It is important to study the relationship between grassland productivity and climate change so as to car-
ry out the rational countermeasures for regenerating the vegetation and ecology in the Yunwu Mountain. The grass-
land productivity,potential climate productivity trend and their correlations with climate change were analyzed based
on the long-term climatic data and productivity records of Yunwu Mountain grassland on the Loess Plateau during
the period of 1992 -2011. The results are as follows: ① In recent 20 years,the mean annual temperature increased
significantly,and the temperature increase in winter and early spring was higher than that in summer. There was no
significant trend of annual precipitation,however,rainfall in July decreased significantly; ② Warming and drought
in summer resulted in the decrease of productivity and potential climate production of the grassland,while the tem-
perature increase in winter restricted the increase of grassland productivity; ③ The utilization ratio of climatic re-
sources in the study area was 53%,which indicated that about another half of potential productivity needed to be
further developed. Proper use and improvement of natural grassland and development of artificial pastures will fur-
ther increase the productivity of the grassland on the Loess Plateau.
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