Content Posted in 2021
A bibliometric analysis of carbon exchange in global drylands, LIU Zhaogang, CHEN Zhi, YU Guirui, ZHANG Tianyou, and YANG Meng
A big-data approach for investigating destination image gap in Sanya City: When will the online and the offline goes parted?, Lingkun Meng, Yi Liu, Yuanlei Wang, and Xiaojuan Li
Abiotic contribution to total soil CO2 flux across a broad range of land-cover types in a desert region, Jie MA, Ran LIU, and Yan LI
Above- and below-ground biomass and carbon stocks of different tree plantations in central Iran, Hormoz SOHRABI, Siavash BAKHTIARVAND-BAKHTIARI, and Kourosh AHMADI
Abrupt temperature change and a warming hiatus from 1951 to 2014 in Inner Mongolia, China, Long MA, Hongyu LI, Tingxi LIU, and Longteng LIANG
Accumulation of soil organic carbon during natural restoration of desertified grassland in China’s Horqin Sandy Land, YuQiang LI, XueYong ZHAO, and FengXia ZHANG
A cladistic scenario of Southern Pacific biogeographical history based on Nothofagus dispersal and vicariance analysis, MingLi ZHANG
Activity patterns and resource partitioning: seven species at watering sites in the Altun Mountains, China, Yadong XUE, Jia LI, Guli SAGEN, and Diqiang LI
Actual evapotranspiration of subalpine meadows in the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China, Yunfei GAO, Chuanyan ZHAO, Muhammad W. ASHIQ, Qingtao WANG, Zhanlei RONG, Junjie LIU, Yahua MAO, Zhaoxia GUO, and Wenbin WANG
A cultivated area forecasting approach in artificial oases under climate change and human activities, Shaobo ZHANG, Fulong CHEN, Jie CHEN, Jing WANG, Shaofei LI, and Aihua LONG
Adaptability of machine learning methods and hydrological models to discharge simulations in data-sparse glaciated watersheds, Huiping JI, Yaning CHEN, Gonghuan FANG, Zhi LI, Weili DUAN, and Qifei ZHANG
A drought resistance index to select drought resistant plant species based on leaf water potential measurements, SayedJamaleddin KHAJEDDIN, SayedHamid MATINKHAH, and Zahra JAFARI
Aeolian transport over a developing transverse dune, ZhiBao DONG, Ping LV, and ZhengCa ZHANG
A field investigation of wind erosion in the farming–pastoral ecotone of northern China using a portable wind tunnel: a case study in Yanchi County, Ling NAN, Zhibao DONG, and Weiqiang XIAO
A framework of numerical simulation on moraine-dammed glacial lake outburst floods, Xiujuan ZHANG and Shiyin LIU
A general multi-objective programming model for minimum ecological flow or water level of inland water bodies, SongHao SHANG
Aggregate binding agents improve soil aggregate stability in Robinia pseudoacacia forests along a climatic gradient on the Loess Plateau, China, Hang JING, Min MENG, Guoliang WANG, and Guobin LIU
Agricultural irrigation requirements under future climate scenarios in China, XiuFang ZHU, AnZhou ZHAO, and YiZhan LI
Alien invasive species in Siberia: current status and problem, Marina V. OLONOVA and YuanMing ZHANG
Allometric biomass equations of Larix sibirica in the Altay Mountains, Northwest China, Yuanyuan LI, Qijing LIU, Shengwang MENG, and Guang ZHOU
Allometric response of perennial Pennisetum centrasiaticum Tzvel to nutrient and water limitation in the Horqin Sand Land of China, Wei MAO, TongHui ZHANG, and YuLin LI
A look into the past, present and future potential distributions of Talinopsis frutescens, a North American endemic lineage closely related to Cactaceae, Mónica I. MIGUEL-VÁZQUEZ, Yasser S. LÓPEZ DE OLMOS R, and Gilberto OCAMPO
Altitudinal changes of surface pollen and vegetation on the north slope of the Middle Tianshan Mountains, China, Zhenjing YANG, Yun ZHANG, and Haibao REN
Altitudinal patterns of stand structure and herb layer diversity of Picea schrenkiana forests in the central Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China, LiPing LI, XiangPing WANG, Stefan ZERBE, and LiYun ZHANG
Ambient TSP concentration and dustfall variation in Urumqi, China, XiaoXiao ZHANG, Xi CHEN, and YuHong GUO
A method to estimate aquifer artificial recharge from a hill dam in Tunisia, Zouheira IBN ALI, Ibtissem TRIKI, and Lamia LAJILI-GHEZAL
Ammonia emissions from soil under sheep grazing in Inner Mongolian grasslands of China, YunHai ZHANG, NianPeng HE, GuangMing ZHANG, and XingGuo HAN
Amphibian and reptilian distribution patterns in the transitional zone between the Euro-Siberian and Central Asia Subrealms, Lu ZHOU and Lei SHI
An analysis of oasis stability in arid areas: a case study in the northern slope areas of the Tianshan Mountains, GePing LUO, Lei LU, ChangYing YIN, and YiXing FENG
An analytical model for estimating soil temperature profiles on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China, Guojie HU, Lin ZHAO, and Xiaodong WU
An arthropod community beyond the dry limit of plant life, Benjamin DAVIDSON and Elli GRONER
Anatomical and morphological characteristics of Populus euphratica in the lower reaches of Tarim River under extreme drought environment, Li ZHUANG, YaNing CHEN, WeiHong LI, and ZhongKe WANG
An estimation method of soil wind erosion in Inner Mongolia of China based on geographic information system and remote sensing, Yi ZHOU, Bing GUO, and ShiXin WANG
A new bird record in China: Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon) and its song characteristics, Kangping XU, Xin NI, Xuanlong LIN, and Peng DING
A new ecological control method for Pisha sandstone based on hydrophilic polyurethane, Zhishui LINAG, Zhiren WU, Mohammad NOORI, and Caiqian YANG
A new method of searching for concealed Au deposits by using the spectrum of arid desert plant species, CUI Shichao, ZHOU Kefa, ZHANG Guanbin, DING Rufu, WANG Jinlin, CHENG Yinyi, and JIANG Guo
A new ornithological record, Pechora Pipit Anthus gus-tavi Swinhoe, 1863, from Xinjiang, Peng DING, Ming MA, Ying CHEN, and Geoff CAREY
A new parallel framework of distributed SWAT calibration, Qiang LI, Xi CHEN, and Yi LUO
An experimental study of salt expansion in sodium saline soils under transient conditions, Xusheng WAN, Zhemin YOU, and Haiyan WEN
An experimental study on the influences of water erosion on wind erosion in arid and semi-arid regions, Huimin YANG, Xueyong ZOU, Jing'ai WANG, and Peijun SHI
An experimental study on the influences of wind erosion on water erosion, Huimin YANG, Yuan GAO, Degen LIN, and Peijun SHI
An improved particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) technique to evaluate the velocity field of saltating particles, Chanwen JIANG, Zhibao DONG, and Xiaoyan WANG
Annual-perennial plant relationships and species selection for desert restoration, Scott R. ABELLA and Stanley D. SMITH
An ultrasonic humidification fluorescent tracing method for detecting unsaturated atmospheric water absorption by the aerial parts of desert plants, Xiaohua WANG, Honglang XIAO, and Juan REN
Applicability of five models to simulate water infiltration into soil with added biochar, Tongtong WANG, Catherine E. STEWART, and Jiangbo MA
Application and verification of simultaneous determination of cellulose d13C and d18O in Picea shrenkiana tree rings from northwestern China using the high-temperature pyrolysis method, Guobao XU, Xiaohong LIU, and Weizhen SUN
Application of a new wind driving force model in soil wind erosion area of northern China, Xueyong ZOU, Huiru LI, Wei LIU, Jingpu WANG, and Hong CHENG
Application of SALTMED and HYDRUS-1D models for simulations of soil water content and soil salinity in controlled groundwater depth, Masoud NOSHADI, Saghar FAHANDEJ-SAADI, and Ali R. SEPASKHAH
Application of stable isotope techniques to the study of soil salinization, YongQin CUI, JianYing MA, and Wei SUN
Application of wind profiler data to rainfall analyses in Tazhong Oilfield region, Xinjiang, China, MinZhong WANG, WenShou WEI, and Qing HE
Applying seepage modeling to improve sediment yield predictions in contour ridge systems, Qianjin LIU and Liang MA
A preliminary molecular historical biogeography of Caragana (Leguminosae) based on ITS and trnL-F DNA sequence data, MingLi ZHANG, Yun KANG, and JunBo YANG
A preliminary study of water use strategy of desert plants in Dunhuang, China, YongQin CUI, JianYing MA, and Wei SUN
A proposed surface resistance model for the Penman-Monteith formula to estimate evapotranspiration in a solar greenhouse, Xuewen GONG, Hao LIU, and Jingsheng SUN
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal association in Asteraceae plants growing in the arid lands of Saudi Arabia, Partha P. DHAR, Abdul A. AL-QARAWI, and Mohammed A U MRIDHA
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization of Glycyrrhiza glabra roots enhances plant biomass, phosphorus uptake and concentration of root secondary metabolites, HongLing LIU, Yong TAN, Monika NELL, and ShaoMing WANG
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ameliorate the chemical properties and enzyme activities of rhizosphere soil in reclaimed mining subsidence in northwestern China, Lang QIU, Yinli BI, Bin JIANG, WANG Zhigang, Yanxu ZHANG, and Yryszhan ZHAKYPBEK
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improved plant growth and nutrient acquisition of desert ephemeral Plantago minuta under variable soil water conditions, ZhaoYong SHI, Bede MICKAN, and Gu FENG
A remote sensing-based agricultural drought indicator and its implementation over a semi-arid region, Jordan, Khaled HAZAYMEH and Quazi K. HASSAN
Artificial root exudates and soil organic carbon mineralization in a degraded sandy grassland in northern China, YongQing LUO, XueYong ZHAO, and Olof ANDRÉN
A simulation-based two-stage interval-stochastic programming model for water resources management in Kaidu-Konqi watershed, China, Yue HUANG, Xi CHEN, and YongPing LI
A spatial-explicit dynamic vegetation model that couples carbon, water, and nitrogen processes for arid and semi-arid ecosystems, Chi ZHANG, ChaoFan LI, and Xi CHEN
A spatial geostatistical analysis of impact of landuse development on groundwater resourcesin the Sangong Oasis Region using remotesensing imagery and data, Xi CHEN, JinFeng YAN, Zhi CHEN, and GePing LUO
Assessing ecological vulnerability in western China based on Time-Integrated NDVI data, Jia JIN and Quan WANG
Assessing land transformation and associated degradation of the west part of Ganga River Basin using forest cover land use mapping and residual trend analysis, Shafique MATIN, Sujit GHOSH, and Mukunda D BEHERA
Assessing the adequacy and sustainability performance of multi-family residential buildings in Anambra State, Nigeria, Peter Uchenna Okoye and Chukwuemeka Ngwu
Assessing the collapse risk of Stipa bungeana grassland in China based on its distribution changes, Xianguo QIAO, Ke GUO, Guoqing LI, Liqing ZHAO, and Yonghong Frank LI
Assessing the effects of vegetation and precipitation on soil erosion in the Three-River Headwaters Region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China, Qian HE, Xiao'ai DAI, and Shiqi CHEN
Assessing the impacts of human activities and climate variations on grassland productivity by partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), Zongyao SHA, Yichun XIE, and Xicheng TAN
Assessing the response of dryland barley yield to climate variability in semi-arid regions, Iran, Mohammad KHEIRI, Jafar KAMBOUZIA, Reza DEIHIMFARD, Saghi M. MOGHADDAM, and Seyran ANVARI
Assessment of desertification in Eritrea: land degradation based on Landsat images, Mihretab GHEBREZGABHER, Taibao YANG, Xueme YANG, and Congqiang WANG
Assessment of drought hazard, vulnerability and risk in Iran using GIS techniques, Esmai HEYDARI ALAMDARLOO, Hassan KHOSRAVI, Sahar NASABPOUR, and Ahmad GHOLAMI
Assessment of ecosystem services value in response to prevailing and future land use/cover changes in Lahore, Pakistan, Mobeen Akhtar, Yuanyuan Zhao, Guanglei Gao, and Qudsia Gulzar
Assessment of organic compost and biochar in promoting phytoremediation of crude-oil contaminated soil using Calendula officinalis L. in the Loess Plateau, China, Jincheng WANG, Mingbo JING, Wei ZHANG, Gaosen ZHANG, Binglin ZHANG, Guangxiu LIU, Tuo CHEN, and Zhiguang ZHAO
Assessment of wetland fragmentation in the middle reaches of the Heihe River by the type change tracker model, RuiFeng ZHAO, ZuoLun XIE, and LiHua ZHANG
A study on historical location and evolution of Lop Nor in China with maps and DEM, Tingting ZHANG, Yun SHAO, Yuyang GENG, Huaze GONG, and Lan YANG
A system dynamics approach for water resources policy analysis in arid land: a model for Manas River Basin, ShanShan DAI, LanHai LI, and HongGang XU
Atmospheric deposition of inorganic nitrogen in a semi-arid grassland of Inner Mongolia, China, Yibo ZHANG, Wen XU, Zhang WEN, and Xuejun LIU
Attribution analysis based on Budyko hypothesis for land evapotranspiration change in the Loess Plateau, China, Guohua HE, Yong ZHAO, Jianhua WANG, Xuerui GAO, Fan HE, Haihong LI, Jiaqi ZHAI, Qingming WANG, and Yongnan ZHU
Attribution of explanatory factors for change in soil organic carbon density in the native grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China, Dongyan JIN, Phil J. MURRAY, and Xiaoping XIN
