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The Dynamic Change of Vegetation Cover and Associated Driving Forces in Nanxiong Basin, China

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Yan, Luobin
He, Ruixiang
Kašanin-Grubin, Milica
Luo, Gusong
Peng, Hua
Qiu, Jianxiu
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Natural climate change and human activities are the main driving forces associated with vegetation coverage change. Nanxiong Basin is a key ecosystem-service area at the national level with a dense population and highly representative of red-bed basins, which are considered as fragile ecological units in humid regions. In this study, the authors aimed to determine the trends in vegetation cover change over past two decades and the associated driving forces in this study area. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) of 2000-2015, derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) remote sensing dataset along with the application of statistical methods and GIS (geographic information system) techniques were used to quantify vegetation cover change. The results show that human-induced factors can explain most variations at sites with significant cover change. That is to say that human activities are the main drivers of vegetation dynamics in this study area, ...which shows a significant reduction trend in vegetation cover during the industrialization and urbanization processes of the study period and noticeable recovery trend in 2000-2015 under the plantation and enclosed forest policy.

Keywords:
NDVI / MODIS / vegetation cover / climate change / anthropogenic effects / Nanxiong Basin
Source:
Sustainability, 2017, 9, 3
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  • MDPI AG
Projects:
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China - 41171013
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China - 41501450
  • Special Program for Key Basic Research of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology - 2013FY111900
  • Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China - 2016A030310154
  • Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities - 16lgpy06
  • Geochemical investigations of sedimentary rocks - fossil fuels and environmental pollutants (RS-176006)

DOI: 10.3390/su9030443

ISSN: 2071-1050

WoS: 000398714100120

Scopus: 2-s2.0-85015955896
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