期刊
LAND
卷 10, 期 11, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/land10111121
关键词
alternative state; drought; fire; moisture; PDSI; PMDI; state change
资金
- USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Long-term observations reveal relationships among changes in vegetation, climate, and land use. The study found that increases in tree density in prairie areas coincided with the expansion of agricultural land area to over 25% in the region. Inconsistent changes in moisture availability did not show significant correlations with comprehensive tree increases.
Long-term observations inform relationships among changes in vegetation, climate, and land use. For the eastern United States, I compared the timing of tree change, comprised of density and diversity increases, with the timing of climate change, as measured by change point detection of the Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) that accounts for water balance, in two prairie ecological provinces, four grassland landscapes, and four forest landscapes. Historical evidence supplied documentation of tree density increases between approximately 1860 and 1890 in the two prairie provinces of grasslands bordering eastern forests. Additionally, because timing of tree increases paralleled when land area reached & GE;25% agricultural use, I categorized grassland and forest landscapes that increased to & GE;25% agricultural area during 1860, 1880, 1900, and 1920. One change point detection method identified no significant PMDI change points during the 1800s. The other method found the southern prairie province, bordering eastern forests, had change points of 1855 and 1865 during an interval of relative dryness. Only two of four grassland landscapes, and one of four forest landscapes had change points, which occurred during relative dryness or were continuous with historical variation. Inconsistent changes in moisture availability did not provide correlations with comprehensive tree increases, but land use change corresponded with tree changes based on timing, magnitude and direction of change, and mechanism. The agricultural threshold may provide the critical missing component that allows progression in analysis of land use change effects on vegetation.
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