Using natural vegetation succession to evaluate how natural restoration proceeds under different climate in Yunnan, Southwest China.

ABSTRACT: Currently, natural restoration has been widely proposed as the primary method of ecological restoration and has been studied for a long time. However, research on how to quantify the progress of natural restoration in different climate conditions, especially using long-term succession monitoring data combined with habitat quality data across various succession stages, has been scarce. Our study aims to address this issue in Yunnan, southwest China. To quantify the progress of natural restoration under different climates in Yunnan, we introduced an index, the Natural Succession Index. Utilizing topography and meteorological data, we divided the study area into different climate sub-areas using the Two-stage clustering algorithm. We then combined 1703 sets of 30-year succession monitoring da

SUBMITTER: Gui W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11896063 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature