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The responses of the ecosystems in the Tianshan North Slope under multiple representative concentration pathway scenarios in the middle of the 21st Century

dc.contributor.authorCai, Peng
dc.contributor.authorLi, Chaofan
dc.contributor.authorLuo, Geping
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Chi
dc.contributor.authorUchenna Ochege, Friday
dc.contributor.authorCaluwaerts, Steven
dc.contributor.authorDe Cruz, Lesley
dc.contributor.authorDe Troch, Rozemien
dc.contributor.authorTop, Sara
dc.contributor.authorTermonia, Piet
dc.contributor.authorDe Maeyer, Philippe
dc.coverage.spatialChinaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialTianshan North Slopeen_US
dc.coverage.temporal21st centuryen_US
dc.date2020-01-06
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-30T13:50:59Z
dc.date.available2020-04-30T13:50:59Z
dc.identifier.citationCai, P., Li, C., Luo, G., Zhang, C., Ochege, F. U., Caluwaerts, S., De Cruz, L., De Troch, R., Top, S., Termonia, P., De Maeyer, P. (2020). The Responses of the Ecosystems in the Tianshan North Slope under Multiple Representative Concentration Pathway Scenarios in the Middle of the 21st Century. Sustainability, 12(1), 427.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/7507
dc.descriptionThe arid ecosystem is fragile and sensitive to the changes in climate and CO2 concentration. Exploring the responses of the arid ecosystem to the changes under different representative concentration pathways (RCPs) is of particular significance for the sustainable development of the ecosystem. In this study, the dynamics of net primary productivity (NPP), evapotranspiration (ET), and water use efficiency (WUE) for arid ecosystems in Tianshan North Slope are explored by running the arid ecosystem model at 25 km resolution under RCP2.6, RCP4.5, and RCP8.5. The climate in Tianshan North Slope presents a wet-warming trend during 2006–2055 under each RCP scenario with temporal and spatial heterogeneity. In response to the changes in climate and CO2, the regional annual NPP and ET increased during 2006–2055 by a respectively maximum rate of 2.15 g C m−2 year−1 and 0.52 mm year−1 under RCP8.5. Both the NPP and ET share a similar temporal and spatial heterogeneity with climate change. Different vegetation types respond differently to the changes under different RCP scenarios with increasing WUE. Under each RCP, the non-phreatophyte, phreatophyte, and grass are more sensitive to the changes than in the others, and the broadleaf forest and cropland are less sensitive to the changes.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherMDPI AGen_US
dc.titleThe responses of the ecosystems in the Tianshan North Slope under multiple representative concentration pathway scenarios in the middle of the 21st Centuryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.frascatiNatural sciencesen_US
dc.subject.frascatiEarth and related Environmental sciencesen_US
dc.audienceScientificen_US
dc.subject.freearid ecosystemen_US
dc.subject.freearid ecosystem model (AEM)en_US
dc.subject.freerepresentative concentration pathway (RCP)en_US
dc.subject.freefuture climate changeen_US
dc.subject.freenet primary productivityen_US
dc.subject.freeevapotranspirationen_US
dc.subject.freeTianshan North Slopeen_US
dc.source.titleSustainabilityen_US
dc.source.volume12en_US
dc.source.issue1en_US
dc.source.page427en_US
dc.relation.projectNational Natural Science Foundation of China, grant number 41671108en_US
dc.relation.projectChinese Academy of Sciences–The World Academy of Sciences (CAS-TWAS) President’s Fellowship Program (2017A8010210001).en_US
dc.relation.projectAFTER (ERA.Net RUS Plus Initiative, ID 166)en_US
Orfeo.peerreviewedYesen_US
dc.identifier.publisherlinkhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/1/427
dc.identifier.doidoi.org/10.3390/su12010427


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