Spatiotemporal Dynamics, Climate Lag Effects, and Environmental Associations of Vegetation Cover Across the Western Sichuan Plateau During 2001-2024.

Yu Feng, Peng Ye, Xiyao Hua, Jialong Zhong, Yong Yao, Zhiming Gong

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Yu FengSchool of Data Science, Chengdu Technological University, Chengdu 611730, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9339-2423

Peng YeFaculty of Geosciences and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China.

Xiyao HuaSchool of Data Science, Chengdu Technological University, Chengdu 611730, China.

Jialong ZhongSchool of Management Science, Sichuan University of Science & Engineering, Yibin 644000, China.

Yong YaoThe 7th Geological Brigade of Sichuan, Leshan 614099, China.

Zhiming GongSchool of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Chengdu Technological University, Chengdu 611730, China.

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Chengdu Technological University 2025RC016Digital Intelligent Management of Chinese Baijiu and Ecological Decision Optimization in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province zdsys25-07Yangtze River Key Ecological Functional Area Protection Policy Research Center Project YREPC2025-ZD001

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Abstract

Vegetation dynamics in alpine ecosystems are highly sensitive to climate and environmental changes. However, the spatial heterogeneity of vegetation cover and its lagged associations with climate variability remain insufficiently understood. This study estimated fractional vegetation cover (FVC) based on MOD13Q1 NDVI data. The Sen's slope and Mann-Kendall tests were employed to describe trends in FVC change, while pixel-based Pearson correlation analysis was used to quantify lagged associations (0-12 months) between temperature and precipitation and FVC. Furthermore, the XGBoost-SHAP framework was used to quantify nonlinear environmental associations with the spatial variation in FVC. The results showed that, from 2001 to 2024, the growing-season FVC on the Western Sichuan Plateau exhibited a significant increasing trend, with an average value of 0.7062 and a rate of 0.0018 yr

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climate lag effectfractional vegetation coverspatial environmental associationsWestern Sichuan PlateauXGBoost-SHAP

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PMID42884902

DOI10.3390/plants15193040

PMCPMC13666867

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