A BIOME CLASSIFICATION OF CHINA BASED ON PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPES AND THE BIOME3 MODEL

classification Abstract: A biome classification for China was established based on plant functional types (PFTs) using the BIOME3 model to include 16 biomes. In the eastern part of China, the PFTs of trees determine mostly the physiognomy of landscape. Biomes range from boreal deciduous coniferous f...

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spelling ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.502.9394 2023-05-15T18:02:04+02:00 A BIOME CLASSIFICATION OF CHINA BASED ON PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPES AND THE BIOME3 MODEL Jian Ni The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.502.9394 http://eco.ibcas.ac.cn/pub/nijian/NJ papers/biome-scheme_FGB.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.502.9394 http://eco.ibcas.ac.cn/pub/nijian/NJ papers/biome-scheme_FGB.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://eco.ibcas.ac.cn/pub/nijian/NJ papers/biome-scheme_FGB.pdf Desert Ecoregion Environmental attributes Forest Global change Grassland Vegetation text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T09:13:51Z classification Abstract: A biome classification for China was established based on plant functional types (PFTs) using the BIOME3 model to include 16 biomes. In the eastern part of China, the PFTs of trees determine mostly the physiognomy of landscape. Biomes range from boreal deciduous coniferous forest/woodland, boreal mixed forest/woodland, temperate mixed forest, temperate broad-leaved deciduous forest, warm-temperate broad-leaved evergreen/mixed forest, warm-temperate/cool-temperate evergreen coniferous forest, xeric woodland/scrub, to tropical seasonal and rain forest, and tropical deciduous forest from north to south. In the northern and western part of China, grass is the dominant PFT. From northeast to west and southwest the biomes range from moist savannas, tall grassland, short grassland, dry savannas, arid shrubland/steppe, desert, to alpine tundra/ice/polar desert. Comparisons between the classification introduced here and the four classifications which were established over the past two decades, i.e. the vegetation classification, the vegetation division, the physical ecoregion, and the initial biome classification have showed that the different aims of biome classifications have resulted in different biome schemes each with its own unique characteristics and disadvantages for global change study. The new biome classification relies not only on climatic variables, but also on soil factor, vegetation functional variables, ecophysiological parameters and competition among the PFTs. It is a comprehensive classification that using multivariables better expresses the vegetation distribution and can be compared with world biome classifications. It can be easily used in the response study of Chinese biomes to global change, regionally and globally. Text polar desert Tundra Unknown
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Environmental attributes
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Global change
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Ecoregion
Environmental attributes
Forest
Global change
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Vegetation
Jian Ni
A BIOME CLASSIFICATION OF CHINA BASED ON PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPES AND THE BIOME3 MODEL
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Ecoregion
Environmental attributes
Forest
Global change
Grassland
Vegetation
description classification Abstract: A biome classification for China was established based on plant functional types (PFTs) using the BIOME3 model to include 16 biomes. In the eastern part of China, the PFTs of trees determine mostly the physiognomy of landscape. Biomes range from boreal deciduous coniferous forest/woodland, boreal mixed forest/woodland, temperate mixed forest, temperate broad-leaved deciduous forest, warm-temperate broad-leaved evergreen/mixed forest, warm-temperate/cool-temperate evergreen coniferous forest, xeric woodland/scrub, to tropical seasonal and rain forest, and tropical deciduous forest from north to south. In the northern and western part of China, grass is the dominant PFT. From northeast to west and southwest the biomes range from moist savannas, tall grassland, short grassland, dry savannas, arid shrubland/steppe, desert, to alpine tundra/ice/polar desert. Comparisons between the classification introduced here and the four classifications which were established over the past two decades, i.e. the vegetation classification, the vegetation division, the physical ecoregion, and the initial biome classification have showed that the different aims of biome classifications have resulted in different biome schemes each with its own unique characteristics and disadvantages for global change study. The new biome classification relies not only on climatic variables, but also on soil factor, vegetation functional variables, ecophysiological parameters and competition among the PFTs. It is a comprehensive classification that using multivariables better expresses the vegetation distribution and can be compared with world biome classifications. It can be easily used in the response study of Chinese biomes to global change, regionally and globally.
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title_fullStr A BIOME CLASSIFICATION OF CHINA BASED ON PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPES AND THE BIOME3 MODEL
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