Figure 2: Spring green-up date on the central Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (Nagqu county) from 1982 to 2013 (Data from AVHRR). | Scientific Reports

Figure 2: Spring green-up date on the central Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (Nagqu county) from 1982 to 2013 (Data from AVHRR).

From: Complex responses of spring vegetation growth to climate in a moisture-limited alpine meadow

Figure 2

There exist three trends of the green-up date: (1) from 1982 to 1994, no change; (2) from 1995 to 2004 (hashed line), advanced significantly (y = −0.60x + 144.4, r2 = 0.47, p = 0.030); (3) from 2005 to 2013 (solid line), delayed significantly (y = 1.26x + 136.7, r2 = 0.63, p = 0.010).

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