@article {34524,
	title = {Human-Climate Coupled Changes in Vegetation Community Complexity of China Since 1980s},
	journal = {Earth\&$\#$039;s Future},
	volume = {10},
	number = {7},
	year = {2022},
	month = {2022/07/01},
	pages = {e2021EF002553},
	publisher = {John Wiley \&amp; Sons, Ltd},
	abstract = {Abstract Vegetation community complexity is a critical factor influencing terrestrial ecosystem stability. China, the country leading the world in vegetation greening resulting from human activities, has experienced dramatic changes in vegetation community composition during the past 30~years. However, how China\&$\#$039;s vegetation community complexity varies spatially and temporally remains unclear. Here, we examined the spatial pattern of China\&$\#$039;s vegetation community complexity and its temporal changes from the 1980s to 2015 using two vegetation maps of China as well as more than half a million field samples. Spatially, China\&$\#$039;s vegetation community complexity distribution is primarily dominated by elevation, although temperature and precipitation can be locally more influential than elevation when they become the factors limiting plant growth. Temporally, China\&$\#$039;s vegetation community complexity shows a significant decreasing trend during the past 30~years, despite the observed vegetation greening trend. Prevailing climate warming across China exhibits a significant negative correlation with the decrease in vegetation community complexity, but this correlation varies with biogeographical regions. The intensity of human activities have an overall negative influence on vegetation community complexity, but vegetation conservation and restoration efforts can have a positive effect on maintaining vegetation composition complexity, informing the critical role of vegetation management policies in achieving the sustainable development goal.},
	keywords = {climate change, human activities, vegetation community complexity, vegetation map},
	isbn = {2328-4277},
	author = {Su, Yanjun and Guo, Qinghua and Guan, Hongcan and Hu, Tianyu and Jin, Shichao and Wang, Zhiheng and Liu, Lingli and Lin Jiang and Guo, Ke and Xie, Zongqiang and An, Shazhou and Chen, Xuelin and Hao, Zhanqing and Hu, Yuanman and Huang, Yongmei and Jiang, Mingxi and Li, Jiaxiang and Li, Zhenji and Li, Xiankun and Li, Xiaowei and Liang, Cunzhu and Liu, Renlin and Liu, Qing and Ni, Hongwei and Peng, Shaolin and Shen, Zehao and Tang, Zhiyao and Tian, Xingjun and Wang, Xihua and Wang, Renqing and Xie, Yingzhong and Xu, Xiaoniu and Yang, Xiaobo and Yang, Yongchuan and Yu, Lifei and Yue, Ming and Zhang, Feng and Jun Chen and Ma, Keping}
}