A warmer but drier Marine Isotope Stage 11 during the past 650 ka as revealed by the thickest loess on the western Chinese Loess Plateau, Peihong SHI, Taibao YANG, and Qingchun TIAN
Bacterial diversity in the sediment of Crescent Moon Spring, Kumtag Desert, Northwest China, Wei ZHANG, Gaosen ZHANG, Xiukun WU, and Guangxiu LIU
Biodiversity arks in the Anthropocene, Honghu Meng, Xiaoyang Gao, Yigang Song, and Guanlong Cao
Biofilter: a promising tool for mitigating methane emission from manure storage, Qiang HUANG, Qiang ZHANG, Nazim CICEK, and Danny MANN
Biological soil crust distribution in Artemisia ordosica communities along a grazing pressure gradient in Mu Us Sandy Land, Northern China, JunHong ZHANG, Bo WU, and YongHua LI
Biomass and carbon stocks in three types of Persian oak (Quercus brantii var. persica) of Zagros forests in a semi-arid area, Iran, Ali MAHDAVI, Soghra SAIDI, Yaghob IRANMANESH, and Mostafa NADERI
Blown sand motion within the sand-control system in the southern section of the Taklimakan Desert Highway, Hong CHENG, Jiajia HE, and Xingri XU
Breeding system and its consequence on fruit set of a rare sand dune shrub Eremosparton songoricum (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae): implications forconservation, DaoYuan ZHANG, Xiang SHI, JianCheng WANG, and HuiLiang LIU
Can climate change influence agricultural GTFP in arid and semi-arid regions of Northwest China?, Jian FENG, Lingdi ZHAO, Yibo ZHANG, Lingxiao SUN, and Xiang YU
Canopy cover or remotely sensed vegetation index, explanatory variables of above-ground biomass in an arid rangeland, Iran, Fatemeh PORDEL, Ataollah EBRAHIMI, and Zahra AZIZI
Canopy interception loss in a Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica forest of Northeast China, Yi LI, Xiuling MAN, and Houcai SHENG
Can soil respiration estimate neglect the contribution of abiotic exchange?, Xi CHEN, WenFeng WANG, and GePing LUO
Carbon fixation and influencing factors of biological soil crusts in a revegetated area of the Tengger Desert, northern China, Lei HUANG, ZhiShan ZHANG, and XinRong LI
Carbon sequestration in the total and light fraction soil organic matter along a chronosequence in grazing exclosures in a semiarid degraded sandy site in China, YinPing CHEN, YuQiang LI, and Tala AWADA
Carbon storage in a wolfberry plantation chronosequence established on a secondary saline land in an arid irrigated area of Gansu Province, China, Quanlin MA, Yaolin WANG, and Yinke LI
Causes of recurring drought patterns in Xinjiang, China, Rashed MAHMOOD, ShuangLin LI, and Babar KHAN
Challenges for the sustainable use of water and land resources under a changing climate and increasing salinization in the Jizzakh irrigation zone of Uzbekistan, Rashid KULMATOV, Jasur MIRZAEV, Jilili ABUDUWAILI, and Bakhtiyor KARIMOV
Change features of time-series climate variables from 1962 to 2016 in Inner Mongolia, China, Lili XU, Guangming YU, Wenjie ZHANG, Zhenfa TU, and Wenxia TAN
Change of lake area in the southeastern part of China’s Badain Jaran Sand Sea and its implications for recharge sources, Zhi ZHANG, ZhiBao DONG, and ChangZhen YAN
Changes in aggregate-associated organic carbon and nitrogen after 27 years of fertilization in a dryland alfalfa grassland on the Loess Plateau of China, Liqiong ZHANG, Xiaorong WEI, and Mingde HAO
Changes in carbon dioxide emissions and LMDI-based impact factor decomposition: the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region as a case, Li ZHANG, Jun LEI, and Xuan ZHOU
Changes in rainfall partitioning caused by the replacement of native dry forests of Lithraea molleoides by exotic plantations of Pinus elliottii in the dry Chaco mountain forests, central Argentina, Samia S. CORTÉS, Juan I. WHITWORTH-HULSE, Eduardo L. PIOVANO, Diego E. GURVICH, and Patricio N. MAGLIANO
Changes in sediment discharge in a sediment-rich region of the Yellow River from 1955 to 2010: implications for further soil erosion control, JuYing JIAO, ZhiJie WANG, GuangJu ZHAO, and XingMin MU
Changes in soil carbon stocks and related soil properties along a 50-year grassland-to-cropland conversion chronosequence in an agro-pastoral ecotone of Inner Mongolia, China, Yan JIAO, Zhu XU, and JiaoHong ZHAO
Changes in soil microbial community response to precipitation events in a semi-arid steppe of the Xilin River Basin, China, Hui ZHANG, Wenjun LIU, Xiaoming KANG, Xiaoyong CUI, Yanfen WANG, Haitao ZHAO, Xiaoqing QIAN, and Yanbin HAO
Changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen after 26 years of farmland management on the Loess Plateau of China, Zhengchao ZHOU, Xiaoyan ZHANG, and Zhuoting GAN
Changes in soil properties and erodibility of gully heads induced by vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau, China, Mingming GUO, Wenlong WANG, and Hongliang KANG
Changes in stress within grassland ecosystems in the three counties of the source regions of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, YiPing FANG, DaHe QIN, and YongJian DING
Changes in terrestrial surface dry and wet conditions on the Loess Plateau (China) during the last half century, YuBi YAO, RunYuan WANG, and JinHu YANG
Changes in the relationship between species richness and belowground biomass among grassland types and along environmental gradients in Xinjiang, Northwest China, Yuling YANG, Minfei LI, Jingjing MA, Junhui CHENG, Hongtao JIA, Ning LI, Hongqi WU, Zongjiu SUN, Yanmin FAN, Jiandong SHENG, and Ping'an JIANG
Changes in wind activity from 1957 to 2011 and their possible influence on aeolian desertification in northern China, Jinchang LI, Haixia LIU, and Zhizhu SU
Changes of forest fire regime and landscape pattern under different harvesting modes in a boreal forest of Northeast China, Hongwei CHEN, Yuanman HU, and Yu CHANG
Changes of soil microbial communities during decomposition of straw residues under different land uses, Hong ZHANG, Wenxin XU, Yubao LI, and Jialong LYU
Characteristics and dynamics analysis of Populuseuphratica populations in the middle reachesof Tarim River, JunXia WU, XiMing ZHANG, ChaoZhou DENG, and GuoJun LIU
Characteristics and hazards of different snow avalanche types in a continental snow climate region in the Central Tianshan Mountains, Jiansheng HAO, Richard MIND'JE, Yang LIU, Farong HUANG, Hao ZHOU, and Lanhai LI
Characteristics and utilization of plant diversity and resources in Central Asia, Yuanming Zhang, Daoyuan Zhang, Wenjun Li, and Yaoming Li
Characteristics of air pollution events over Hotan Prefecture at the southwestern edge of Taklimakan Desert, China, Jingxin LI, Shigong WANG, and Jinhua CHU
Characteristics of Caragana korshinskii and Hippophae rhamnoides stemflow and their significance in soil moisture enhancement in Loess Plateau, China, ShengQi JIAN, ChuanYan ZHAO, and ShuMin FANG
Characteristics of daily extreme wind gusts on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China, Zhengyi YAO, Xiaoying LI, and Jianhua XIAO
Characteristics of deep drainage and soil water in the mobile sandy lands of Inner Mongolia, northern China, XinPing LIU, YuHui HE, and XueYong ZHAO
Characteristics of dew events in an arid artificial oasis cropland and a sub-humid cropland in China, Yao MENG and Xuefa WEN
Characteristics of mineral elements in shoots of three annual halophytes in a saline desert, Northern Xinjiang, Ke ZHANG, ChunJian LI, ZhongShao LI, and ChangYan TIAN
Characteristics of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen under various grassland types along a transect in a mountain-basin system in Xinjiang, China, Xu BI, Bo LI, and Bo NAN
Characteristics of soil seed banks at different geomorphic positions within the longitudinal sand dunes of the Gurbantunggut Desert, China, Fengqin JIA, Tashpolat TIYIP, Nan WU, and Yuanming ZHANG
Characteristics of the soil microbial population in forest land irrigated with saline water in the desert area, ZhengZhong JIN, JiaQiang LEI, XinWen XU, and ShengYu LI
Characterizing regional precipitation-driven lake area change in Mongolia, Sinkyu KANG, Gyoungbin LEE, and Chuluun TOGTOKH
Characterizing urban expansion of Korla City and its spatial-temporal patterns using remote sensing and GIS methods, Bumairiyemu MAIMAITI, Jianli DING, and Zibibula SIMAYI
Charcoal production through selective logging leads to degradation of dry woodlands: a case study from Mutomo District, Kenya, Geoffrey M. NDEGWA, Udo NEHREN, and Friederike GRüNINGER
Chemical characteristics of precipitation and the indicative significance for sand dust events in the northern and southern slopes of Wushaoling Mountain, northwestern China, Zongjie LI, Fei LIU, and Yong SONG
Chemical composition and phytotoxic activity of the volatile oil of invasive Xanthium italicum Moretti from Xinjiang, China, Hua SHAO, YuanMing ZHANG, Peng NAN, and Chi ZHANG
Climate change and its impacts on mountain glaciers during 1960–2017 in western China, Yinge LIU, Ninglian WANG, Junhui ZHANG, and Lingang WANG
Climate change impacts on the streamflow of Zarrineh River, Iran, Farhad YAZDANDOOST and Sogol MORADIAN
Climate change in the Tianshan and northern Kunlun Mountains based on GCM simulation ensemble with Bayesian model averaging, Jing YANG, Gonghuan FANG, and Yaning CHEN
Climate change, water resources and sustainable development in the arid and semi-arid lands of Central Asia in the past 30 years, Yang Yu, Yuanyue PI, Xiang YU, Zhijie TA, Lingxiao SUN, Markus DISSE, Fanjiang ZENG, Yaoming LI, Xi CHEN, and Ruide YU
Climate effects on an inland alpine lake in Xinjiang, China over the past 40 years, HuiXia CHAI, WeiMing CHENG, and ChengHu ZHOU
Clones or no clones: genetic structure of riparian Populus euphratica forests in Central Asia, Katja KRAMP, Thomas SCHMITT, and Petra LANG
CO2, CH4 and N2O flux changes in degraded grassland soil of Inner Mongolia, China, Yunxiao BAI, Xiaobing LI, and Wanyu WEN
Coastal environment of the past millennium recorded by a coastal dune in Fujian, China, Jianhui JIN, Zhizhong LI, and Feng JIANG
Co-management of small-scale fishery in the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia, Serey Sok and Xiaojiang Yu
Combined effects of snow depth and nitrogen addition on ephemeral growth at the southern edge of the Gurbantunggut Desert, China, LianLian FAN, Yan LI, and LiSong TANG
Community phylogenetic structure of grasslands and its relationship with environmental factors on the Mongolian Plateau, Lei DONG, Cunzhu LIANG, FrankYonghong LI, Liqing ZHAO, Wenhong MA, Lixin WANG, WEN Lu, ZHENG Ying, Zijing LI, Chenguang ZHAO, and Indree TUVSHINTOGTOKH
Community structure and carbon and nitrogen storage of sagebrush desert under grazing exclusion in Northwest China, Yiqiang DONG, Zongjiu SUN, Shazhou AN, Shasha JIANG, and Peng WEI
Comparing phreatic evaporation at zero water table depth with water surface evaporation, Shunjun HU, Yongde GAN, and Yongbao CHEN
Comparison of photosynthesis and antioxidative protection in Sophora moorcroftiana and Caragana maximovicziana under water stress, QiQiang GUO, WenHui ZHANG, and HuiE LI
Comparison of seed germination of four Artemisia species (Asteraceae) in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China, XueHua LI, DeMing JIANG, and Alamusa
Comparison of three evapotranspiration models with eddy covariance measurements for a Populus euphratica Oliv. forest in an arid region of northwestern China, Guanlong GAO, Xiaoyou ZHANG, and Tengfei YU
Comparison of transpiration between different aged black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) trees on the semi-arid Loess Plateau, China, Lei JIAO, Nan LU, and Bojie FU
Comparison of two remote sensing models for estimating evapotranspiration: algorithm evaluation and application in seasonally arid ecosystems in South Africa, Sebinasi DZIKITI, Nebo Z. JOVANOVIC, Richard DH BUGAN, Abel RAMOELO, Nobuhle P MAJOZI, Alecia NICKLESS, Moses A CHO, David C LE MAITRE, Zanele NTSHIDI, and Harrison H PIENAAR
Competition between Populus euphratica and Tamarix ramosissima seedlings under simulated high groundwater availability, Guilin WU, Shaowei JIANG, Weiyang LIU, and Jun LI
Computational fluid dynamics evaluation of the effect of different city designs on the wind environment of a downwind natural heritage site, BenLi LIU, JianJun QU, and QingHe NIU
Concentrations and isotopic characteristics of atmospheric reactive nitrogen around typical sources in Beijing, China, Jieyun LIU, Ying ZHANG, Xuejun LIU, and Aohan TANG
Contents of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in water-stable aggregates in abandoned agricultural lands in an arid ecosystem of Northwest China, Junqiang WANG, Lichao LIU, and Xiaoqing QIU
Contrasting effects of nitrogen addition on litter decomposition in forests and grasslands in China, SU Yuan, MA Xiaofei, GONG Yanming, LI Kaihui, HAN Wenxuan, and LIU Xuejun
Contribution of biodiversity to ecosystem functioning: a non-equilibrium thermodynamic perspective, Amit CHAKRABORTY and B Larry LI
Contribution of non-timber forest products to the livelihoods of the forest-dependent communities around the Khadimnagar National Park in northeastern Bangladesh, Md. Habibur Rahman, Bishwajit ROY, and Md. Shahidul ISLAM
