Abstract:Hebei Dahaituo Nature Reserve is located in a warm, temperate, deciduous broad-leaved forest area in China. Meadow vegetation, which are sensitive to outside interference, are mainly distributed on top of Dahaituo Mountain. To determine the change and response of vegetation to climate change in the Dahaituo Nature Reserve and surrounding area, we collected a series of data, including Thematic Mapper(TM) remote sensing image data for the last 30 years and climate data from 1980 to 2015, including annual average temperature, average temperature in July, average temperature in January, annual precipitation, average precipitation in June to August, and terrain data. We analysed the relationship between the change in the meadow vegetation Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and climate change using the moving average method, the M-K method, correlational analyses, and partial correlation analyses. The results showed that:(1) NDVI of the meadow vegetation in Dahaituo Nature Reserve showed a downward trend in the past 30 years, after rising, achieved the best growth conditions in 2003, then gradually decreased. (2) The change in annual precipitation varied, but generally increased slightly. Annual average temperature showed a significant upward trend, with the temperature rise mainly caused by increased winter (January) temperatures. (3) NDVI of the meadow vegetation and average annual temperature were negatively correlated, whereas NDVI of the meadow vegetation and annual precipitation tended to be positively associated.