Communications Earth & Environment (Jan 2023)
Forest disturbance decreased in China from 1986 to 2020 despite regional variations
- Zhihua Liu,
- Wen J. Wang,
- Ashley Ballantyne,
- Hong S. He,
- Xugao Wang,
- Shuguang Liu,
- Philippe Ciais,
- Michael C. Wimberly,
- Shilong Piao,
- Kailiang Yu,
- Qichao Yao,
- Yu Liang,
- Zhiwei Wu,
- Yunting Fang,
- Anping Chen,
- Wenru Xu,
- Jiaojun Zhu
Affiliations
- Zhihua Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Wen J. Wang
- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ashley Ballantyne
- Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, WA Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana
- Hong S. He
- School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri
- Xugao Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shuguang Liu
- National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Technology of Forestry & Ecology in South China, and College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology (CSUFT)
- Philippe Ciais
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-14 CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
- Michael C. Wimberly
- Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma
- Shilong Piao
- Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
- Kailiang Yu
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, LSCE/IPSL, CEA-14 CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay
- Qichao Yao
- National Forestry and Grassland Administration (National Park Administration)
- Yu Liang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhiwei Wu
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Wetland and Watershed Research, Jiangxi Normal University
- Yunting Fang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Anping Chen
- Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University
- Wenru Xu
- Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
- Jiaojun Zhu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00676-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 4,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
The rate, frequency and extent of forest disturbances decreased in China over 1986–2020 probably due to forest protection policies, but while they intensified in the southeast, they weakened in the northeast, according to 30 m resolution Landsat satellite data