Conventional tillage improves the storage of soil organic carbon in heavy fractions in the Loess Plateau, China, Huige HAN, Xudong LI, Decao NIU, and Hua FU
Conversion of cropland into agroforestry land versus naturally-restored grassland alters soil macro-faunal diversity and trophic structure in the semi-arid agro-pasture zone of northern China, Rentao LIU, Yosef STEINBERGER, Jingwei HOU, Juan ZHAO, Jianan LIU, Haitao CHANG, Jing ZHANG, and Yaxi LUO
Corn straw return can increase labile soil organic carbon fractions and improve water-stable aggregates in Haplic Cambisol, Batande Sinovuyo NDZELU, Sen DOU, and Xiaowei ZHANG
Correlation of soil properties and fruit size of Callgonum mongolicum and related species, Wei SHI, BoRong PAN, and Habibullo SHOMURODOV
Coupling analysis of short-term weather and runoff in an arid lake basin of China, Jie WANG, Dongwei LIU, Songni TIAN, and Yuehong HU
Coupling analysis of social-economic water consumption and its effects on the arid environments in Xinjiang of China based on the water and ecological footprints, Pei ZHANG, Mingjiang DENG, Aihua LONG, Xiaoya DENG, and Hao WANG
Coupling analysis of the major impact on sustainable development of the typical arid region of Turpan in Northwest China, Lingxiao Sun, Xiang Yu, Boshan Li, and Haiyan Zhang
Coupling between the Grain for Green Program and a household level-based agricultural eco-economic system in Ansai, Shaanxi Province of China, Yue LI, Jijun WANG, Xiaojia HAN, Mancai GUO, and Simin CHENG
Crop production changes and the impact of Grain for Green program in the Loess Plateau of China, Changhe LYU and Zhiyuan XU
Crop yields and soil organic carbon dynamics in a long-term fertilization experiment in an extremely arid region of northern Xinjiang, China, Jinling LYU, Hua LIU, Xihe WANG, and Xuejun LIU
Cultivation effects on soil texture and fertility in an arid desert region of northwestern China, Mingzhu HE, Xibin JI, Dongsheng BU, and Jinhu ZHI
Damage by wind-blown sand and its control measures along the Taklimakan Desert Highway in China, Congjuan LI, Yongdong WANG, Jiaqiang LEI, Xinwen XU, Shijie WANG, Jinglong FAN, and Shengyu LI
Decomposition characteristics of organic materials and their effects on labile and recalcitrant organic carbon fractions in a semi-arid soil under plastic mulch and drip irrigation, Juan HU, Jinggui WU, and Xiaojing QU
Decomposition of different crop straws and variation in straw-associated microbial communities in a peach orchard, China, Hong ZHANG, Yingfei CAO, and Jialong LYU
Degradation leads to dramatic decrease in topsoil but not subsoil root biomass in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau, China, Zhenchao ZHANG, Miao LIU, Jian SUN, and Tianxing WEI
Degree of coupling and coordination of eco-economic system and the influencing factors: a case study in Yanchi County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, Huiling LU, Lihua ZHOU, and Yong CHEN
Delayed seed dispersal species and related traits in the desert of the United Arab Emirates, Teresa NAVARRO, Hatem A. SHABANA, Ali EL-KEBLAWY, and Noelia HIDALGO-TRIANA
Derivation of salt content in salinized soil from hyperspectral reflectance data: A case study at Minqin Oasis, Northwest China, Tana QIAN, Atsushi TSUNEKAWA, Fei PENG, Tsugiyuki MASUNAGA, Tao WANG, and Rui LI
Desertification dynamic and the relative roles of climate change and human activities in desertification in the Heihe River Basin based on NPP, Wei ZHOU, ZhengGuo SUN, and JianLong LI
Desert vegetation distribution and species-environment relationships in an oasis-desert ecotone of northwestern China, Peng ZHAO, Jianjun QU, Xianying XU, Qiush YU, Shengxiu JIANG, and Heran ZHAO
Desiccation tolerance in bryophytes: the rehydration proteomes of Bryum argenteum provide insights into the resuscitation mechanism, Bei GAO, Daoyuan ZHANG, and Xiaoshuang LI
Detecting sand-dust storms using a wind-profiling radar, Minzhong WANG, Hu MING, and Wen HUO
Detecting soil salinity with arid fraction integrated index and salinity index in feature space using Landsat TM imagery, Fei WANG, Xi CHEN, GePing LUO, and JianLi DING
Determinants and rates of land degradation: Application of stationary time-series model to data from a semi-arid environment in Kenya, Kevin Z. MGANGA, Dickson M. NYARIKI, and Nashon K R MUSIMBA
Determining the spatial distribution of soil properties using the environmental covariates and multivariate statistical analysis: a case study in semi-arid regions of Iran, Mojtaba ZERAATPISHEH, Shamsollah AYOUBI, Magboul SULIEMAN, and Jesús RODRIGO-COMINO
Development of a large-scale remote sensing ecological index in arid areas and its application in the Aral Sea Basin, Jie WANG, Dongwei LIU, Jiali MA, Yingnan CHENG, and Lixin WANG
Dew measurement and estimation of rain-fed jujube (Zizyphus jujube Mill) in a semi-arid loess hilly region of China, Xing WANG, Zhiyong GAO, and Youke WANG
Diaspore characteristics and ecological adaptation of Bromus tectorum L. from different distribution regions, YaoBin LIU, YuanMing ZHANG, and Robert S. NOWAK
Dielectric properties of saline soil based on a modified Dobson dielectric model, Nigara TASHPOLAT, Jianli DING, and Danlin YU
Diet characteristics of wild sheep (Ovis ammon darwini) in the Mengluoke Mountains, Xinjiang, China, Bang LI, Wenxuan XU, and David A. BLANK
Differences in response of desert plants of different ecotypes to climate warming: a case study in Minqin, Northwest China, ZhaoFeng CHANG, ShuJuan ZHU, and FuGui HAN
Digital mapping of soil salinization based on Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data combined with machine learning algorithms, Guolin Ma, Jianli Ding, Lijng Han, and Zipeng Zhang
Distribution and migration of houbara bustard(Chlamydotis undulata) in China, XingYi GAO, Olivier COMBREAU, JianFang QIAO, and WeiKang YANG
Distribution of isotopes and chemicals in precipitation in Shule River Basin, northwestern China: an implication for water cycle and groundwater recharge, Wei ZHAO, Jinzhu MA, and Chunjie GU
Distribution of soil aggregates and organic carbon in deep soil under long-term conservation tillage with residual retention in dryland, Bisheng WANG, Lili GAO, Weishui YU, Xueqin WEI, Jing LI, Shengping LI, Xiaojun SONG, Guopeng LIANG, Dianxiong CAI, and Xueping WU
Distribution pattern of Caragana species under the influence of climate gradient in the Inner Mongolia region, China, LiNa XIE, ChengCang MA, and HongYu GUO
Disturbance of plateau zokor-made mound stimulates plant community regeneration in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, XIANG Zeyu, Arvind BHATT, TANG Zhongbin, PENG Yansong, WU Weifeng, ZHANG Jiaxin, WANG Jingxuan, David GALLACHER, and ZHOU Saixia
Diurnal and seasonal variations of soil respiration rate under different row-spacing in a Panicum virgatum L. field on semi-arid Loess Plateau of China, Jin HUANG, Zhijuan GAO, Ji CHEN, and Bingcheng XU
Diurnal dynamics of soil respiration and the influencing factors for three land-cover types in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert, China, Fan YANG, Mamtimin ALI, and Xinqian ZHENG
Diversity of cultivable endophytic bacteria associated with halophytes in Xinjiang of China and their plant beneficial traits, LI Li, GAO Lei, LIU Yonghong, FANG Baozhu, HUANG Yin, Osama A A MOHAMAD, Dilfuza EGAMBERDIEVA, LI Wenjun, and MA Jinbiao
Diversity of endophytes across the soil-plant continuum for Atriplex spp. in arid environments, Mohammad E. TAHTAMOUNI, Sa’eb KHRESAT, Mary LUCERO, and Adrian UNC
Does cotton bollworm show cross-resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab? A mini review, Jihong MA, Changyan TIAN, Guanghui LYU, and Wenxuan MAI
Drought analysis in Antakya-Kahramanmaraş Graben, Turkey, Murat KARABULUT
Drought changes and the mechanism analysis for the North American Prairie, Ge YU, Dave SAUCHYN, and YongFei LI
Drought fluctuations based on dendrochronology since 1786 for the Lenglongling Mountains at the northwestern fringe of the East Asian summer monsoon region, Ying HOU, Zhenmin NIU, and Fang ZHENG
Drought monitoring and reliability evaluation of the latest TMPA precipitation data in the Weihe River Basin, Northwest China, Shanhu JIANG, Liliang REN, and Meng ZHOU
Drought trend analysis in a semi-arid area of Iraq based on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Water Index and Standardized Precipitation Index, Ayad M F AL-QURAISHI, Heman A. GAZNAYEE, and Mattia CRESPI
Dryland agriculture and rangeland restoration priorities in Afghanistan, Michael J. JACOBS, Catherine A. SCHLOEDER, and Philip D. TANIMOTO
Dry/wet climate zoning and delimitation of arid areas of Northwest China based on a data-driven fashion, QingLing GENG, PuTe WU, and QingFeng ZHANG
Dynamic changes of a typical linear dune in the Tengger Desert, KeCun ZHANG, KenJi KAI, JianJun QU, and YuQuan LING
Dynamic evaluation of water resources carrying capacity of the Dianchi Lake Basin in 2005–2015, based on DSPERM framework model and simulated annealing-projection pursuit model, Jiayang Wang, Xiaoqin Mu, Shouji Chen, and Wei Liu
Dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with desert ephemeral plants in Gurbantunggut Desert, Tao ZHANG, ChangYan TIAN, and Yu SUN
Dynamics of ecosystem carbon stocks during vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau of China, Kaibo WANG, Lei DENG, and Zongping REN
Dynamics of moisture regime and its reconstruction from a tree-ring width chronology of Pinus sylvestris in the downstream basin of the Selenga River, Russia, Liliana BELOKOPYTOVA, Dina ZHIRNOVA, and Tatiana KOSTYAKOVA
Dynamics of NDVI and its influencing factors in the Chinese Loess Plateau during 2002–2018, Peng He, Lishuai Xu, Zhengchun Liu, and Yaodong Jing
Early Holocene environment at a key location of the northwest boundary of the Asian summer monsoon: a synthesis on chronologies of Zhuye Lake, Northwest China, Yu LI, NaiAng WANG, and ChengQi ZHANG
Ecological biomass allocation strategies in plant species with different lifeforms in a cold desert, China, Lianlian FAN, Junxiang DING, Xuexi MA, and Yaoming LI
Ecological function regionalization of fluvial corridor landscapes and measures for ecological regeneration in the middle and lower reaches of the Tarim River, Xinjiang of China, HuaRong ZHOU and DuNing XIAO
Ecological migration effects on the Tianchi Scenic Area in Xinjiang: from the perspective of migrant farmer families, Hong TANG, DeGang YANG, and XinHuan ZHANG
Ecological stoichiometry and biomass response of Agropyron michnoi Roshev. under simulated N deposition in a sandy grassland, China, Xiaoming JIN, Xiaogang YANG, Zhen ZHOU, Yingqi ZHANG, and Liangbin YU
Ecophysiological aspects and photosynthetic pathways in 105 plants species in saline and arid environments of Tunisia, Abdallah ATIA, Mokded RABH, and Ahmed DEBEZ
Eco-physiological studies on desert plants: germination of Halothamnus iraqensis Botsch. seeds under different conditions, Arvind BHATT, Narayana R. BHAT, Valentina MURRU, and Andrea SANTO
Eddy covariance measurements of water vapor and energy flux over a lake in the Badain Jaran Desert, China, Jie SUN, Wenfeng HU, and Nai'ang WANG
Effect of competition on spatial patterns of oak forests on the Chinese Loess Plateau, Di KANG, Jian DENG, Xiaowei QIN, and Gaihe YANG
Effect of crude oil pollution on organic carbon and humus content in grey-brown soils in Mangyshlak, Pre-Caspian Sea Region, Saimbulek DOSBERGENOV
Effect of future climate change on the water footprint of major crops in southern Tajikistan, Muhammadjon Kobuliev, Tie Liu, Zainalobudin Kobuliev, and Xi Chen
Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on leaf nutrient concentrations and nutrient resorption efficiency of two dominant alpine grass species, LIU Yalan, LI Lei, LI Xiangyi, YUE Zewei, and LIU Bo
Effect of Pisha sandstone on water infiltration of different soils on the Chinese Loess Plateau, Wenmei MA and Xingchang ZHANG
Effect of pruning intensity on soil moisture and water use efficiency in jujube (Ziziphus jujube Mill.) plantations in the hilly Loess Plateau Region, China, Shanshan JIN, Youke1 WANG, Xing WANG, Yonghong BAI, and Leigang SHI
Effect of soil management on soil erosion on sloping farmland during crop growth stages under a large-scale rainfall simulation experiment, Linhua WANG, Yafeng WANG, Keesstra SASKIA, and Faqi WU
Effect of spatial scale and topography on spatial heterogeneity of soil seed banks under grazing disturbance in a sandy grassland of Horqin Sand Land, Northern China, XiaoAn ZUO, ShaoKun WANG, and XueYong ZHAO
Effect of stones on the sand saltation threshold during natural sand and dust storms in a stony desert in Tsogt-Ovoo in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia, Batjargal BUYANTOGTOKH, Yasunori KUROSAKI, Atsushi TSUNEKAWA, Mitsuru TSUBO, Batdelger GANTSETSEG, Amarsaikhan DAVAADORJ, Masahide ISHIZUKA, Tsuyoshi T. SEKIYAMA, Taichu Y. TANAKA, and Takashi MAKI
Effect of the W-beam central guardrails on wind-blown sand deposition on desert expressways in sandy regions, Cui WANG, Shengyu LI, Jiaqiang LEI, Zhinong LI, and Jie CHEN
