Quantitative plant species ?-diversity of grasslands at multiple spatial and temporal scales is important for investigating the responses biodiversity to global change protecting under change. Potential (i.e., SRp, Shannonp, Simpsonp Pieloup: potential richness, Shannon index, Simpson index Pielou respectively) were quantified by climate data annual temperature, precipitation radiation) actual ...

Gross primary productivity (GPP) is a key component of ecosystem carbon fluxes and the carbon balance between the biosphere and the atmosphere. Accurate estimation of GPP is essential for quantifying plant production and carbon balance for grasslands. Satellite-derived vegetation indices (VIs) are often used to approximate GPP. The widely used VIs include atmospherically resistant vegetation in...

This study analyzed land use and land cover changes and their impact on land surface temperature using Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper and Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager and Thermal Infrared Sensor imagery of the Yellow River Delta. Six Landsat images comprising two time series were used to calculate the land surface temperature and correlated vegetation indices. The Yellow River Delta area has ex...