Impacts of Sloping Land Conversion Program on the vegetation in loess hilly and gully area of northern Shaanxi

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摘要 Aimingatalleviatingtheserioussoilerosion,theChinesegovernmentinitiatedtheSlopingLandConversionProgram(SLCP)in1999.Now,after8yearsofprojectimplementation,theecologicalrecoveryeffectsoftheSLCPhavebecomethehotissueofacademiccircle.Thispaper,takingtheloesshillandgullyareaofnorthernShaanxiasanexample,presentsamethodologyforassessingthevegetationrestorationeffectofSLCPwithnormalizeddifferencevegetationindex(NDVI).ThekeycomponentsincludecalculationoftheGrowingSeasonNDVI(GSNDVI),andestimationoftheNVDIchangeinducedbyclimateandSLCP,respectively.Basedonthemethod,theNDVIchangebetween2000and2006wasobtainedusingtheGSNDVIthatexcludedthenoisefromsnowandice.AfterthepartoftotalNDVIchangecausedbyclimatevariationwasestimatedusingempiricformulae,weobtainedthepartinducedbyhumanfactors,i.e.theSLCP.ThehumaninducedpartofNDVIchangewasconsideredasanapproximationindicatingtheeffectoftheSLCPonthevegetation.Finally,weanalyzedtheNDVIchangecharactersofthewholestudyarea,differentslopelandsanddifferentlandusetypesbyspatialstatisticsmethod.ResultsshowthatthevegetationconditionissignificantlyimprovedbytheSLCP,particularlylandtypesthatdirectlyinvolvedintheSLCP,suchassteeplyslopefarmlands,degradedgrasslands,etc.
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出处 《生态经济:英文版》 2009年2期
出版日期 2009年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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