Effect of vegetation on soil bacteria and their potential functions for ecological restoration in the Hulun Buir Sandy Land, China, Ru YAN and Wei FENG
Effect of vegetation on soil water retention and storage in a semi-arid alpine forest catchment, Chao WANG, ChuanYan ZHAO, and ZhongLin XU
Effect of water deficiency on relationships between metabolism, physiology, biomass, and yield of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), Tohir A. BOZOROV, Rustam M. USMANOV, and Honglan YANG
Effects of aeolian processes on nutrient loss from surface soils and their significance for sandy desertification in Mu Us Desert, China: a wind tunnel approach, Lili LANG, Xunming WANG, and Guangtao WANG
Effects of artificially cultivated biological soil crusts on soil nutrients and biological activities in the Loess Plateau, YanMin ZHAO, QingKe ZHU, and Ping LI
Effects of atmospheric circulation on summertime precipitation variability and glacier mass balance over the Tuyuksu Glacier in Tianshan Mountains, Kazakhstan, Nina K. KONONOVA, Nina V. PIMANKINA, Lyudmila A. YERISKOVSKAYA, and Shiyin LIU
Effects of biochar on water movement characteristics in sandy soil under drip irrigation, Shenghai PU, Guangyong LI, Guangmu TANG, Yunshu ZHANG, Wanli XU, Pan LI, Guangping FENG, and Feng DING
Effects of biodegradable mulch on soil water and heat conditions, yield and quality of processing tomatoes by drip irrigation, Hao JIA, Zhenhua WANG, Jinzhu ZHANG, Wenhao LI, and Zuoli REN
Effects of biological soil crusts and drought on emergence and survival of a Patagonian perennial grass in the Monte of Argentina, Flavia Alejandra FUNK, Alejandro LOYDI, and Guadalupe PETER
Effects of Caragana microphylla plantations on organic carbon sequestration in total and labile soil organic carbon fractions in the Horqin Sandy Land, northern China, Wen SHANG, Yuqiang LI, and Xueyong ZHAO
Effects of climate change and human activity on lake shrinkage in Gonghe Basin of northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the past 60 years, Duo WU, Fahu CHEN, and Kai LI
Effects of climate change and land-use changes on spatiotemporal distributions of blue water and green water in Ningxia, Northwest China, WU Jun, DENG Guoning, ZHOU Dongmei, ZHU Xiaoyan, MA Jing, CEN Guozhang, JIN Yinli, and ZHANG Jun
Effects of climate change on phenology and primary productivity in the desert steppe of Inner Mongolia, Fang HAN, Qing ZHANG, Alexander BUYANTUEV, and JianMing NIU
Effects of cloud, atmospheric water vapor, and dust on photosynthetically active radiation and total solar radiation in a Mongolian grassland, Tserenpurev BAT-OYUN, Masato SHINODA, and Mitsuru TSUBO
Effects of combined drip irrigation and sub-surface pipe drainage on water and salt transport of saline-alkali soil in Xinjiang, China, Tong HENG, Renkuan LIAO, and Zhenhua WANG
Effects of converting natural grasslands into planted grasslands on ecosystem respiration: a case study in Inner Mongolia, China, Meng ZHANG, Xiaobing LI, and Hong WANG
Effects of cotton field management practices on soil CO2 emission and C balance in an arid region of Northwest China, QianBing ZHANG, Ling YANG1, ZhenZhu XU, and WangFeng ZHANG
Effects of deficit irrigation on daily and seasonal variations of trunk sap flow and its growth in Calligonum arborescens, LiShan SHAN, Yi LI, and RuiFeng ZHAO
Effects of deficit irrigation with saline water on spring wheat growth and yield in arid Northwest China, Jing JIANG, ZaiLin HUO, and ShaoYuan FENG
Effects of different loading rates and types of biochar on passivations of Cu and Zn via swine manure composting, Yan CHEN, Yongping XU, Fangjing QU, and Hongli CHEN
Effects of different plantation types on soil properties after vegetation restoration in an alpine sandy land on the Tibetan Plateau, China, Qingxue LI, Zhiqing JIA, and Tao LIU
Effects of different ridge-furrow mulching systems on yield and water use efficiency of summer maize in the Loess Plateau of China, CHEN Pengpeng, GU Xiaobo, LI Yuannong, QIAO Linran, LI Yupeng, FANG Heng, YIN Minhua, and ZHOU Changming
Effects of different tillage and straw retention practices on soil aggregates and carbon and nitrogen sequestration in soils of the northwestern China, Jun WU, Yeboah STEPHEN, Liqun CAI, Renzhi ZHANG, Peng QI, Zhuzhu LUO, Lingling LI, Junhong XIE, and Bo DONG
Effects of emitter discharge rates on soil salinity distribution and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) yield under drip irrigation with plastic mulch in an arid region of Northwest China, Sulitan DANIERHAN, Abudu SHALAMU, and Hudan TUMAERBAI
Effects of exotic and endogenous shrubs on understory vegetation and soil nutrients in the south of Tunisia, Zouhaier NOUMI
Effects of fencing on vegetation and soil restoration in a degraded alkaline grassland in northeast China, Qiang LI, DaoWei ZHOU, and YingHua JIN
Effects of freeze-thaw on soil erosion processes and sediment selectivity under simulated rainfall, Tian WANG, Peng LI, Zongping REN, and Guoce XU
Effects of freezing intensity on soil solution nitrogen and microbial biomass nitrogen in an alpine grassland ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau, China, Zhaoping YANG, Jixi GAO, and Meng YANG
Effects of grassland management on the community structure, aboveground biomass and stability of a temperate steppe in Inner Mongolia, China, Jinghui ZHANG, Yongmei HUANG, and Huiying CHEN
Effects of gravel mulch on aeolian transport: a field wind tunnel simulation, KeCun ZHANG, WeiMin ZHANG, and LiHai TAN
Effects of grazing intensity on seed production of Caragana stenophylla along a climatic aridity gradient in the Inner Mongolia Steppe, China, Lina XIE, Weizhong CHEN, and Christopher A. GABLER
Effects of grazing on carbon and nitrogen in plants and soils in a semiarid desert grassland, China, Hui AN and GuoQi LI
Effects of grazing on net primary productivity, evapotranspiration and water use efficiency in the grasslands of Xinjiang, China, Xiaotao HUANG, Geping LUO, and Feipeng YE
Effects of irrigation on precipitation in the arid regions of Xinjiang, China, Yong ZHAO, YongJie FANG, and CaiXia CUI
Effects of land use and cover change on surface wind speed in China, Yupeng LI, Yaning CHEN, and Zhi LI
Effects of land-use types on the vertical distribution of fractions of oxidizable organic carbon on the Loess Plateau, China, Caili SUN, Sha XUE, Zongzheng CHAI, and Guobin LIU
Effects of long-term cultivation practices and nitrogen fertilization rates on carbon stock in a calcareous soil on the Chinese Loess Plateau, Miao CAI, Zhujun CHEN, and Jianbin ZHOU
Effects of long-term fertilization on oxidizable organic carbon fractions on the Loess Plateau, China, Shaonan DING, Sha XUE, and Guobin LIU
Effects of long-term warming on the aboveground biomass and species diversity in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China, Jing WEN, Ruimin QIN, Shixiong ZHANG, Xiaoyan YANG, and Manhou XU
Effects of microtopography on spatial point pattern of forest stands on the semi-arid Loess Plateau, China, WeiJun ZHAO, Yan ZHANG, and QingKe ZHU
Effects of moisture and carbonate additions on CO2 emission from calcareous soil during closed–jar incubation, YanJie DONG, Miao CAI, and JianBin ZHOU
Effects of mulches on water use in a winter wheat/ summer maize rotation system in Loess Plateau, China, Minhua YIN, Yuannong LI, and Yuanbo XU
Effects of parasitic plant Cistanche deserticola on chlorophyll a fluorescence and nutrient accumulation of host plant Haloxylon ammodendron in the Taklimakan Desert, Li LI, XinWen XU, and YongQiang SUN
Effects of rainfall patterns on annual plants in Horqin Sandy Land, Inner Mongolia of China, Xiangfei YUE, Tonghui ZHANG, and Xueyong ZHAO
Effects of recovery time after fire and fire severity on stand structure and soil of larch forest in the Kanas National Nature Reserve, Northwest China, Xiaoju LIU and Cunde PAN
Effects of rodent-induced disturbance on eco-physiological traits of Haloxylon ammodendron in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Xinjiang, China, Yanling XIANG, Zhongke WANG, Xinhua LYU, Yaling HE, and Yuxia LI
Effects of sand-fixing and windbreak forests on wind flow: a synthesis of results from field experiments and numerical simulations, Kejie ZHAN, Shizeng LIU, Zihui YANG, and Ning HUANG
Effects of short-term low temperatures on photo-system II function of samara and leaf of Siberianmaple (Acer ginnala) and subsequent recovery, XiangLiang PAN, DaoYong ZHANG, Xi CHEN, and Li LI
Effects of shrub presence and shrub species on ground beetle assemblages (Carabidae, Curculionidae and Tenebrionidae) in a sandy desert, northwestern China, JiLiang LIU, WenZhi ZHAO, and FengRui LI
Effects of shrub species and microhabitats on dew formation in a revegetation-stabilized desert ecosystem in Shapotou, northern China, YanXia PAN and XinPing WANG
Effects of sodium on nitrate uptake and osmoticadjustment of Suaeda physophora, JunFeng YUAN, ChangYan TIAN, and Gu FENG
Effects of soil moisture on cotton root lengthdensity and yield under drip irrigation withplastic mulch in Aksu Oasis farmland, ChengYi ZHAO, YingYu YAN, Yilihamu Yimamu, and JuYan LI
Effects of soil nutrients and climate factors on belowground biomass in an alpine meadow in the source region of the Yangtze-Yellow rivers, Tibetan Plateau of China, Haiming WANG, Jian SUN, and Weipeng LI
Effects of spring fire and slope on the aboveground biomass, and organic C and N dynamics in a semi-arid grassland of northern China, Xiang ZHAO, Shuya HU, Jie DONG, Min REN, Xiaolin ZHANG, Kuanhu DONG, and Changhui WANG
Effects of temperature and light on seed germination of ephemeral plants in the Gurbantunggut Desert, China: implications for vegetation restoration, Yanfeng CHEN, Qiumei CAO, Dexin LI, Huiliang LIU, and Daoyuan ZHANG
Effects of temperature and water limitation on the germination of Stipagrostis ciliata seeds collected from Sidi Bouzid Governorate in Central Tunisia, Lobna M. FAKHFAKH, Naser A. ANJUM, and Mohamed CHAIEB
Effects of temperature on flowering phenological traits of Populus euphratica Oliv. and Populus pruinosa Schrenk populations, Xinjiang, China, Zhijun LI, Xiao ZHANG, Yaqiong ZHENG, Aijun QIU, and Ling ZHANG
Effects of three types of soil amendments on yield and soil nitrogen balance of maize–wheat rotation system in the Hetao Irrigation Area, China, Yan WU, Fei LI, Haichun ZHENG, Mei HONG, Yunca HU, Bayinnamula ZHAO, and Haishan DE
Effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation and litter layer thickness on litter decomposition of two tree species in a semi-arid site of Northeast China, Bing MAO, Lei ZHAO, and Qiong ZHAO
Effects of vegetation cover on recruitment of Ulmus pumila L. in Horqin Sandy Land, northeastern China, DeMing JIANG, Yi TANG, and Carlos A. BUSSO
Effects of vegetation patterns and environmental factors on woody regeneration in semi-arid oak-dominated forests of western Iran, Mirzaei JAVAD, Heydari MEHDI, and Bernard PREVOSTO
Effects of vegetation types on soil water dynamics during vegetation restoration in the Mu Us Sandy Land, northwestern China, Xiaona Yu, Yongmei Huang, and Engui Li
Effects of warming and clipping on plant and soil properties of an alpine meadow in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, ManHou XU, Fei PENG, QuanGang YOU, and Xian XUE
Effects of water and nitrogen on growth and relative competitive ability of introduced versus native C4 grass species in the semi-arid Loess Plateau of China, DING Wenli, XU Weizhou, GAO Zhijuan, and XU Bingcheng
Effects of water salinity and N application rate on water- and N-use efficiency of cotton under drip irrigation, Wei MIN, ZhenAn HOU, and LiJuan MA
Effects of water stress and NaCl stress on different life cycle stages of the cold desert annual Lachnoloma lehmannii in China, Jannathan MAMUT, Dunyan TAN, Carol C. BASKIN, and Jerry M. BASKIN
Effects of wind guide plates on wind velocity acceleration and dune leveling: a case study in Ulan Buh Desert, China, Yanlong HAN, Yong GAO, and Zhongju MENG
Efficiency of soil and water conservation practices in different agro-ecological environments in the Upper Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopia, Dagnenet SULTAN, Atsushi TSUNEKAWA, and Nigussie HAREGEWEYN
Elevated CO2 increases shoot growth but not root growth and C:N:P stoichiometry of Suaeda aralocaspica plants, WANG Lei, FAN Lianlian, JIANG Li, and TIAN Changyan
Emergy-based study on eco-economic system of arid and semi-arid region: a case of Gansu province, China, Bing XUE, XingPeng CHEN, Yong GENG, and Mian YANG
Endemics and endangered species in the biodiversity hotspot of the Shada Mountains, Saudi Arabia, Jacob THOMAS, Mohamed A. EL-SHEIKH, and Abdulrehman A. ALATAR
Endophytic bacteria associated with endangered plant Ferula sinkiangensis K. M. Shen in an arid land: diversity and plant growth-promoting traits, Yonghong LIU, Jianwei GUO, Li LI, and Wenjun LI
Endophytic bacteria associated with halophyte Seidlitzia rosmarinus Ehrenb. ex Boiss. from saline soil of Uzbekistan and their plant beneficial traits, Vyacheslav SHURIGIN, Dilfuza EGAMBERDIEVA, Li LI, Kakhramon DAVRANOV, and Hovik PANOSYAN
