An 1800-year record of lake level and climate change from alkaline lakes in southern Inner Mongolia, China

The objective of this study is to analyse the climate changing patterns chronologically for exposing the coincident relationships between the lake area fluctuation and the climate change in Qehan lake of Abaga county of Inner Mongolia. The results show that there’s highly interrelation between the changes of the lake area and the climatic factors here, the annual average temperature and annual evaporation are negatively interrelate to the lake area fluctuation, and the annual precipitation interrelate to it is positive. The lake area has descended about 75 km2 during the nearly past 40 years. There were about two considerable lake expansions in 1973, 1998 through the generally lake area descending process.

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Revealing the Fingerprint of Climate Change in Interannual NDVI Variability among Biomes in Inner Mongolia, China

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs12081332 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (8) ◽

pp. 1332 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Linghui Guo ◽

Liyuan Zuo ◽

Jiangbo Gao ◽

Yuan Jiang ◽

Yongling Zhang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Interannual Variability ◽

Inner Mongolia ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽

Time Lag ◽

Growing Season ◽

Climate Fluctuations ◽

Temperature And Precipitation ◽

Lag Effect

An understanding of the response of interannual vegetation variations to climate change is critical for the future projection of ecosystem processes and developing effective coping strategies. In this study, the spatial pattern of interannual variability in the growing season normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for different biomes and its relationships with climate variables were investigated in Inner Mongolia during 1982–2015 by jointly using linear regression, geographical detector, and geographically weighted regression methodologies. The result showed that the greatest variability of the growing season NDVI occurred in typical steppe and desert steppe, with forest and desert most stable. The interannual variability of NDVI differed monthly among biomes, showing a time gradient of the largest variation from northeast to southwest. NDVI interannual variability was significantly related to that of the corresponding temperature and precipitation for each biome, characterized by an obvious spatial heterogeneity and time lag effect marked in the later period of the growing season. Additionally, the large slope of NDVI variation to temperature for desert implied that desert tended to amplify temperature variations, whereas other biomes displayed a capacity to buffer climate fluctuations. These findings highlight the relationships between vegetation variability and climate variability, which could be used to support the adaptive management of vegetation resources in the context of climate change.

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Effects of multiple climate change factors on the spring phenology of herbaceous plants in Inner Mongolia, China: Evidence from ground observation and controlled experiments

International Journal of Climatology ◽

10.1002/joc.6131 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 39 (13) ◽

pp. 5140-5153 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Wenjie Huang ◽

Quansheng Ge ◽

Huanjiong Wang ◽

Junhu Dai

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Inner Mongolia ◽

Herbaceous Plants ◽

Controlled Experiments ◽

Spring Phenology ◽

Ground Observation ◽

Change Factors

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Effects of climate change on primary production in the Inner Mongolia Plateau, China

International Journal of Remote Sensing ◽

10.1080/01431161.2016.1230286 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (23) ◽

pp. 5551-5564 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Fang Han ◽

Sarula Kang ◽

Alexander Buyantuev ◽

Qing Zhang ◽

Jianming Niu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Primary Production ◽

Inner Mongolia ◽

Inner Mongolia Plateau

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The dynamics of sand-stabilization services in Inner Mongolia, China from 1981 to 2010 and its relationship with climate change and human activities

Ecological Indicators ◽

10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.01.018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 88 ◽

pp. 351-360 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Dajing Li ◽

Duanyang Xu ◽

Ziyu Wang ◽

Xiaogang You ◽

Xiaoyu Zhang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Human Activities ◽

Inner Mongolia ◽

Sand Stabilization

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The paleolake hydrology and climate change since the ~40 ka in the Hetao Basin, Inner Mongolia, China

Quaternary International ◽

10.1016/j.quaint.2020.06.040 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 553 ◽

pp. 73-82

Author(s):

Yang Xingchen ◽

Cai Maotang ◽

Hu Jianmin ◽

Ye Peisheng ◽

Ji Fengbao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Inner Mongolia

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NDVI-Based Vegetation Change in Inner Mongolia from 1982 to 2006 and Its Relationship to Climate at the Biome Scale

Advances in Meteorology ◽

10.1155/2014/692068 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-12 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Linghui Guo ◽

Shaohong Wu ◽

Dongsheng Zhao ◽

Yunhe Yin ◽

Guoyong Leng ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Inner Mongolia ◽

Vegetation Change ◽

Vegetation Index ◽

Potential Evapotranspiration ◽

Vegetation Type ◽

Growing Season ◽

Desert Steppe

Based on the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), we analyzed vegetation change of the six major biomes across Inner Mongolia at the growing season and the monthly timescales and estimated their responses to climate change between 1982 and 2006. To reduce disturbance associated with land use change, those pixels affected by land use change from the 1980s to 2000s were excluded. At the growing season scale, the NDVI increased weakly in the natural ecosystems, but strongly in cropland. Interannual variations in the growing season NDVI for forest was positively linked with potential evapotranspiration and temperature, but negatively correlated with precipitation. In contrast, it was positively correlated with precipitation, but negatively related to potential evapotranspiration for other natural biomes, particularly for desert steppe. Although monthly NDVI trends were characterized as heterogeneous, corresponding to monthly variations in climate change among biome types, warming-related NDVI at the beginning of the growing season was the main contributor to the NDVI increase during the growing season for forest, meadow steppe, and typical steppe, but it constrained the NDVI increase for desert steppe, desert, and crop. Significant one-month lagged correlations between monthly NDVI and climate variables were found, but the correlation characteristics varied greatly depending on vegetation type.

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Grassland dynamics in response to climate change and human activities in Inner Mongolia, China between 1985 and 2009

The Rangeland Journal ◽

10.1071/rj12042 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 315 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

S. J. Mu ◽

Y. Z. Chen ◽

J. L. Li ◽

W. M. Ju ◽

I. O. A. Odeh ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Land Use ◽

Ecological Restoration ◽

Human Activities ◽

Inner Mongolia ◽

Management Practices ◽

Net Primary Productivity ◽

Temporal Dynamics ◽

Driving Forces ◽

Landscape Patterns

China’s grassland has been undergoing rapid changes in the recent past owing to increased climate variability and a shift in grassland management strategy driven by a series of ecological restoration projects. This study investigated the spatio-temporal dynamics of Inner Mongolia grassland, the main grassland region in China and part of the Eurasia Steppe, to detect the interactive nature of climate, ecosystems and society. Land-use and landscape patterns for the period from 1985 to 2009 were analysed based on TM- and MODIS-derived land-use data. Net Primary Productivity (NPP) estimated by using the Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach model was used to assess the growth status of grassland. Furthermore, the factors related to the dynamics of grassland were analysed from the perspectives of two driving factors, climate change and human activities. The results indicated that higher temperatures and lower precipitation may generally have contributed to grassland desertification, particularly in arid regions. During the period from 1985 to 2000, a higher human population and an increase in livestock numbers were the major driving forces responsible for the consistent decrease in NPP and a relatively fragmented landscape. From 2000 to 2009, the implementation of effective ecological restoration projects has arrested the grassland deterioration in some ecologically fragile regions. However, a rapid growth of livestock numbers has sparked new degradation onnon-degraded or lightly degraded grassland, which was initially neglected by these projects. In spite of some achievement in grassland restoration, China should take further steps to develop sustainable management practices for climate adaptation and economic development to bring lasting benefits.

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