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Arid Land Geography ›› 2025, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (9): 1555-1566.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2024.759

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Spatiotemporal characteristics of net primary productivity and its response to influencing factors in Xilin Gol League grassland from 2001 to 2024

ZHANG Fei1(), LI Jian1(), LI Huirong2, XIE Tao1, ZHANG Xuehong1, WANG Chao1, BAI Shuying1, SONG Zhengshan3   

  1. 1. School of Remote Sensing and Surveying Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu, China
    2. Xilinhot National Climate Observation Station, Xilinhot 026000, Inner Mongolia, China
    3. School of Geography, Geomatics and Planning, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221000, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2024-12-11 Revised:2025-02-19 Online:2025-09-25 Published:2025-09-17
  • Contact: LI Jian E-mail:202212350010@nuist.edu.cn;003233@nuist.edu.cn

Abstract:

CO2 emission reduction is a globally shared concern today, and the voluntary carbon offset (or sequestration increase) market for natural ecosystems, along with its operational models, holds immense development potential. As one of the key natural carbon sinks, grasslands have received widespread attention. This study focuses on the Xilin Gol League in Inner Mongolia of China as the research area, utilizing the Google Earth Engine platform to obtain MODIS data, meteorological reanalysis data, and vegetation coverage data. Based on the Carnegie-Ames-Stanford approach (CASA) model, the spatiotemporal dynamics of grassland net primary productivity (NPP) from 2001 to 2024 in Xilin Gol League were analyzed. The study investigates the impact of land cover change and climate change on grassland NPP through land use dynamics, partial correlation, and contribution index methods, providing a reference for achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals in the region. The results indicate that: (1) From 2001 to 2024, grassland NPP in Xilin Gol League showed a fluctuating upward trend, with a multi-year average of 302.86 g C∙m-2∙a-1 The annual NPP distribution displayed a trend of gradual decrease from the northeast to the southwest. (2) The grassland NPP in Xilin Gol League was mainly driven by changes in land use and climate, with a minor influence from geographic factors, with precipitation having the greatest contribution, reaching 0.84. (3) Over the years, the impact of climate change on grassland NPP gradually outweighed that of land use change, especially in meadow steppe, typical steppe, and desert steppe, where contribution values reached 96.01%, 63.97%, and 93.05%, respectively.

Key words: net primary productivity, climate change, influencing factors, CASA model, MODIS data, Xilin Gol League