Enhancement of freshwater production of the seawater greenhouse condenser, Tahani K. BAIT SUWAILAM, Abdulrahim M. AL-ISMAILI, Nasser A. AL-AZRI, L H Janitha JEEWANTHA, and Hemesiri KOTAGAMA
Environmental factors influencing snowfall and snowfall prediction in the Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China, Xueting ZHANG, Xuemei LI, Lanhai LI, Shan ZHANG, and Qirui QIN
Environmental improvement or industry enhancement? A case study on the impact of environmental regulations on Chinese automobile industry, Xiao LIANG and Jing FU
Erratum to: A new ecological control method for Pisha sandstone based on hydrophilic polyurethane, Zhishui LIANG, Zhiren WU, Mohammad NOORI, and Caiqian YANG
Erratum to: Distribution of isotopes and chemicals in precipitation in Shule River Basin, northwestern China: an implication for water cycle and groundwater recharge, Wei ZHAO, Jinzhu MA, and Chunjie GU
Erratum to: Effects of freeze-thaw on soil erosion processes and sediment selectivity under simulated rainfall, Tian WANG, Peng LI, Zongping REN, and Guoce XU
Erratum to: Endophytic bacteria associated with endangered plant Ferula sinkiangensis K. M. Shen in an arid land: diversity and plant growth-promoting traits, Yonghong LIU, Jianwei GUO, Li LI, and Wenjun LI
Erratum to: Nighttime sap flow and its driving forces for Populus euphratica in a desert riparian forest, Northwest China, Jianhua SI, Qi FENG, and Tengfei YU
Erratum to: Snowpack shifts cyanobacterial community in biological soil crusts, Bingchang ZHANG, Yongqing ZHANG, Xiaobing ZHOU, Xiangzhen LI, and Yuanming ZHANG
Estimating aboveground biomass in Mu Us Sandy Land using Landsat spectral derived vegetation indices over the past 30 years, Feng YAN, Bo WU, and YanJiao WANG
Estimating total nitrogen deposition in agroecosys-tems in northern China during the wheat cropping season, ChunE HE, XueJun LIU, Christie PETER, and Fangmeier ANDREAS
Estimation of meteorological drought indices based on AgMERRA precipitation data and station-observed precipitation data, Nasrin SALEHNIA, Amin ALIZADEH, and Hossein SANAEINEJAD
Estimation of net primary productivity and its driving factors in the Ili River Valley, China, Wei JIAO, Yaning CHEN, and Weihong LI
Estimation of spatial and temporal changes in net primary production based on Carnegie Ames Stanford Approach (CASA) model in semi-arid rangelands of Semirom County, Iran, Fatemeh HADIAN, JAFARI Reza, Hossein BASHARI, Mostafa TARTESH, and Kenneth D CLARKE
Estimation of the quantity of aeolian saltation sediments blown into the Yellow River from the Ulanbuh Desert, China, HeQiang DU, Xian XUE, and Tao WANG
Estimation of water balance in the source region of the Yellow River based on GRACE satellite data, Min XU, BaiSheng YE, QiuDong ZHAO, and ShiQing ZHANG
Evaluating agricultural water-use efficiency based on water footprint of crop values: a case study in Xinjiang of China, Yang HAI, Aihua LONG, Pei ZHANG, Xiaoya DENG, and Junfeng LI
Evaluating and modeling the spatiotemporal pattern of regional-scale salinized land expansion in highly sensitive shoreline landscape of southeastern Iran, Mohammad SHAFIEZADEH, Hossein MORADI, and Sima FAKHERAN
Evaluating land subsidence by field survey and D-InSAR technique in Damaneh City, Iran, Akbar GHAZIFARD, Elham AKBARI, and Koroush SHIRANI
Evaluation of an erosion-sediment transport model for a hillslope using laboratory flume data, Anya Catherine C. ARGUELLES, MinJae JUNG, Kristine Joy B. MALLARI, and JaeYoung YOON
Evaluation of groundwater sustainability based on groundwater age simulation in the Zhangye Basin of Heihe River watershed, northwestern China, Heng WEI, HongLang XIAO, and ZhenLiang YIN
Evaluation of oasis stability in the lower reaches of the Tarim River, Chao LENG, YaNing CHEN, XinGong LI, and YanXia SUN
Evaluation of spatial-temporal dynamics in surface water temperature of Qinghai Lake from 2001 to 2010 by using MODIS data, Fei XIAO, Feng LING, and Yun DU
Evaluation of the efficiency of irrigation methods on the growth and survival of tree seedlings in an arid climate, Zahra JAFARI, Sayed Hamid MATINKHAH, Mohammad R. MOSADDEGHI, and Mostafa TARKESH
Evaporative enrichment of stable isotopes (δ18O and δD) in lake water and the relation to lake-level change of Lake Qinghai, Northeast Tibetan Plateau of China, Huawu WU, Xiaoyan LI, and Jing LI
Evapotranspiration of an oasis-desert transition zone in the middle stream of Heihe River, Northwest China, LiWen ZHAO and WenZh ZHAO
Evolution of crescent-shaped sand dune under the influence of injected sand flux: scaling law and wind tunnel experiment, Yang ZHANG, Yuan WANG, and Xiaosi ZHOU
Exogenously applied glycinebetaine induced alteration in some key physio-biochemical attributes and plant anatomical features in water stressed oat (Avena sativa L.) plants, Anum SHEHZADI, Nudrat A. AKRAM, Ayaz ALI, and Muhammad ASHRAF
Explaining patterns of species dominance in the shrub steppe systems of the Junggar Basin (China) and Great Basin (USA), Wendy TROWBRIDGE, Thomas ALBRIGHT, and Scot FERGUSON
Exploration of the dynamic water resource carrying capacity of the Keriya River Basin on the southern margin of the Taklimakan Desert, China, Shuhong Yang and Tao Yang
Exploring tree diversity and stand structure of savanna woodlands in southeastern Sudan, Ahmed M M HASOBA, Ahmed A H SIDDIG, and Yousif E. YAGOUB
Export competitiveness of agricultural products and agricultural sustainability in China, Yulin LONG
Factors determining soil water heterogeneity on the Chinese Loess Plateau as based on an empirical mode decomposition method, Yidan GONG, Xuguang XING, and Weihua WANG
Fauna of Heteroptera in the deserts of Kazakhstan, Yesenbekova Perizat Abdykairovna
Fecal microbiota of three bactrian camels (Camelus ferus and Camelus bactrianus) in China by high throughput sequencing of the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene, Lei YUAN, Aladaer QI, and Yun CHENG
Fetch effect on the developmental process of aeolian sand transport in a wind tunnel, Zongyan CHEN, Fengjun XIAO, and Zhibao DONG
Film-mulched continuous ridge-furrow planting improves soil temperature, nutrient content and enzymatic activity in a winter oilseed rape field, Northwest China, Xiaobo GU, Yuannong LI, and Yadan DU
Fine-scale genetic structure of Eremosparton son-goricum and implication for conservation, Yan LIU, DaoYuan ZHANG, HongLan YANG, and MeiYing LIU
Five decades of glacier changes in the Hulugou Basin of central Qilian Mountains, Northwest China, Hui CHEN, ZhongQin LI, and PuYu WANG
Floral traits and pollination system of Zygophyllum xanthoxylum in the managed and wild populations in an arid region of Northwest China, Min CHEN, Xueyong ZHAO, and Xiao’an ZUO
Flow regime changes in three catchments with different landforms following ecological restoration in the Chinese Loess Plateau, Zhidong LUO, Erjia LIU, Shi QI, Nan ZHAO, and Yun SUN
Fluctuating resources, disturbance and plant strategies: diverse mechanisms underlying plant invasions, Ian J RADFORD
Fluvial sediments in the Alagxa Plateau as a dust source: iron mineralogical and geochemical evidence, Youjun WANG, Jia JIA, Hao LU, Caichen LU, and Dunsheng XIA
Fluxes of methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide in an alpine wetland and an alpine grassland of the Tianshan Mountains, China, GuiXiang HE, KaiHui LI, and XueJun LIU
Food habits of striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) in a semi-arid conservation area of India, M Shamshad ALAM and Jamal A. KHAN
Forest landscape and its ecological quality: a stepwise spatiotemporal evaluation through patch-matrix model in Jhargram District, West Bengal State, India, Mrinmay Mandal and Nilanjana Das Chatterjee
Forest recovery after clear-cutting in Chinese pine (Pinus tabuliformis) plantations of North China, Boqian DONG, Kuangji ZHAO, Zhibin WANG, and Zhongkui JIA
Forestry activity is one mechanism of invasion by arboreal plants, Gulnara SITPAEVA and Sergey CHEKALIN
Fractal features of soil profiles under different land use patterns on the Loess Plateau, China, Lie XIAO, Sha XUE, and GuoBin LIU
Freeze-thaw effects on erosion process in loess slope under simulated rainfall, Yuanyi SU, Peng LI, Zongping REN, Lie XIAO, and Hui ZHANG
From theme park to cultural tourism town: Disneyization turning of tourism space in China, Zi’ang Zhang, Zengxian Liang, and Jigang Bao
Gas exchange of Populus euphratica leaves in a riparian zone, Dieter OVERDIECK, Daniel ZICHE, and RuiDe YU
Genetic structure and historical demography of Malus sieversii in the Yili Valley and the western mountains of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China, HongXiang ZHANG, MingLi ZHANG, and LiNa WANG
Geochemical baseline determination and contamination of heavy metals in the urban topsoil of Fuxin City, China, Hua ZHANG, Miao YU, Hongjia XU, Huan WEN, and Haiyan FAN
Geochemical weathering of aeolian sand and its palaeoclimatic implications in the Mu Us Desert, northern China, since the Late Holocene, Bing LIU, Heling JIN, and Zhong SUN
Geochronology, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd isotopes of Early Carboniferous magmatism in southern West Junggar, northwestern China: Implications for Junggar oceanic plate subduction, LIU Pengde, LIU Xijun, XIAO Wenjiao, ZHANG Zhiguo, SONG Yujia, XIAO Yao, LIU Lei, and HU Rongguo
Geomorphologic patterns of dune networks in the Tengger Desert, China, Qing WEN and Zhibao DONG
Germination strategies of annual and short-lived perennial species in the Arabian Desert, Arvind BHATT, David J. GALLACHER, and Paulo R M SOUZA-FILHO
GIS-based assessment of non-equilibrium pattern between groundwater recharge and irrigation draft in a semi-arid region of Rajasthan, India, Bidyut K. BHADRA, Sanjay KUMAR, and Rakesh PALIWAL
Glacier mass balance in High Mountain Asia inferred from a GRACE release-6 gravity solution for the period 2002–2016, Longwei XIANG, Hansheng WANG, Liming JIANG, Qiang SHEN, Holger STEFFEN, and Zhen LI
Glacier variations and their response to climate change in an arid inland river basin of Northwest China, Zuhao ZHOU, Ning HAN, Jiajia LIU, Ziqi YAN, and Chongyu XU
Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus): a new bird record in Xinjiang, China, Yong XIA, Paul HOLT, and Yaotian WANG
Global Dryland Ecosystem Programme (G-DEP): Africa consultative meeting report, Yu PENG, Bojie FU, Linxiu ZHANG, Xiubo YU, and Chao FU
Grain-size characteristics of linear dunes on the northern margin of Qarhan Salt Lake, northwestern China, Jiyan LI, Zhibao DONG, and Zhengcai ZHANG
Grain size distribution at four developmental stages of crescent dunes in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert, China, Wenru JIA, Chunlai ZHANG, and Shengyu LI
Grazing every month minimizes size but boosts photosynthesis in Stipa grandis in the steppe of Inner Mongolia, China, Xiaobing LI, Qi HUANG, and Xue MI
Grazing exclusion-induced shifts, the relative importance of environmental filtering, biotic interactions and dispersal limitation in shaping desert steppe communities, northern China, Xing WANG, Naiping SONG, and Xinguo YANG
Grazing intensity effects on the vegetation in desert rangelands of Southern Tunisia, Mouldi GAMOUN
Gross nitrogen transformations and N2O emission sources in sandy loam and silt loam soils, Man LANG, Ping LI, and Wei WEI
Ground-active arthropod responses to rainfall-induced dune microhabitats in a desertified steppe ecosystem, China, Rentao LIU, Fan ZHU, and Yosef STEINBERGER
Groundwater contributions in water-salt balances of the lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert, China, Yanping GONG, Xusheng WANG, and Xiao B. HU
Groundwater evapotranspiration under psammophilous vegetation covers in the Mu Us Sandy Land, northern China, Donghui CHENG, Jibo DUAN, and Kang QIAN
Groundwater hydrochemistry and isotope geochemistry in the Turpan Basin, northwestern China, Lu CHEN, GuangCai WANG, and FuSheng HU
Growth and physiological responses of Agriophyllum squarrosum to sand burial stress, Jin LI, Hao QU, and HaLin ZHAO
Growth and sustainability of Suaeda salsa in the Lop Nur, China, Congjuan LI, Ran LIU, and Shijie WANG
Growth of the Sayram Lake and retreat of its water-supplying glaciers in the Tianshan Mountains from 1972 to 2011, Weiming CHENG, Nan WANG, and Shangmin ZHAO
GSPAC water movement in extremely dry area, HongShou LI, WanFu WANG, GuoBin ZHANG, and ZhengMo ZHANG
Habitat, occurrence and conservation status of the Saharo-Macaronesian and Southern-Mediterranean element Fagonia cretica L. (Zygophyllaceae) in Italy, Giovanni SPAMPINATO, Carmelo M. MUSARELLA, and Ana CANO-ORTIZ
Haloxylon ammodendron (Amaranthaceae) fruit development delay caused by post-flowering non-inductive photoperiod, Cai REN, Tian YU, Guanghang QU, and Hao MA
Heavy metal contamination of urban topsoil in a petrochemical industrial city in Xinjiang, China, Wei WANG, Yingshuai LAI, and Yuanyuan MA
