Track 2-07: Climate Change Impacts on Grassland Production, Composition, Distribution and Adaptation
Publication Date
2013
Location
Sydney, Australia
Description
It is becoming increasingly urgent to assess the impact of climate change on grassland biomass due to the important role these grasslands play in animal production. The typical steppe in Xilinhot of Inner Mongolia is the most representative vegetation types in the temperate grasslands of the northern China. One means to determine climate change is using the Aridity index (AI, also referred to as the dry degree of climate in this article) that is based on both temperature and precipitation (Arora 2002; Bannayan et al.. 2010; Nastos et al. 2012). The objective of this paper was to indicate how the biomass of a grassland ecosystem was affected by AI when determined by integrating regional temperature and precipitation.
Citation
Li, Suying and Yang, Li, "Impact on Grassland Biomass from Climate Warming and Drying" (2013). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 7.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/22/2-7/7)
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Impact on Grassland Biomass from Climate Warming and Drying
Sydney, Australia
It is becoming increasingly urgent to assess the impact of climate change on grassland biomass due to the important role these grasslands play in animal production. The typical steppe in Xilinhot of Inner Mongolia is the most representative vegetation types in the temperate grasslands of the northern China. One means to determine climate change is using the Aridity index (AI, also referred to as the dry degree of climate in this article) that is based on both temperature and precipitation (Arora 2002; Bannayan et al.. 2010; Nastos et al. 2012). The objective of this paper was to indicate how the biomass of a grassland ecosystem was affected by AI when determined by integrating regional temperature and precipitation.
