Changes in forest biomass and linkage to climate and forest disturbances over Northeastern China
作者:Zhang, YZ (Zhang, Yuzhen)[ 1 ] ; Liang, SL (Liang, Shunlin)[ 1,2 ]
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
卷: 20  期: 8  页: 2596-2606
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12588
出版年: AUG 2014

摘要
The forests of northeastern China store nearly half of the country's total biomass carbon stocks. In this study, we investigated the changes in forest biomass by using satellite observations and found that a significant increase in forest biomass took place between 2001 and 2010. To determine the possible reasons for this change, several statistical methods were used to analyze the correlations between forest biomass dynamics and forest disturbances (i.e. fires, insect damage, logging, and afforestation and reforestation), climatic factors, and forest development. Results showed that forest development was the most important contributor to the increasing trend of forest biomass from 2001 to 2010, and climate controls were the secondary important factor. Among the four types of forest disturbance considered in this study, forest recovery from fires, and afforestation and reforestation during the past few decades played an important role in short-term biomass dynamics. This study provided observational evidence and valuable information for the relationships between forest biomass and climate as well as forest disturbances.

通讯作者地址: Zhang, YZ (通讯作者)
Beijing Normal Univ, State Key Lab Remote Sensing Sci, Coll Global Change & Earth Syst Sci, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China.
地址:
[ 1 ] Beijing Normal Univ, State Key Lab Remote Sensing Sci, Coll Global Change & Earth Syst Sci, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
[ 2 ] Univ Maryland, Dept Geog Sci, College Pk, MD 20742 USA