Heterosis for water uptake by maize (Zea mays L.) roots under water deficit: responses at cellular, single-root and whole-root system levels, XiaoFang LIU, SuiQi ZHANG, and Lun SHAN
Hierarchical responses of soil organic and inorganic carbon dynamics to soil acidification in a dryland agroecosystem, China, Shaofei JIN, Xiaohong TIAN, and Hesong WANG
Homogeneity analysis of streamflow records in arid and semi-arid regions of northwestern Iran, Majid Kazemzadeh and Arash Malekian
Hourly and monthly variations in the surface activity patterns of Hemilepistus reaumurii in arid environments of Tunisia, Anas AYARI, Moez TOUIHRI, and Chedlia GHEMARI
How precipitation and grazing influence the ecological functions of drought-prone grasslands on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, China?, Xiaotao HUANG, Geping LUO, Chunbo CHEN, Jian PENG, Chujie ZHANG, Huakun ZHOU, Buqing YAO, Zhen MA, and Xiaoyan XI
Human induced dryland degradation in Ordos Plateau, China, revealed by multilevel statistical modeling of normalized difference vegetation index and rainfall time-series, Jing ZHANG, JianMing NIU, and Tongliga BAO
Hydraulic resistance partitioning between shoot and root system and plant water status of Haloxyolon ammodendron growing at sites of contrasting soil texture, GuiQing XU, Yan LI, and Ting ZOU
Hydrochemical characteristics and evolution of groundwater in the dried-up river oasis of the Tarim Basin, Central Asia, WANG Wanrui, CHEN Yaning, WANG Weihua, XIA Zhenhua, LI Xiaoyang, and Patient M. KAYUMBA
Hydrogen isotopic composition of plant leaf wax in response to soil moisture in an arid ecosystem of the northeast Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, Yuan YAO and WeiGuo LIU
Hydrological and economic feasibility of mitigating a stressed coastal aquifer using managed aquifer recharge: a case study of Jamma aquifer, Oman, Mustafa EL-RAWY, Ali AL-MAKTOUMI, Slim ZEKRI, Osman ABDALLA, and Rashid AL-ABRI
Hydrological and water cycle processes of inland river basins in the arid region of Northwest China, Yaning CHEN, Baofu LI, Yuting FAN, Congjian SUN, and Gonghuan FANG
Hydrological response to land use and land cover changes in a sub-watershed of West Liaohe River Basin, China, XiaoLi YANG, LiLiang REN, and Yi LIU
Hyper-spectral characteristics of rolled-leaf desert vegetation in the Hexi Corridor, China, Huaidong WEI, Xuemei YANG, Feng DING, Feng DING, Weixing ZHANG, Shizeng LIU, and Fang CHEN
Ice thickness distribution and volume estimation of Burqin Glacier No. 18 in the Chinese Altay Mountains, Shuang JIN, Zhongqin LI, Zemin WANG, Feiteng WANG, and Chunhai XU
Identification of sand and dust storm source areas in Iran, Hui CAO, Jian LIU, and Guizhou WANG
Identifying the influence of urbanization on soil organic matter content and pH from soil magnetic characteristics, Han YANG, Heigang XIONG, and Xuegang CHEN
Identity and distribution of weedy Pedicularis kansuensis Maxim. (Orobanchaceae) in Tianshan Mountains of Xinjiang: morphological, anatomical and molecular evidence, Xiaolin SUI, Patrick KUSS, Wenjun LI, and Airong LI
Impact factors of soil wind erosion in the center ofTaklimakan Desert, Qing HE, XingHua YANG, Ali Mamtimin, and ShiHao TANG
Impact of agricultural development on variation in surface runoff in arid regions: a case of the Aksu River Basin, XinHuan ZHANG, DeGang YANG, and XinYi XIANG
Impact of air drought on photosynthesis efficiency of the Siberian crabapple (Malus baccata L. Borkh.) in the forest-steppe zone of Transbaikalia, Russia, Alexandr RUDIKOVSKII, Elena RUDIKOVSKAYA, and Lyubov DUDAREVA
Impact of aridization on soil cover transformation of the Aral Sea and the modern Syr-Darya Delta, Tomina Tatyana KONSTANTINOVNA and Azhikina Natalya ZHEKSEMBAEVNA
Impact of climate change on the streamflow in the glacierized Chu River Basin, Central Asia, Changkun MA, Lin SUN, Shiyin LIU, and Yi LUO
Impact of climate factors on runoff in the Kaidu River watershed: path analysis of 50-year data, XueMei LI, LanHai LI, LingPeng GUO, and FeiYun ZHANG
Impact of enclosure management on soil properties and microbial biomass in a restored semi-arid rangeland, Kenya, Stephen M. MUREITHI, Ann VERDOODT, and Charles KK GACHENE
Impact of great gerbils (Rhombomys opimus) on desert plant communities, Wenxuan XU, Wei LIU, and Weikang YANG
Impact of high-speed railway construction on spatial relationships in the Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration, Huiling Zheng and Xiaoshu Cao
Impact of land use change on water resource allocation in the middle reaches of the Heihe River Basin in northwestern China, YanYun NIAN, Xin LI, and Jian ZHOU
Impact of land use/cover changes on carbon storage in a river valley in arid areas of Northwest China, Yuhai YANG, Weihong LI, and Chenggang ZHU
Impact of large-scale vegetation restoration project on summer land surface temperature on the Loess Plateau, China, Guohua HE, Yong ZHAO, and Jianhua WANG
Impact of livelihood diversification of rural households on their ecological footprint in agro-pastoral areas of northern China, Haiguang HAO, Jiping ZHANG, Xiubin LI, and Huiyuan ZHANG
Impact of nitrogen addition on plant community in a semi-arid temperate steppe in China, Ling SONG, XueMei BAO, XueJun LIU, and FuSuo ZHANG
Impact of sand burial on maize (Zea mays L.) productivity and soil quality in Horqin sandy cropland, Inner Mongolia, China, Shaokun WANG, Xueyong ZHAO, and Halin ZHAO
Impact of utility-scale solar photovoltaic array on the aeolian sediment transport in Hobq Desert, China, Guodong TANG, Zhongju MENG, Yong GAO, and Xiaohong DANG
Impacts of climate change and human activities on water resources in the Ebinur Lake Basin, Northwest China, Yuejian WANG, Xinchen GU, Guang YANG, Junqiang YAO, and Na LIAO
Impacts of climate warming and crop management on maize phenology in northern China, Dengpan XIAO, Yanxi ZHAO, Huizi BAI, Yukun HU, and Jiansheng CAO
Impacts of grazing and mowing on reproductive behaviors of Stipa grandis and Stipa krylovii in a semi-arid area, Hui GAO, YuBao GAO, and XingDong HE
Impacts of land disturbance and restoration on runoff production and sediment yield in the Chinese Loess Plateau, Ning AI, Tianxing WEI, and Qingke ZHU
Impacts of livestock grazing on a savanna grassland in Kenya, John KIOKO, John Warui KIRINGE, and Simon Ole SENO
Impacts of snow on seed germination are independent of seed traits and plant ecological characteristics in a temperate desert of Central Asia, Anlifeire ANNIWAER, Yangui SU, Xiaobing ZHOU, and Yuanming ZHANG
Impacts of temperature and precipitation on runoff in the Tarim River during the past 50 years, YuTing FAN, YaNing CHEN, WeiHong LI, and HuaiJun WANG
Impacts of water resource planning on regional water consumption pattern: A case study in Dunhuang Oasis, China, Xifeng ZHANG, Xin JIN, Xiao BAI, Yanbin JIANG, and Chansheng HE
Impacts of wind erosion and seasonal changes on soil carbon dioxide emission in southwestern Iran, Nadia KAMALI, Hamid SIROOSI, and Ahmad SADEGHIPOUR
Improving wood volume predictions in dry tropical forest in the semi-arid Brazil, Robson B de LIMA, Patrícia A B BARRETO-GARCIA, Alessandro de PAULA, Jhuly E S PEREIRA, and Flávia F de CARVALHO
Incremental adaptation strategies for agricultural water management under water scarcity condition in Northeast Iran, Morteza SALMANI SABZEVAR, Amirreza Rezaei, and Bagher KHALEGHI
Index-based assessment of agricultural drought in a semi-arid region of Inner Mongolia, China, Rui LI, Atsushi TSUNEKAWA, and Mitsuru TSUBO
Influence of bean rhizosphere on the biological properties and phosphorus fractionation in the calcareous soils amended with municipal sewage sludge, Tahereh RAIESI, Alireza HOSSEINPUR, and Hamideh RAIESI
Influence of climate warming and nitrogen deposition on soil phosphorus composition and phosphorus availability in a temperate grassland, China, GuangNa ZHANG, ZhenHua CHEN, AiMing ZHANG, and LiJun CHEN
Influence of groundwater depth on speciescomposition and community structure inthe transition zone of Cele oasis, XiangYi LI, LiSha LIN, Qiang ZHAO, and XiMing ZHANG
Influence of non-stationarity and auto-correlation of climatic records on spatio-temporal trend and seasonality analysis in a region with prevailing arid and semi-arid climate, Iran, Mahsa MIRDASHTVAN and Mohsen MOHSENI SARAVI
Influence of salinity and moisture on the threshold shear velocity of saline sand in the Qarhan Desert, Qaidam Basin of China: A wind tunnel experiment, Chao LI, Zhibao DONG, Shuyan YIN, Guoxiang CHEN, and Junhuai YANG
Influence of tourist disturbance on soil properties, plant communities, and surface water quality in the Tianchi scenic area of Xinjiang, China, Bin WEN, Xiaolei ZHANG, and Zhaoping YANG
Influence of vegetation parameters on runoff and sediment characteristics in patterned Artemisia capillaris plots, GuanHua ZHANG, GuoBin LIU, and PingCang ZHANG
Influences of drip and flood irrigation on soil carbon dioxide emission and soil carbon sequestration of maize cropland in the North China Plain, Shufang GUO, Yuchun QI, Qin PENG, and Yunshe DONG
Influences of landform as a confounding variable on SOM-NDVI association in semiarid Ordos Plateau, YanYun LUO, TingXi LIU, and XiXi WANG
Influences of sand cover on erosion processes of loess slopes based on rainfall simulation experiments, Xiang ZHANG, Zhanbin LI, and Peng LI
Integrating water use systems and soil and water conservation measures into a hydrological model of an Iranian Wadi system, Nariman MAHMOODI, Jens KIESEL, Paul D. WAGNER, and Nicola FOHRER
Interaction between Cd and Pb in the soil-plant system: a case study of an arid oasis soil-cole system, ZhuanJun ZHAO, ZhongRen NAN, and ZhaoWei WANG
Interaction between climate and management on beta diversity components of vegetation in relation to soil properties in arid and semi-arid oak forests, Iran, Heydari MEHDI, Fatemeh AAZAMI, Marzban FARAMARZI, Reza OMIDIPOUR, Masoud BAZGIR, David POTHIER, and Bernard PRÉVOSTO
Interactions between vegetation dynamic and edaphic factors in the Great Salt Desert of central Iran, Hossein BASHARI, SeyedMehrdad KAZEMI, Soghra POODINEH, Mohammad R. MOSADDEGHI, Mostafa TARKESH, and SeyedMehdi ADNANI
Interactions between water-land resources and oasis urban development at the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China, Jun LEI, Wen DONG, and Yu YANG
Interactions between wind and water erosion change sediment yield and particle distribution under simulated conditions, Dengfeng TUO, Mingxiang XU, and Yunge ZHAO
Interactive effects of soil temperature and moisture on soil N mineralization in a Stipa krylovii grassland in Inner Mongolia, China, Yue LI, YingHui LIU, and YaLin WANG
Interactive effects of wind speed, vegetation coverage and soil moisture in controlling wind erosion in a temperate desert steppe, Inner Mongolia of China, Zhongju MENG, Xiaohong DANG, and Yong GAO
Interdecadal variations of pan-evaporation at the southern and northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, China, Sisi LI, Quan WANG, and Lanhai LI
Inter-population variabilities in seed mass and germination of Panicum turgidum and Pennisetum divisum in the desert of Kuwait, Arvind BHATT, Narayana R. BHAT, Afaf AL-NASSER, María M. CARÓN, and Andrea SANTO
Intra-annual stem diameter growth of Tamarix ramosissima and association with hydroclimatic factors in the lower reaches of China’s Heihe River, ShengChun XIAO, HongLang XIAO, and XiaoMei PENG
Invasion syndromes: hypotheses on relationships among invasive species attributes and characteristics of invaded sites, Lora B PERKINS and Robert S NOWAK
Investigating natural drivers of vegetation coverage variation using MODIS imagery in Qinghai, China, Lei ZHOU and Aifeng LYU
Investigating spatial and temporal variations of soil moisture content in an arid mining area using an improved thermal inertia model, Yuchen WANG, Zhengfu BIAN, and Shaogang LEI
Investigation of crop evapotranspiration and irrigation water requirement in the lower Amu Darya River Basin, Central Asia, Durdiev KHAYDAR, Xi CHEN, Yue HUANG, Makhmudov ILKHOM, Tie LIU, Ochege FRIDAY, Abdullaev FARKHOD, Gafforov KHUSEN, and Omarakunova GULKAIYR
Irrigation erosion of irrigated soils in the foothills of southern Kazakhstan, Abdulla S. SAPAROV, Enadiy K. МIRZAKEEV, Tatyana M. SHARYPOVA, and Jilili ABUDUWAILI
Is bi-seasonal germination an optimal choice for an ephemeral plant living in a cold desert?, Shanlin YANG, Xiang SHI, Shaoming WANG, Jiashu LIU, Fanxiang MENG, and Wei PANG
Isolation and identification of desert habituated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi newly reported from the Arabian Peninsula, Sarah SYMANCZIK, Janusz BŁASZKOWSKI, Sally KOEGEL, and Mohamed N. AL-YAHYA'EI
Lake surface area method to define minimum ecological lake level from level–area–storage curves, SongHao SHANG
Land cover change and eco-environmental quality response of different geomorphic units on the Chinese Loess Plateau, Yongyong SONG, Dongqian XUE, Lanhai DAI, Pengtao WANG, and Xiaogang HUANG
Land cover change detection based on satellite data for an arid area to the south of Aksu in Taklimakan desert, Kiyoshi TSUCHIYA, Tamotsu IGARSHI, and Muhtar QONG
