Fig. 1. (IMAGE) Science China Press Caption Boxplots of the maximum NDVI at the patch scale in 2012, with categories of consistently decreasing (in total 30) (a) and increasing (in total 33) (b) patches after the afforestation. The number in x-axis indicates the number id of forest segment. Credit ©Science China Press Usage Restrictions Use with credit. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.