Simulating Ecological Functions of Vegetation Using a Dynamic Vegetation Model
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Model Simulation
2.4. Calculation of Ecosystem Service Functions
2.5. Relationships of Ecosystem Service Functions
3. Results
3.1. Spatiotemporal Change in Vegetation Types under Climate Change
3.2. Spatiotemporal Variations of Vegetation Ecological Functions
3.3. Synergistic and Trade-Off Relationships among Vegetation Ecological Functions
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Number | Vegetation Types | Model Classification |
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1 | Forest | >85% of biomass consists of woody species and 75% of those are forest |
2 | Shrub | >50% of biomass is shrub |
3 | Grass | >50% of the biomass is grass |
4 | Bare Land | biomass < 0.02 kg⋅m−2 |
Vegetation Type | SSP119 Scenario | SSP585 Scenario | ||||||
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Forest | Shrub | Grass | Bare Land | Forest | Shrub | Grass | Bare Land | |
Forest | 92 | - | 8 | - | >99 | - | <1 | - |
Shrub | 2 | 92 | 6 | - | 3 | 97 | <1 | - |
Grass | 1 | - | 99 | <1 | 3 | <1 | 97 | - |
Bare Land | - | - | 76 | 24 | <1 | - | >99 | <1 |
SSP119 Scenario | SSP585 Scenario | |||||
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CS | SC | WC | CS | SC | WC | |
Min | −4.99 | −398.4 | −127.54 | −0.05 | −274.7 | −214.79 |
Max | 4.13 | 3866.04 | 167.45 | 14.63 | 4740.09 | 327.23 |
Mean | −0.32 | 89.55 | 29.58 | 5.14 | 135.57 | 46.3 |
Std | 0.7 | 132.01 | 30.19 | 1.64 | 203.92 | 53.51 |
AR (%) | 47 | 4 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 13 |
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Su, Y.; Zhang, J.; Peng, S.; Ding, Y. Simulating Ecological Functions of Vegetation Using a Dynamic Vegetation Model. Forests 2022, 13, 1464. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13091464
Su Y, Zhang J, Peng S, Ding Y. Simulating Ecological Functions of Vegetation Using a Dynamic Vegetation Model. Forests. 2022; 13(9):1464. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13091464
Chicago/Turabian StyleSu, Yanli, Jielin Zhang, Shouzhang Peng, and Yongxia Ding. 2022. "Simulating Ecological Functions of Vegetation Using a Dynamic Vegetation Model" Forests 13, no. 9: 1464. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13091464