Land cover changes and the effects of cultivation on soil properties in Shelihu wetland, Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China, Jie LIAN, XueYong ZHAO, and XiaoAn ZUO
Land degradation sensitivity assessment and convergence analysis in Korla of Xinjiang, China, Jinchen DING, Yunzhi CHEN, Xiaoqin WANG, and Meiqin CAO
Landscape eco-environment risk assessment ofhighway in arid area of Xinjiang, China, YiBing QIAN, HuaRong ZHOU, and ZhaoNing WU
Land surface temperature retrieval for arid regions based on Landsat-8 TIRS data: a case study in Shihezi, Northwest China, Lei YANG, YunGang CAO, XiaoHua ZHU, and XiuChun YANG
Large scale sand saltation over hard surface: a controlled experiment in still air, Benli LIU, Zhaoyun WANG, Baicheng NIU, and Jianjun QU
Leaf gas exchange and photosynthesis curves of Elymus nutans and Potentilla anserina under fencing and grazing conditions in the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China, Junjie LIU, Xiaoping WANG, Yunfei GAO, Zhanlei RONG, Guangde ZHANG, Wenbin WANG, Lijuan GE, Yahua MAO, Zhaoxia GUO, and Chuanyan ZHAO
Leaf N and P stoichiometry of 57 plant species in the Karamori Mountain Ungulate Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, China, Ye TAO, Ganlin WU, and Yuanming ZHANG
Limitations on the recruitment of the rare sand shrubby legume Eremosparton songoricum (Fabaceae) in Gurbantunggut Desert, China, DaoYuan ZHANG, HuiLiang LIU, Xiang SHI, and JianCheng WANG
Linking water and nutrients through the vadose zone: a fungal interface between the soil and plant systems, Michael F. ALLEN
Litter decomposition and C and N dynamics as affected by N additions in a semi-arid temperate steppe, Inner Mongolia of China, Qin PENG, YuChun QI, and YunShe DONG
Livestock induces strong spatial heterogeneity of soil CO2, N2O and CH4 emissions within a semi-arid sylvo-pastoral landscape in West Africa, Mohamed H. ASSOUMA, Dominique SERÇA, and Frédéric GUÉRIN
Local convergence zones or discontinuous lines in the Taklimakan Desert, Northwest China, Masatoshi YOSHINO, Takashi ISHIYAMA, and Jun SUZUKI
Localized salt accumulation: the main reason for cotton root length decrease during advanced growth stages under drip irrigation with mulch film in a saline soil, WenXuan MAI, ChangYan TIAN, and Li LI
Long-term agricultural activity affects anthropogenic soil on the Chinese Loess Plateau, Xiaoyun LI, Yiquan WANG, and Mark E. REYNOLDS
Long-term effects of gravel―sand mulch on soil organic carbon and nitrogen in the Loess Plateau of northwestern China, Yang QIU, ZhongKui XIE, and YaJun WANG
Long-term effects of mowing on plasticity and allometry of Leymus chinensis in a temperate semi-arid grassland, China, Xiliang LI, Xiangyang HOU, Weibo REN, and Taogetao BAOYIN
Long-term oscillation of drought conditions in the western China: an analysis of PDSI on a decadal scale, Jia JIN, Quan WANG, and Lanhai LI
Long-term variations in runoff of the Syr Darya River Basin under climate change and human activities, Sanim BISSENBAYEVA, Jilili ABUDUWAILI, Assel SAPAROVA, and Toqeer AHMED
Low-carbon economic development in Central Asia based on LMDI decomposition and comparative decoupling analyses, Jiaxiu LI, Yaning CHEN, Zhi LI, and Xiaotao HUANG
Low soil temperature reducing the yield of drip irrigated rice in arid area by influencing anther development and pollination, Jun ZHANG, Peng DONG, Haoyu ZHANG, Chaoran MENG, Xinjiang ZHANG, Jianwei HOU, and Changzhou WEI
Magnetic property of loess strata recorded by Kansu profile in Tianshan Mountains, Jia JIA, XianBin LIU, DunSheng XIA, and HaiTao WEI
Magnetostratigraphy and provenance of the Qingzhou loess in Shandong province, ShuZhen PENG, LiJun ZHU, GuoQiao XIAO, and YanSong QIAO
Major elements in the Holocene loess-paleosol sequence in the upper reaches of the Weihe River valley, China, Honglian WAN, Chunchang HUANG, and Jiangli PANG
Mapping aboveground biomass by integrating geospatial and forest inventory data through a k-nearest neighbor strategy in North Central Mexico, Carlos A. AGUIRRE-SALADO, Eduardo J. TREVIÑO-GARZA, and Oscar A. AGUIRRE-CALDERÓN
Mapping desertification potential using life cycle assessment method: a case study in Lorestan Province, Iran, Abolfazl RANJBAR, Somayeh HEYDARNEJAD, Sayed H. MOUSAVI, and Roohallah MIRZAEI
Mapping the current and future distributions of Onosma species endemic to Iran, Farzaneh KHAJOEI NASAB, Ahmadreza MEHRABIAN, and Hossein MOSTAFAVI
Market opportunities do not explain the ability of herders to meet livelihood objectives over winter on the Mongolian Plateau, Haihua BAI, Yanting YIN, Jane ADDISON, Yulu HOU, and Linhe WANG
Material dependence of cities and implications for regional sustainability, Yupeng Liu, Jiajia Li, Linlin Duan, and Min Dai
Maternal salinity environment affects salt tolerance during germination in Anabasis setifera: A facultative desert halophyte, Ali EL-KEBLAWY, Sanjay GAIROLA, and Arvind BHATT
Maternal salinity improves yield, size and stress tolerance of Suaeda fruticosa seeds, Syed Z. SHAH, Aysha RASHEED, Bilquees GUL, Muhammad A. KHAN, and Brent L. NIELSEN
Mathematical and statistical modeling of morphometric and planar parameters of barchans in Pashoeyeh Erg in the west of Lut Desert, Iran, Hossein GHAZANFARPOUR, Mohsen POURKHOSRAVANI, Sayed H. MOUSAVI, and Ali MEHRABI
Measurement and influencing factors of urban traffic ecological resilience in developing countries: A case study of 31 Chinese cities, Xiwu HU, Yunqing SU, Kefeng REN, and Fang SONG
Measuring cotton water status using water-related vegetation indices at leaf and canopy levels, QiuXiang YI, AnMing BAO, and Yi LUO
Mechanisms of bush encroachment and its inter-connection with rangeland degradation in semi-arid African ecosystems: a review, Anteneh BELAYNEH and Zewdu K. TESSEMA
Melting and shrinkage of cryosphere in Tibet and its impact on the ecological environment, JianGuo ZHANG, YingLi WANG, YunSong JI, and DeZhi YAN
Mesophyll thickness and sclerophylly among Calotropis procera morphotypes reveal water-saved adaptation to environments, Marcelo POMPELLI, Keila R. MENDES, Marcio V. RAMOS, José N B SANTOS, Diaa T A YOUSSEF, Jaqueline D PEREIRA, Laurício ENDRES, Alfredo JARMA-OROZCO, Rodolfo SOLANO-GOMES, Betty JARMA-ARROYO, André L J SILVA, Marcos A SANTOS, and Werner C ANTUNES
Meteorological drought features in northern and northwestern parts of Mexico under different climate change scenarios, Carlos ESCALANTE-SANDOVAL and Pedro NUÑEZ-GARCIA
Meteorological impacts on evapotranspiration in different climatic zones of Pakistan, Shahzada ADNAN, Kalim ULLAH, and Azmat H. KHAN
Microbial diversity in the saline-alkali soil of a coastal Tamarix chinensis woodland at Bohai Bay, China, Wanqiu LIU, Wei ZHANG, and Guangxiu LIU
Microclimate and CO2 fluxes on continuous fine days in the Xihu desert wetland, China, QianQian GOU, JianJun QU, and ZhiWen HAN
Migration and accumulation of heavy metals in disturbed landscapes in developing ore deposits, East Kazakhstan, Gulzhan BEISEYEVA and Jilili ABUDUWALI
Mitigating the catastrophic impacts of torrential rivers in semi-arid environments: a case of the Gash River in eastern Sudan, Samir Mohammad Ali Alredaisy
Model based decision support system for land use changes and socio-economic assessments, Yang YU, Xi CHEN, and Philipp HUTTNER
Modeling grassland net primary productivity and water-use efficiency along an elevational gradient of the Northern Tianshan Mountains, QiFei HAN, GePing LUO, and ChaoFan LI
Modeling spatio-temporal distribution of soil moisture by deep learning-based cellular automata model, Xiaodong SONG, Ganlin ZHANG, and Feng LIU
Modeling the contribution of abiotic exchange to CO2 flux in alkaline soils of arid areas, WenFeng WANG, Xi CHEN, and GePing LUO
Modelling the impact of climate change on rangeland forage production using a generalized regression neural network: a case study in Isfahan Province, Central Iran, Zahra JABERALANSAR, Mostafa TARKESH, and Mehdi BASSIRI
Modified non-rectangular hyperbola equation with plant height for photosynthetic light-response curves of Potentilla anserina and Elymus nutans at various growth phases in the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China, Junjie LIU, Xiaoping WANG, Zhanlei RONG, Yunfei GAO, Guangde ZHANG, Wenbin WANG, Lijuan GE, Yahua MAO, Zhaoxia GUO, Qingtao WANG, and Chuanyan ZHAO
Molecular phylogeny of tribe Atraphaxideae (Polygonaceae) evidenced from five cpDNA genes, YanXia SUN and MingLi ZHANG
Monitoring desertification processes in Mongolian Plateau using MODIS tasseled cap transformation and TGSI time series, Qingsheng LIU, Gaohuan LIU, and Chong HUANG
Monitoring fire regimes and assessing their driving factors in Central Asia, Hanmin YIN, Jiapaer GULI, Liangliang JIANG, Tao YU, Jeanine UMUHOZA, and Xu LI
Monitoring recent changes in snow cover in Central Asia using improved MODIS snow-cover products, Jinping LIU, Wanchang ZHANG, and Tie LIU
Monitoring the impact of climate change andhuman activities on grassland vegetation dynamics in the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China during 2000–2015, Qinli XIONG, Yang XIAO, Marwa Waseem A. HALMY, Mohammed A. DAKHIL, Pinghan LIANG, Chenggang LIU, Lin ZHANG, Bikram PANDEY, Kaiwen PAN, Sameh B EL KAFRAWAY, and Jun CHEN
Monophyly and infrageneric variation of Corisper-mum L. (Chenopodiaceae), evidence from sequence data psbB-psbH, rbcL and ITS, JuanJuan XUE and MingLi ZHANG
Monthly and seasonal streamflow forecasting of large dryland catchments in Brazil, Alexandre C. COSTA, Alvson B S ESTACIO, Francisco de A de SOUZA FILHO, and Iran E LIMA NETO
Morphological characteristics and dynamic changes of seif dunes in the eastern margin of the Kumtagh Desert, China, Yingjun PANG, Bo WU, Yonghua LI, and Shengbo XIE
Morphological variation of star dune and implications for dune management: a case study at the Crescent Moon Spring scenic spot of Dunhuang, China, Weimin ZHANG, Lihai Lihai, Zhishan AN, Kecun ZHANG, Yang GAO, and Qinghe NIU
Morphology and formation mechanism of sand shadow dunes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, JianHua XIAO, JianJun QU, and ZhengYi YAO
Mulching mode and planting density affect canopy interception loss of rainfall and water use efficiency of dryland maize on the Loess Plateau of China, Jing ZHENG, Junliang FAN, and Fucang ZHANG
Multi-decadal variations in glacier flow velocity and the influencing factors of Urumqi Glacier No. 1 in Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China, Puyu WANG, Zhongqin LI, and Chunhai XU
Multi-scale spatial relationships between soil total nitrogen and influencing factors in a basin landscape based on multivariate empirical mode decomposition, Hongfen ZHU, Yi CAO, Yaodong JING, Geng LIU, Rutian BI, and Wude YANG
Mycorrhizal colonization of chenopods and its influencing factors in different saline habitats, China, Yinan ZHAO, Hongqing YU, Tao ZHANG, and Jixun GUO
N and P resorption in a pioneer shrub (Artemisia halodendron) inhabiting severely desertified lands of Northern China, YuLin LI, Chen JING, and Wei MAO
Natural heritage values and comparative analyses of Kanas, China, ZhaoPing YANG, XiaoLei ZHANG, Feng DI, and Geoffrey WALL
Natural vegetation restoration of Liaodong oak (Quercus liaotungensis Koidz.) forests rapidly increased the content and ratio of inert carbon in soil macroaggregates, Lipeng SUN, Lirong HE, Guoliang WANG, Hang JING, and Guobin LIU
Near-surface sand-dust horizontal flux in Tazhong—the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert, XingHua YANG, Qing HE, and Mamtimin ALI
Near-surface wind environment in the Yarlung Zangbo River basin, southern Tibetan Plateau, Junhuai YANG, Dunsheng XIA, Shuyuan WANG, Weidong TIAN, and Xingyue MA
New evidence for the links between the local water cycle and the underground wet sand layer of a mega-dune in the Badain Jaran Desert, China, Jun WEN, ZhongBo SU, and TangTang ZHANG
Nighttime sap flow and its driving forces for Populus euphratica in a desert riparian forest, Northwest China, Jianhua SI, Qi FENG, and Tengfei YU
Nitrogen deposition as an important nutrientfrom the environment and its impact onecosystems in China, XueJun LIU, Ling SONG, ChunE HE, and FuSuo ZHANG
Non-growing season soil CO2 efflux and its changes in an alpine meadow ecosystem of the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China, ZongQiang CHANG, XiaoQing LIU, and Qi FENG
Numerical simulations of flow and sediment transport within the Ning-Meng reach of the Yellow River, northern China, Shentang DOU, Xin YU, and Heqiang DU
Oasis cold island effect and its influence on air temperature: a case study of Tarim Basin, Northwest China, Xingming HAO and Weihong LI
Observation of saltation activity at Tazhong area in Taklimakan Desert, China, XingHua YANG, Ali MAMTIMIN, and Qing HE
One-dimensional horizontal infiltration experiment for determining permeability coefficient of loamy sand, Shunjun HU, Hai ZHU, and Yongbao CHEN
On sustaining the ecology and livestock industryof the Bayanbuluk Grasslands, Adrian R. WILLIAMS
