Effects of global warming on pattern dynamics of vegetation: Wuwei in China as a case

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Highlights：

• We revealed the effects of global warming on the vegetation patterns based on a mathematical model.

• We obtained the typical distributions of vegetation which is consistent with the results in Wuwei, China.

• If the temperature increases 1.5 or more degrees, then the isolation of the vegetation pattern increases and thus desertification may emerge.

• Vegetation biomass will increase as precipitation increases, but slow down with increased temperature.

摘要

•We revealed the effects of global warming on the vegetation patterns based on a mathematical model.•We obtained the typical distributions of vegetation which is consistent with the results in Wuwei, China.•If the temperature increases 1.5 or more degrees, then the isolation of the vegetation pattern increases and thus desertification may emerge.•Vegetation biomass will increase as precipitation increases, but slow down with increased temperature.

论文关键词：Global warming,Temperature and precipitation,Vegetation pattern,Mathematical modelling

论文评审过程：Received 29 June 2020, Revised 28 August 2020, Accepted 6 September 2020, Available online 9 October 2020, Version of Record 9 October 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2020.125666