Research Article
Alpine Cold Vegetation Response to Climate Change in the Western Nyainqentanglha Range in 1972–2009
Table 1
Distribution and change of the fraction of vegetation cover in each elevation zone of the study area from 1977 to 2010.
| Elevation (m) | 30/09/1972 | 14/09/1991 | 30/08/2009 | 1972–1991 | 1991–2009 | 1972–2009 | FV (%) | FV (%) | FV (%) | ΔFV (%) | ΔFV (%) | ΔFV (%) |
| >6000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5800–6000 | 0.17 | 3.72 | 7.04 | 3.55 | 3.32 | 6.87 | 5600–5800 | 2.6 | 7.82 | 13.04 | 5.22 | 5.22 | 10.44 | 5400–5600 | 8.4 | 15.01 | 21.91 | 6.61 | 6.9 | 13.51 | 5200–5400 | 16.59 | 25.8 | 33.92 | 9.21 | 8.12 | 17.33 | 5000–5200 | 22.34 | 35.1 | 44.29 | 12.76 | 9.19 | 21.95 | 4800–5000 | 27.45 | 40.20 | 48.59 | 12.75 | 8.39 | 21.14 | 4600–4800 | 25.27 | 38.59 | 48.88 | 13.32 | 10.29 | 23.61 | 4400–4600 | 22.84 | 39.23 | 45.5 | 16.39 | 6.27 | 22.66 | 4200–4400 | 29.07 | 48.5 | 53.04 | 19.43 | 4.54 | 23.97 |
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