Distance to a River Modifies Climate Legacy on Vegetation Growth in a Boreal Riparian Forest
Inter-annual variability in growing season temperature and precipitation, together with snow coverage duration, determine vegetation growth in boreal ecosystems. However, little is known about the impact of concurrent and antecedent climate, particularly snow cover duration, on vegetation growth in...
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| description | Inter-annual variability in growing season temperature and precipitation, together with snow coverage duration, determine vegetation growth in boreal ecosystems. However, little is known about the impact of concurrent and antecedent climate, particularly snow cover duration, on vegetation growth in a boreal riparian forest. Additionally, significant uncertainty exists regarding whether the distance to a river (as a proxy of groundwater availability) further modifies these climatic legacy effects on vegetation growth. To fill this knowledge gap, we quantified the responses of different vegetation types (shrub, deciduous coniferous and broadleaf forests) to concurrent and antecedent climate variables in a boreal riparian forest, and further determined the magnitude and duration of climate legacies in relation to distance to a river, using MODIS-derived NDVI time series with gridded climate data from 2001 to 2020. Results showed that higher temperature and precipitation and longer snow cover duration increased vegetation growth. For deciduous coniferous forests and broadleaf forests, the duration of temperature legacy was about one year, precipitation legacy about two years and snow cover duration legacy was 3 to 4 years. Further, distance to a river modified the concurrent and antecedent temperature and snow cover duration legacy effects on vegetation growth, but not that of precipitation. Specifically, temperature and snow cover duration legacies were shorter at the sites near a river compared to sites at greater distance to a river. Our research highlights the importance of snow cover duration on vegetation growth and that closeness to a river can buffer adverse climate impacts by shortening the strength and duration of climate legacies in a boreal riparian forest. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bfd87e33028b4512b7d43e33813ecccd2023-12-08T15:25:08ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922023-11-011523558210.3390/rs15235582Distance to a River Modifies Climate Legacy on Vegetation Growth in a Boreal Riparian ForestYingyu Li0Qiaoqi Sun1Hongfei Zou2Petra Marschner3College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, ChinaCollege of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, ChinaCollege of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, ChinaSchool of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, AustraliaInter-annual variability in growing season temperature and precipitation, together with snow coverage duration, determine vegetation growth in boreal ecosystems. However, little is known about the impact of concurrent and antecedent climate, particularly snow cover duration, on vegetation growth in a boreal riparian forest. Additionally, significant uncertainty exists regarding whether the distance to a river (as a proxy of groundwater availability) further modifies these climatic legacy effects on vegetation growth. To fill this knowledge gap, we quantified the responses of different vegetation types (shrub, deciduous coniferous and broadleaf forests) to concurrent and antecedent climate variables in a boreal riparian forest, and further determined the magnitude and duration of climate legacies in relation to distance to a river, using MODIS-derived NDVI time series with gridded climate data from 2001 to 2020. Results showed that higher temperature and precipitation and longer snow cover duration increased vegetation growth. For deciduous coniferous forests and broadleaf forests, the duration of temperature legacy was about one year, precipitation legacy about two years and snow cover duration legacy was 3 to 4 years. Further, distance to a river modified the concurrent and antecedent temperature and snow cover duration legacy effects on vegetation growth, but not that of precipitation. Specifically, temperature and snow cover duration legacies were shorter at the sites near a river compared to sites at greater distance to a river. Our research highlights the importance of snow cover duration on vegetation growth and that closeness to a river can buffer adverse climate impacts by shortening the strength and duration of climate legacies in a boreal riparian forest.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/23/5582boreal riparian forestclimate legacydistance to riverNDVI |
| spellingShingle | Yingyu Li Qiaoqi Sun Hongfei Zou Petra Marschner Distance to a River Modifies Climate Legacy on Vegetation Growth in a Boreal Riparian Forest Remote Sensing boreal riparian forest climate legacy distance to river NDVI |
| title | Distance to a River Modifies Climate Legacy on Vegetation Growth in a Boreal Riparian Forest |
| title_full | Distance to a River Modifies Climate Legacy on Vegetation Growth in a Boreal Riparian Forest |
| title_fullStr | Distance to a River Modifies Climate Legacy on Vegetation Growth in a Boreal Riparian Forest |
| title_full_unstemmed | Distance to a River Modifies Climate Legacy on Vegetation Growth in a Boreal Riparian Forest |
| title_short | Distance to a River Modifies Climate Legacy on Vegetation Growth in a Boreal Riparian Forest |
| title_sort | distance to a river modifies climate legacy on vegetation growth in a boreal riparian forest |
| topic | boreal riparian forest climate legacy distance to river NDVI |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/23/5582 |
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