Grassland coverage inter-annual variation and its coupling relation with hydrothermal factors in China during 1982–2010
Bioclimatology ; China ; Correlation ; Grassland ; Interannual variability ; Inventory ; Precipitation ; Seasonal variability ; Space time ; Temperature ; Vegetation dynamics ; Vegetation index
Bioclimatología ; China ; Correlación ; Dinámica de la vegetación ; Espacio-tiempo ; Formación herbácea ; Inventario ; Precipitación ; Temperatura ; Variabilidad estacional ; Variabilidad interanual ; Índice de vegetación
coverage and their spatial-temporal dynamics. The response of grass coverage to climatic variations at annual and monthly time scales was analyzed. Grass coverage distribution had increased from northwest to southeast across China. At the monthly time-scale