An eolian deposit–buried soil sequence in an alpine soil on the northern Tibetan Plateau: Implications for climate change and carbon sequestration

Geoderma ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 266 ◽  
pp. 14-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-Liang Feng ◽  
Hai-Ping Hu ◽  
Feng Chen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Northern Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Buried Soil ◽  
Alpine Soil ◽  
Eolian Deposit

scholarly journals Simulated annual changes in plant functional types and their responses to climate change on the northern Tibetan Plateau

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 3533-3548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lan Cuo ◽  
Yongxin Zhang ◽  
Shilong Piao ◽  
Yanhong Gao
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Plant Functional Types ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Dynamic Global Vegetation Model ◽  
Northern Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Functional Types

Abstract. Changes in plant functional types (PFTs) have important implications for both climate and water resources. Still, little is known about whether and how PFTs have changed over the past decades on the northern Tibetan Plateau (NTP) where several of the top largest rivers in the world are originated. Also, the relative importance of atmospheric conditions vs. soil physical conditions in affecting PFTs is unknown on the NTP. In this study, we used the improved Lund–Potsdam–Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model to investigate PFT changes through examining the changes in foliar projective coverages (FPCs) during 1957–2009 and their responses to changes in root zone soil temperature, soil moisture, air temperature, precipitation and CO2 concentrations. The results show spatially heterogeneous changes in FPCs across the NTP during 1957–2009, with 34 % (13 %) of the region showing increasing (decreasing) trends. Dominant drivers responsible for the observed FPC changes vary with regions and vegetation types, but overall, precipitation is the major factor in determining FPC changes on the NTP with positive impacts. Soil temperature increase exhibits small but negative impacts on FPCs. Different responses of individual FPCs to regionally varying climate change result in spatially heterogeneous patterns of vegetation changes on the NTP. The implication of the study is that fresh water resources in one of the world's largest and most important headwater basins and the onset and intensity of Asian monsoon circulations could be affected because of the changes in FPCs on the NTP.

Linkages between Quaternary climate change and sedimentary processes in Hala Lake, northern Tibetan Plateau, China

2015 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 140-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Wang ◽  
Yongzhan Zhang ◽  
Bernd Wünnemann ◽  
Boris K. Biskaborn ◽  
He Yin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Sedimentary Processes ◽  
Quaternary Climate ◽  
Northern Tibetan Plateau

scholarly journals Annual changes in plant functional types and their responses to climate change on the Northern Tibetan Plateau

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lan Cuo ◽  
Yongxin Zhang ◽  
Shilong Piao ◽  
Yanhong Gao
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Soil Temperature ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
Plant Functional Types ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Dynamic Global Vegetation Model ◽  
Northern Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Functional Types

Abstract. Changes in plant functional types (PFTs) have important implications for both climate and water resources. Still, little is known about whether and how PFTs have changed over the past decades on the Northern Tibetan Plateau (NTP) where several of the top largest rivers in the world are originated. Also, the relative importance of atmospheric conditions versus soil physical conditions in affecting PFTs is unknown on the NTP. In this study, we used the improved Lund-Potsdam-Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model to investigate PFT changes through examining the changes in foliar projective coverages (FPCs) during 1957–2009 and their responses to changes in root zone soil temperature, soil moisture, air temperature, precipitation and CO2 concentrations. The results show spatially heterogeneous changes in FPCs across the NTP during 1957–2009, with 34 % (13 %) of the region showing increasing (decreasing) trends. Dominant drivers responsible for the observed FPC changes vary with regions and vegetation types, but overall, precipitation is the major factor in determining FPC changes on the NTP with positive impacts. Soil temperature increase exhibits small but negative impacts on FPCs. Different responses of individual FPCs to regionally varying climate change result in spatially heterogeneous patterns of vegetation changes on the NTP. The implication of the study is that fresh water resources in one of the world's largest and most important headwater basins and the onset and intensity of Asian monsoon circulations could be affected because of the changes in FPCs on the NTP.

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