The response of carbon stocks of drylands in Central Asia to changes of CO2 and climate during past 35 years

S Zhu, C Li, H Shao, W Ju, N Lv - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Drylands are terrestrial ecosystems sensitive to climate change. There are totally drylands of
5.17× 10 6 km 2 (above 80% of global total temperate desert area) in Central Asia (CAS), in …

The Responses of the Net Primary Productivity of the Dryland Ecosystems in Central Asia to the CO2 and Climate Changes during the Past 35 Years

S ZHU, Y Yan, H SHAO, C LI - Journal of Natural Resources, 2017 - jnr.ac.cn
More than 80% of world's temperate desert locates in Central Asia, dryland that experienced
strong warming and significant changes in precipitation pattern in recent decades. The …

Contributions of climate change to the terrestrial carbon stock of the arid region of China: A multi-dataset analysis

X Fang, X Guo, C Zhang, H Shao, S Zhu, Z Li… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Dryland ecosystems have been threatened in recent decades by rapid climate change.
However, the effects of climate change and rising CO 2 levels on the terrestrial carbon stock …

Modeling the carbon dynamics of the dryland ecosystems in Xinjiang, China from 1981 to 2007—The spatiotemporal patterns and climate controls

C Li, C Zhang, G Luo, X Chen - Ecological modelling, 2013 - Elsevier
Dryland ecosystems are particularly sensitive to environmental stresses. Despite their
importance to the global carbon (C) cycle, responses of the Central Asian dryland to the …

Complex climatic and CO2 controls on net primary productivity of temperate dryland ecosystems over central Asia during 1980–2014

C Zhang, W Ren - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Central Asia covers a large land area of 5× 106 km2 and has unique temperate dryland
ecosystems, with over 80% of the world's temperate deserts, which has been experiencing …

Potential and environmental control of carbon sequestration in major ecosystems across arid and semi-arid regions in China

Q Gu, J Wei, S Luo, M Ma, X Tang - Science of the total environment, 2018 - Elsevier
With the continuous expansion of drylands in the context of global climate change,
governments have implemented a series of greening policies such as afforestation, to …

Carbon variation of dry grasslands in Central Asia in response to climate controls and grazing appropriation

S Zhu, X Chen, C Zhang, X Fang, L Cao - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
Quantification of grassland carbon (C) variations is necessary for understanding how
grazing and climate change interact to regulate carbon capture and release. Central Asia …

Carbon stock and its responses to climate change in C entral A sia

C Li, C Zhang, G Luo, X Chen… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Central Asia has a land area of 5.6× 106 km2 and contains 80–90% of the world's temperate
deserts. Yet it is one of the least characterized areas in the estimation of the global carbon …

The spatiotemporal patterns and climate impacts of the carbon dynamics in economically developed areas of China during the past 40 years: A case of Jiangsu …

S Zhu, C Zhang, X Fang, Y Yan, X Hang, Y Chen… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Achieving carbon neutrality is currently the most important and urgent task in the field of
ecological environment for China. However, the ecosystems carbon stock dynamic, carbon …

Sensitivity of carbon budget to historical climate variability and atmospheric CO2 concentration in temperate grassland ecosystems in China

X Sui, G Zhou, Q Zhuang - Climatic Change, 2013 - Springer
Chinese temperate grasslands play an important role in the terrestrial carbon cycle. Based
on the parameterization and validation of Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM, Version 5.0) …