Land-use change is one of the focal processes in Earth system models because it has
strong impacts on terrestrial biogeophysical and biogeochemical conditions. However …

Terrestrial ecosystem carbon sequestration is one of the most economically feasible and
important ways to mitigate the increase of atmospheric CO 2 concentration. China's …

Land-climate interactions are driven by causal relations that are difficult to ascertain given
the complexity and high dimensionality of the systems. Many methods of statistical and …

To understand the mechanisms underlying the effects of climate variation, especially the
effects of water on vegetation, vegetation type and distribution as well as climate data and …

A regional climate model (RegCM3) nested within ERA40 re-analyzed data is used to
investigate the climate effects of land use change over China. Two 15-year simulations …

The identification of the biogeophysical effects due to land-use, land-cover, and land-
management changes (LULCC) is yet to be clearly understood. A range of factors, such as …

The Yangtze River Basin covering the eastern, middle and western economic zones of
China contains total 19 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. It is the most …

China has the third largest area of marshes in the world. Understanding the change of
marsh, vegetation and its response to climate change in China is important for the protection …

A process-oriented niche specification (PONS) model was constructed to quantify climatic
controls on the distribution of ecosystems, based on the vegetation map of China. PONS …

Southeast Asia (SEA) is a deforestation hotspot. A thorough understanding of the
accompanying biogeophysical consequences is crucial for sustainable future development …