Response of spatial vegetation distribution in China to climate changes since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM).

ABSTRACT: Analyzing how climate change affects vegetation distribution is one of the central issues of global change ecology as this has important implications for the carbon budget of terrestrial vegetation. Mapping vegetation distribution under historical climate scenarios is essential for understanding the response of vegetation distribution to future climatic changes. The reconstructions of palaeovegetation based on pollen data provide a useful method to understand the relationship between climate and vegetation distribution. However, this method is limited in time and space. Here, using species distribution model (SDM) approaches, we explored the climatic determinants of contemporary vegetation distribution and reconstructed the distribution of Chinese vegetation during the Last Glacial Maximum

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5398547 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature