4 research outputs found
Ecological Restoration and Its Effects on a Regional Climate: The Source Region of the Yellow River, China
The
source region of the Yellow River, China, experienced degradation
during the 1980s and 1990s, but effective ecological restoration projects
have restored the alpine grassland ecosystem. The local government
has taken action to restore the grassland area since 1996. Remote
sensing monitoring results show an initial restoration of this alpine
grassland ecosystem with the structural transformation of land cover
from 2000 to 2009 as low- and high-coverage grassland recovered. From
2000 to 2009, the low-coverage grassland area expanded by over 25%
and the bare soil area decreased by approximately 15%. To examine
the relationship between ecological structure and function, surface
temperature (<i>T</i><sub>s</sub>) and evapotranspiration
(ET) levels were estimated to study the dynamics of the hydro-heat
pattern. The results show a turning point in approximately the year
2000 from a declining ET to a rising ET, eventually reaching the 1990
level of approximately 1.5 cm/day. We conclude that grassland coverage
expansion has improved the regional hydrologic cycle as a consequence
of ecological restoration. Thus, we suggest that long-term restoration
and monitoring efforts would help maintain the climatic adjustment
functions of this alpine grassland ecosystem
QL178Arlequin
The microsatellite data of 178 giant pandas from the Qinling Mountains, in Arlequin format
Microsatellite data of giant pandas in Arlequin format
This file includes the microsatellite genotypes of 153 giant panda individuals, in Arlequin format