Land use and land cover change in agro-pastoral ecotone in Northern China: A review

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201810.020

Abstract

Abstract: Land use/cover change (LUCC) is the most direct manifestation of the interaction between human activities and natural ecosystems. In recent years, due to the increasing human activities, regional environment has been dramatically changed. As one of heavily influenced and fragile and vulnerable ecosystems, the agro-pastoral ecotone in Northern China is a “hot spot” for land use/cover change research. Based on a literature review of LUCC in the agro-pastoral ecotone in Northern China, we first systematically summarized the progress of the boundary definitions of the agro-pastoral ecotone, and then synthesized the current findings, methods, procedures, topics, environmental impacts and adaption of LUCC in the region. Finally, we proposed that few comprehensive, process-based ecosystem simulations and eco-environmental impact studies had been reported in the current LUCC research and called for more multi-disciplinary, multi-methods, and multi-scale researches in the future LULC research in this area.

LI Xu-liang, YANG Li-xiao, TIAN Wei, XU Xue-feng, HE Chan-sheng. Land use and land cover change in agro-pastoral ecotone in Northern China: A review[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2018, 29(10): 3487-3495.

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