自20世纪80年代以来,草原生物质的全球变异性不断扩大
Andrew S MacDougall1,2, Ellen Esch3, Qingqing Chen4
1Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. asm@uoguelph.ca.
Nature ecology & evolution
|August 5, 2024
概括
全球草原生物量正在分歧,一些地区的增加和干旱地区的显著下降. 这些变化影响了粮食安全,生物多样性和碳储存,特别是在脆弱的干旱地区.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 全球变化生物学
- 遥感 遥感 遥感 遥感
背景情况:
- 全球变化导致地面植物生物质生产的变量转移.
- 草原生物质转移中的局部敏感性具有不清楚的因果起源.
研究的目的:
- 分析全球草原生物质趋势,并确定差异的驱动因素.
- 评估这些变化对生态系统服务的影响.
主要方法:
- 自20世纪80年代以来的综合遥感规范差异植被指数 (NDVI) 数据.
- 综合了来自6大洲84个草原的当代现场数据.
主要成果:
- 观察到现场层面生物质的差异越来越大,全球范围从+51%到-34%.
- 生物质在更温暖,更潮湿,物种丰富的草原上增加,生长季节更长.
- 生物质在物种贫困的干旱地区下降,在某些地区的下降速度加快.
结论:
- 草原正在经历重大生产变化,对粮食安全,生物多样性和碳储存产生重大影响.
- 干旱的草原特别容易受到生物质减少的影响.
- 广泛的现象变化表明草原季节性循环中发生了重大转变.
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