Human impacts on vegetation carbon sequestration capacity in the Qilian Mountains, northeastern Tibetan Plateau since 2000

• Published in: Progress in physical geography Vol. 47; no. 6; pp. 950 - 966
• Main Authors: Zeng, Biao, Zhang, Fuguang, Cao, Ying, Shen, Yanqi, Meng, Zhenhua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.12.2023; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Carbon; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sinks; Climate change; Deforestation; Development strategies; Environmental management; Fertilization; Forestry; Global warming; Grasslands; Human influences; Human-environment relationship; Hydroelectric power; Mineral resources; Mountains; Net Primary Productivity; Primary production; Reclamation; Reduction; Remote sensing; Resource exploitation; Vegetation; Tibetan Plateau; China; human impacts; vegetation carbon sequestration; the western development strategy in China; Qilian Mountains; IBISi model; net primary production

Vegetation carbon sequestration in alpine areas of West China, such as the Qilian Mountains on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, has been subject to long-term human intervention under a warming climate since the launch of the western development strategy (WDS) in 2000. However, the human impacts on...