Assessing the ecological vulnerability of the upper reaches of the Minjiang River

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0181825

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	Assessing the ecological vulnerability of the upper reaches of the Minjiang River
	Zhang, Jifei1 ; Sun, Jian 2; Ma, Baibing 2,3; Du, Wenpeng 3
刊名	PLOS ONE
	2017-07-28
卷号	12 期号:7 页码:e0181825
关键词	Land-use Change Global Sensitivity-analysis Climate-change Ecosystem Vulnerability China Forest Carbon Soil Temperature Variability
ISSN号	1932-6203
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0181825
通讯作者	Jian Sun
英文摘要	The upper reaches of the Minjiang River (URMR), located on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau in southwestern China, are an important component of the ecological barrier of the Upper Yangtze River Basin. Climate change and human activities have increased the ecological sensitivity and vulnerability of the region, which may pose a threat to the ecological security of the Yangtze River Basin and have negative impacts on local social and economic development. In this study, we analyzed land use and cover change (LUCC) of the URMR between 2000 and 2010, and found that the total rate of LUCC was less than 0.50% during this period. In addition, net primary production (NPP) was employed to describe the changes in ecosystem sensitivity and vulnerability, and the results demonstrated that slightly and moderately sensitive and vulnerable zones occupied the largest area, distributed mainly in forest, shrub, and grassland ecosystems. However, compared with the period from 2000 to 2005, the ecological sensitivity and vulnerability showed a worsening trend in the period 2005-2010. Exploring the relationship between vulnerability/sensitivity and environmental factors, we found that sensitivity and vulnerability were positively correlated with precipitation (>700 mm) and aridity index (>36 mm/degrees C). The results highlight that the future ecological sensitivity and vulnerability of URMR should be further investigated, and that the LUCC induced by human activities and climate change have caused alteration of in ecosystem vulnerability.
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000406579300028
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/18962]
专题	成都山地灾害与环境研究所_山区发展研究中心
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Mt Hazards & Environm, Ctr Mt Dev Res, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Synth Res Ctr Chinese Ecosyst Res Network, Key Lab Ecosyst Network Observat & Modeling, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Changan Univ, Sch Earth Sci & Resource, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Jifei,Sun, Jian,Ma, Baibing,et al. Assessing the ecological vulnerability of the upper reaches of the Minjiang River[J]. PLOS ONE,2017,12(7):e0181825.
APA	Zhang, Jifei,Sun, Jian,Ma, Baibing,&Du, Wenpeng.(2017).Assessing the ecological vulnerability of the upper reaches of the Minjiang River.PLOS ONE,12(7),e0181825.
MLA	Zhang, Jifei,et al."Assessing the ecological vulnerability of the upper reaches of the Minjiang River".PLOS ONE 12.7(2017):e0181825.