Classification and Net Primary Productivity of the Southern China's Grasslands Ecosystem Based on Improved Comprehensive and Sequential Classification System (CSCS) Approach

Autor: Zheng-guo SUN, Cheng-ming SUN, Wei ZHOU, Wei-min JU, Jian-long LI
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Integrative Agriculture, Vol 13, Iss 4, Pp 893-903 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2095-3119
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60415-3
Popis: This research classified vegetation types and evaluated net primary productivity (NPP) of southern China's grasslands based on the improved comprehensive and sequential classification system (CSCS), and proposed 5 thermal grades and 6 humidity grades. Four classes of grasslands vegetation were recognized by improved CSCS, namely, tundra grassland class, typical grassland class, mixed grassland class and alpine grassland class. At the type level, 14 types of vegetations (9 grasslands and 5 forests) were classified. The NPP had a trend to decrease from east to west and south to north, and the annual mean NPP was estimated to be 656.3 g C m−2 yr−1. The NPP value of alpine grassland class was relatively high, generally more than 1 200 g C m−2 yr−1. The NPP value of mixed grassland class was in a range from 1 000 to 1 200 g C m−2 yr−1. Tundra grassland class was located in southeastern Tibet with high elevation, and its NPP value was the lowest (
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