期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2022; 201 ()
Xinjiang, northwestern China, has the largest area of sandy desert landscapes in the northern hemisphere mid-latitudes and is known to be subject to s......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2022; 200 ()
Understanding shrub effects on plant litter arthropod community structure in contrasting semiarid and arid grassland ecosystems could lead to the prom......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2022; 207 ()
The characteristics of the wind regime and the development of dune morphology in the Taklamakan Desert have been the focus of scholars. In this study,......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2022; 205 ()
Water use efficiency (WUE) is calculated as the ratio between the gross primary productivity (GPP) and the water consumed by evapotranspiration (ET) o......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2022; 196 ()
Wind erosion happens frequently in winter and spring, when vegetation is bare and the surface soil is prone to erosion. Therefore, the erosion resista......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2022; 204 ()
Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF), which is directly related to photosynthetic activity, has an advantage over greenness-based vegetation i......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2022; 197 ()
The productivity of terrestrial ecosystems is limited by soil fertility, such assoil phosphorus (P). The decomposition of litter is the main process t......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2022; 197 ()
The formation of nebkhas is more complex and more sensitive to environmental changes than non-phytogenic dunes because of the influence of shrubs. To ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2022; 202 ()
Appropriate management practices play an important role in the sustainable use of grassland. Prohibition of grazing is beneficial to restore degraded ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2022; 202 ()
Hydrological droughts are natural hazards with devastating impacts on different sectors, which may cause even more adverse impacts if concurring with ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2022; 198 ()
Measurements of fractional vegetation cover (FVC) are important for monitoring grassland growth and predicting aboveground biomass. Thus, a method to ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2022; 198 ()
Identifying environmental factors that influence the vegetation community formation of various habitats in semiarid regions is imperative for managing......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2021; 193 ()
This study covers the methodological gap in determining adoption of adaptation strategies towards changing climate by farmers, in semi-arid region of ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2021; 193 ()
Predicting the impact of overgrazing on soil properties, and thus on plant succession, in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) is one of the primary techni......
期刊: JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 2021; 194 ()
Quantification of fine fraction and nutrient inputs by dust deposition is vital to understand the biogeochemical cycling and its effect on vegetation ......