibin1,2; Li, Qin2,3; Yu, Yanyan2,3; Luo, Yunli4; Jiang, Wenying2; Li, Xiaoqiang1,5 | |
| 2017-10-01 | |
| 发表期刊 | QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
 |
| 卷号 | 173页码:236-247 |
| 文章类型 | Article |
| 摘要 | Soil erosion and related ecological restoration present a tremendous challenge to the socioeconomic development of the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP). Although the Chinese government has addressed the problem of soil erosion via an afforestation programme, there have been several negative outcomes. One of the reasons for this is our incomplete understanding of the past natural vegetation distribution in the various topographic units of the CLP under different climate scenarios. Consequently, we used fossil pollen data from 41 sites from different topographic units, together with the biomization method, to reconstruct the Holocene vegetation distribution of the CLP. The results demonstrate significant differences in vegetation types between different topographic units: forest was distributed in mountainous areas, steppe was dominant in Yuan areas, and desert vegetation was distributed in the transition zone between loess and desert. The vegetation in the gully areas exhibited significant spatial differences during the mid-Holocene. In addition, the vegetation on the various topographic units was well developed during the interval from 9 to 4 Ka B.P., when regional moisture levels reached a maximum. This suggests that the East Asian Summer Monsoon was one of the main factors controlling the evolution of vegetation patterns during the Holocene. In addition, our results confirm that both topography and human activity were fundamental factors determining the vegetation distribution of the region. Against a background of ongoing global warming, we advocate a program of vegetation restoration including planting trees and shrubs in the mountainous areas, and promoting the growth of grasses in the Yuan areas and in the transitional zone between loess and desert. In the gully areas, the planting of trees and shrubs is appropriate for reducing soil erosion caused by human activities. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| 关键词 | Biome Vegetation Change Topographic Units Holocene Chinese Loess Plateau |
| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.08.006 |
| 关键词[WOS] | ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON ; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM ; NORTHERN CHINA ; HOLOCENE VEGETATION ; CLIMATE CHANGES ; KA BP ; ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES ; ATMOSPHERIC CO2 ; INNER-MONGOLIA ; WINTER MONSOON |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 项目资助者 | National Natural Science Foundation of China(41430531 ; National Basic Research Program of China(2016YFA0600504) ; Bairen Programs of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; 41690114 ; 41125011) |
| WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography ; Geology |
| WOS类目 | Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000412266500015 |
| 引用统计 | |
| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/8038 |
| 专题 | 中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后） |
| 作者单位 | 1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth Sci, 19A Yuquan Rd, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, Key Lab Cenozo Geol & Environm, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sun, Aizhi,Guo, Zhengtang,Wu, Haibin,et al. Reconstruction of the vegetation distribution of different topographic units of the Chinese Loess Plateau during the[J]. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,2017,173:236-247. |
| APA | Sun, Aizhi.,Guo, Zhengtang.,Wu, Haibin.,Li, Qin.,Yu, Yanyan.,...&Li, Xiaoqiang.(2017).Reconstruction of the vegetation distribution of different topographic units of the Chinese Loess Plateau during the.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,173,236-247. |
| MLA | Sun, Aizhi,et al."Reconstruction of the vegetation distribution of different topographic units of the Chinese Loess Plateau during the".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 173(2017):236-247. |
| 条目包含的文件 | 下载所有文件 | |||||
| 文件名称/大小 | 文献类型 | 版本类型 | 开放类型 | 使用许可 | ||
| Reconstruction of th（4513KB） | 期刊论文 | 作者接受稿 | 开放获取 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 下载 | |
除非特别说明，本系统中所有内容都受版权保护，并保留所有权利。
修改评论