Liancheng Zhang et al. explore the impact of climate change and human activities on the #ForestCoverageArea and normalized difference vegetation index ( #NDVI ) of the Altai Mountains.

#ForestPolicy | #SnowmeltWater | #PartialLeastSquaresMethod

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf001

#ClimateChange & #HumanActivities ➡️ #ForestCoverageArea (FCA) & #NormalizedDifferenceVegetationIndex (NDVI)
Place: #AltaiMountains, China
Results:
1️⃣ #ForestManagementPolicies (main) & climate change ➡️ FCA
2️⃣ The driving mechanisms vary in different altitude zones
https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf001