地理学报（英文版）
地理學報（英文版）
지이학보（영문판）
JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES
2010年
3期
323-332
,共10页
global change%leaf area index%spatiotemporal variation%hot-spot areas
Earth is always changing. Knowledge about where changes happened is the first step for us to understand how these changes affect our lives. In this paper, we use a long-term leaf area index data (LAI) to identify where changes happened and where has experienced the strongest change around the globe during 1981-2006. Results show that, over the past 26 years, LAI has generally increased at a rate of 0.0013 per year around the globe.The strongest increasing trend is around 0.0032 per year in the middle and northern high latitudes (north of 30°N). LAI has prominently increased in Europe, Siberia, Indian Peninsula,America and south Canada, South region of Sahara, southwest corner of Australia and Kgalagadi Basin; while noticeably decreased in Southeast Asia, southeastern China, central Africa, central and southern South America and arctic areas in North America.
