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The response of vegetation to climate factors varies spatially and may have lag periods. In this paper, we studied the spatiotemporal responses of vegetation to climatic factors on an ecosystem-dependent scale using GIMMS NDVI3g data and climatic parameters. Pure pixels with a single vegetation type were firstly extracted to reduce the influence of mixed vegetation types. Then, a lag correlation analysis was used to explore the lag effects of climatic parameters affecting NDVI. Finally, the stepwise regression method was adopted to calculate the regression equation for NDVI and meteorological data with the consideration of effect lag times. The results show that precipitation has significant lag effects on vegetation. Temperature is the main climatic factor that affects most vegetation types at the start of growing season. At the end of growing season, the temperate desert, temperate steppe, and temperate desert steppe are greatly affected by precipitation. Moreover, the alpine steppe, alpine desert, alpine meadow, and alpine sparse vegetation are greatly affected by temperature. The needleleaf forest, subalpine scrub, and broadleaf evergreen forest are sensitive to sunshine percentage during almost the whole growing season. These findings could contribute to a better understanding of the drivers and mechanisms of vegetation degradation on the Tibetan Plateau.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijgi10060394","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,7]],"date-time":"2021-06-07T13:25:43Z","timestamp":1623072343000},"page":"394","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Ecosystem-Dependent Responses of Vegetation Coverage on the Tibetan Plateau to Climate Factors and Their Lag Periods"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Shuohao","family":"Cai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Resources and Environment, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaoning","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Resources and Environment, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8041-2483","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ronghai","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Resources and Environment, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Da","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Resources and Environment, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"47","DOI":"10.1007\/s10584-009-9556-8","article-title":"Recent land cover changes on the Tibetan Plateau: A review","volume":"94","author":"Cui","year":"2009","journal-title":"Clim. 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