Optically stimulated luminescence dating of sandy deposits from Gulang county at the southern margin of the Tengger Desert, China, Jun PENG, Zhibao DONG, and Fengqing HAN
Optimal root system strategies for desert phreatophytic seedlings in the search for groundwater, Changjun LI, Fanjiang ZENG, and Bo ZHANG
Optimization designs of artificial facilities in deserts based on computational simulation, Hongchao DUN, Ning HUANG, and Jie ZHANG
Optimization of reed-specific degrading bacteria by re-sponse surfaces for remediation of crude oil-polluted soil in Xinjiang, China, YaMing DONG, ChaoCheng ZHAO, and Yun CAI
Optimizing water and nitrogen inputs for winter wheat cropping system on the Loess Plateau, China, QiuPing FU, QuanJiu WANG, and XinLei SHEN
Organochlorine pesticides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water and sediment of the Bosten Lake, Northwest China, Beibei SHEN, Jinglu WU, and Zhonghua ZHAO
Origin and circulation of saline springs in the Kuqa Basin of the Tarim Basin, Northwest China, Junjie SHAN, Jianping WANG, Fashou SHAN, Xueming TENG, and Qishun FAN
Pattern analysis of a linear dune field on the northern margin of Qarhan Salt Lake, northwestern China, Jiyan LI, Zhibao DONG, and Guangqiang QIAN
Patterns, magnitude, and controlling factors of hydraulic redistribution of soil water by Tamarix ramosissima roots, TengFei YU, Qi FENG, and JianHua SI
Performance and uncertainty analysis of a short-term climate reconstruction based on multi-source data in the Tianshan Mountains region, China, Xuemei LI, Slobodan P. SIMONOVIC, Lanhai LI, Xueting ZHANG, and Qirui QIN
Performance of different drought indices for agriculture drought in the North China Plain, Xianfeng LIU, Xiufang ZHU, and Yaozhong PAN
Periodical characteristics of baseflow in the source region of the Yangtze River, KaiZhu QIAN, Li WAN, and XuSheng WANG
Persistence of four dominant psammophyte species in central Inner Mongolia of China under continual drought, YuanRun ZHENG, LianHe JIANG, and Yong GAO
Phenology of desert plants from an arid gravel plain in eastern United Arab Emirates, Sabitha SAKKIR, Junid N. SHAH, and Abdul J. CHERUTH
Phenotypic plasticity in response to soil moisture availability in the clonal plant Eremosparton songo-ricum (Litv.) Vass., JianCheng WANG, Xiang SHI, DaoYuan ZHANG, and LinKe YIN
Phenotypic plasticity of Artemisia ordosica seedlings in response to different levels of calcium carbonate in soil, Pingping G. XUE, Xuelai ZHAO, Yubao GAO, and Xingdong HE
Physio-biochemical and nutrient constituents of peanut plants under bentazone herbicide for broad-leaved weed control and water regimes in dry land areas, Hani S. SAUDY, Ibrahim M. EL–METWALLY, and Goma A. ABD EL–SAMAD
Physiological and biochemical appraisal for mulching and partial rhizosphere drying of cotton, Rashid IQBAL, Muhammad A S RAZA, Muhammad F. SALEEM, Imran H. KHAN, Salman AHMAD, Muhammad S ZAHEER, Muhammad U ASLAM, and Imran HAIDER
Physiological responses of artificial moss biocrusts to dehydration-rehydration process and heat stress on the Loess Plateau, China, Chongfeng BU, Chun WANG, and Yongsheng YANG
Physiological responses of Populus euphratica Oliv. to groundwater table variations in the lower reaches of Heihe River, Northwest China, Yang ZHAO, ChuanYan ZHAO, and ZhongLin XU
Phytogeography of the northeastern coast of the Caspian Sea: native flora and recent colonizations, Liliya A. DIMEYEVA
Planar morphology and controlling factors of the gullies in the Yuanmou Dry-hot Valley based on field investigation, Qingchun DENG, Fang MIAO, and Bin ZHANG
Plant assemblage and diversity variation with human disturbances in coastal habitats of the western Arabian Gulf, Raafat H. ABD EL-WAHAB
Plantations of native shrub species restore soil microbial diversity in the Horqin Sandy Land, northeastern China, DeMing JIANG, ChengYou CAO, and Ying ZHANG
Plant community dynamics in arid lands: the role of desert ants, Mohsen SHARAFATMANDRAD and Azam KHOSRAVI MASHIZI
Plant cover as an estimator of above-ground biomass in semi-arid woody vegetation in Northeast Patagonia, Argentina, Laura B. RODRIGUEZ, Silvia S. TORRES ROBLES, Marcelo F. ARTURI, Juan M. ZEBERIO, Andrés C H GRAND, and Néstor I. GASPARRI
Plant diversity-productivity patterns in the alpine steppe environment of the Central TianshanMountains, YuKun HU, KaiHui LI, YanMing GONG, and Wei YIN
Planting density affected biomass and grain yield of maize for seed production in an arid region of Northwest China, Xuelian JIANG, Ling TONG, and Shaozhong KANG
Plant-to-plant direct competition for belowground resource in an overlapping depletion zone, Amit CHAKRABORTY and BaiLian LI
Pleniglacial millennium-scale climate variations in northern China based on records from the Salawusu River Valley, FengNian WANG, BaoSheng LI, and JiangLong WANG
Potassium forms in calcareous soils as affected by clay minerals and soil development in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Southwest Iran, Sirous SHAKERI and Seyed A. ABTAHI
Potato absorption and phytoavailability of Cd, Ni, Cu, Zn and Pb in sierozem soils amended with municipal sludge compost, Zheng LIU, Zhongren NAN, and Chuanyan ZHAO
Potential habitat modeling for reintroduction of three native plant species in central Iran, Elham G. ARDESTANI, Mostafa TARKESH, and Mehdi BASSIRI
Potential impacts of climate change on Welwitschia mirabilis populations in the Namib Desert, southern Africa, Pierluigi BOMBI
Potential of rooftop rainwater harvesting to meet outdoor water demand in arid regions, Kazi TAMADDUN, Ajay KALRA, and Sajjad AHMAD
Potential reduction in water consumption of greenhouse evaporative coolers in arid areas via earth-tube heat exchangers, Abdulrahim M. AL-ISMAILI, Moustafa A. FADEL, Hemantha JAYASURIYA, L H Janitha JEEWANTHA, Adel AL-MAHDOURI, and Talal AL-SHUKEILI
Potential responses of vegetation to atmospheric aerosols in arid and semi-arid regions of Asia, Linlin JIAO, Xunming WANG, Diwen CAI, and Ting HUA
Potential risks and challenges of climate change in the arid region of northwestern China, Yaning Chen, Xueqi Zhang, Gonghuan Fang, and Zhi Li
Precipitation amount and frequency affect seedling emergence and growth of Reaumuria soongarica in northwestern China, Lishan SHAN, Wenzhi ZHAO, and Yi LI
Precipitation and soil particle size co-determine spatial distribution of biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, China, Lin WU and Yuanming ZHANG
Precipitation changes in the mid-latitudes of the Chinese mainland during 1960–2014, Yuling HU, Shigong WANG, and Xuping SONG
Precipitation forecasting by large-scale climate indices and machine learning techniques, Mehdi GHOLAMI ROSTAM, Seyyed Javad SADATINEJAD, and Arash MALEKIAN
Precipitation trends and variability from 1950 to 2000 in arid lands of Central Asia, Ligang XU, Hongfei ZHOU, and Li DU
Predicting of dust storm source by combining remote sensing, statistic-based predictive models and game theory in the Sistan watershed, southwestern Asia, Mahdi BOROUGHANI, Sima POURHASHEMI, Hamid GHOLAMI, and Dimitris G. KASKAOUTIS
Predicting the dynamics of local adaptation in invasive species, Erin K. ESPELAND
Prediction of meteorological drought in arid and semi-arid regions using PDSI and SDSM: a case study in Fars Province, Iran, Sheida DEHGHAN, Nasrin SALEHNIA, Nasrin SAYARI, and Bahram BAKHTIARI
Prioritizing woody species for the rehabilitation of arid lands in western Iran based on soil properties and carbon sequestration, Masoud BAZGIR, Reza OMIDIPOUR, Mehdi HEYDARI, Nasim ZAINALI, and Masoud HAMIDI
Processes and trends of the land use change in Aksu watershed in the central Asia from 1960 to 2008, DeCheng ZHOU, GePing LUO, and Lei LU
Profiling soil free-living nematodes in the Namib Desert, Namibia, Eugene MARAIS, Gillian MAGGS-KÖLLING, Chen SHERMAN, Tirza DONIGER, and Rentao LIU
Projections of temperature extremes based on preferred CMIP5 models: a case study in the Kaidu-Kongqi River basin in Northwest China, Li CHEN, Changchun XU, and Xiaofei LI
Promoting the production of salinized cotton field by optimizing water and nitrogen use efficiency under drip irrigation, LIN En, LIU Hongguang, LI Xinxin, LI Ling, and ANWAR Sumera
Protecting wild yak (Bos mutus) species and preventing its hybrid in China, Shengli WANG, Zhongren NAN, and Daniel PRETE
Purchase willingness of new energy vehicles: A case study in Jinan City of China, Xueqing Tian, Qingling Zhang, Yuzhu Chi, and Yu Cheng
Quantification of groundwater recharge and evapotranspiration along a semi-arid wetland transect using diurnal water table fluctuations, Wuhui JIA, Lihe YIN, Maosheng ZHANG, Xinxin ZHANG, Jun ZHANG, Xiaoping TANG, and Jiaqiu DONG
Quantifying the impacts of soil water stress on the winter wheat growth in an arid region, Xinjiang, ChengYi ZHAO, Yu SHENG, and Yilihm Yimam
Quantitative analysis on the dynamic characteristics of megadunes around the Crescent Moon Spring, China, YingJun PANG, Jian Jun, and KeCun ZHANG
Radial profile of sap flow velocity in mature Xinjiang poplar (Populus alba L. var. pyramidalis) in Northwest China, HongZhong DANG, TianShan ZHA, and JinSong ZHANG
Rainfall patterns of Algerian steppes and the impacts on natural vegetation in the 20th century, Fahima BELALA and Azziz HIRCHE
Range extension of four highland agamid lizards in Shimshal Pamir, Pakistan, Babar KHAN, Waseem AHMED, and Ablimit Abdukadir
Rangelands of Central Asia: challenges and opportunities, Alisher MIRZABAEV, Mohamed AHMED, Jutta WERNER, and Mounir LOUHAICHI
Rapid loss of leguminous species in the semi-arid grasslands of northern China under climate change and mowing from 1982 to 2011, Bo XU, Minggagud HUGJILTU, Taogetao BAOYIN, Yankai ZHONG, and Qinghai BAO
Rare and endangered plant species of the Chinese Altai Mountains, Marina V. OLONOVA, DaoYuan ZHANG, ShiMing DUAN, and LinKe YIN
Recommending the IHACRES model for waterresources assessment and resolving waterconflicts in Africa, Samir Mohammad Ali Alredaisy
Reconstructing the annual precipitation variation since 1899 based on tree-ring width in the westernHedong sandy land of Ningxia, YaJun WANG, ShangYu GAO, YuZhen MA, and RuiJie LU
Reconstruction of hydrological changes based on tree-ring data of the Haba River, northwestern China, Tongwen ZHANG, Yujiang YUAN, and Feng CHEN
Reducing water and nitrogen inputs combined with plastic mulched ridge-furrow irrigation improves soil water and salt status in arid saline areas, China, LI Cheng, WANG Qingsong, LUO Shuai, QUAN Hao, WANG Naijiang, LUO Xiaoqi, ZHANG Tibin Tibin, DING Dianyuan, DONG Qin'ge, and FENG Hao
Re-evaluating the vertical mass-flux profiles of aeolian sediment at the southern fringe of the Taklimakan Desert, China, Jie XUE, Jiaqiang LEI, and Shengyu LI
Regime dynamics of hydrochemical and toxicological parameters of the Irtysh River in Kazakhstan, Diana M. BURLIBAYEVA, Malik Zh BURLIBAYEV, and Christian OPP
Regional difference and dynamic mechanism of locality of the Chinese farming-pastoral ecotone based on geotagged photos from Panoramio, Fang WANG, Yixi LI, and Ying DONG
Regional partitioning of agricultural non-point source pollution in China using a projection pursuit cluster model, XinHu LI, ChengYi ZHAO, Bin WANG, and Garry FENG
Region-wide glacier area and mass budgets for the Shaksgam River Basin, Karakoram Mountains, during 2000–2016, Panpan WANG, Zhongqin LI, Chunhai XU, and Puyu WANG
Rehabilitation of degraded areas in northeastern Patagonia, Argentina: Effects of environmental conditions and plant functional traits on performance of native woody species, Juan M. ZEBERIO and Carolina A. PÉREZ
Reinvestigation of the scaling law of the windblown sand launch velocity with a wind tunnel experiment, Yang ZHANG, Min LI, Yuan WANG, and Bin YANG
Relating soil moisture and air temperature to evapo¬t¬ranspiration fluxes during inter-storm periods at a Mediterranean experimental site, Antonia LONGOBARDI and Elina KHAERTDINOVA
Relations between soil heterogeneity and common reed (Phragmites australis Trin. ex Steud.) colonization in the Keriya River Basin, Xinjiang of China, Lu GONG, ChangJun LI, and Tashpolat TIYIP
Relationship between dew presence and Bassia dasyphylla plant growth, YanLi ZHUANG and Sophia RATCLIFFE
Relationship between ecological stoichiometry and plant community diversity in the upper reaches of Tarim River, northwestern China, Jingjing ZHAO, Lu GONG, and Xin CHEN
Relationship between Prosopis juliflora invasion and livelihood diversification in the South Afar region, Northeast Ethiopia, Wakshum Shiferaw, Sebsebe Demissew, Tamrat Bekele, and Ermias Aynekulu
Relationship between thermal anomalies in Tibetan Plateau and summer dust storm frequency over Tarim Basin, China, Yong ZHAO, HongJun LI, and AnNing HUANG
Relationship of species diversity between overstory trees and understory herbs along the environmental gradients in the Tianshan Wild Fruit Forests, Northwest China, Junhui CHENG, Xiaojun SHI, Pengrui FAN, Xiaobing ZHOU, and Jiandong SHENG
Relative importance of climate factors and human activities in impacting vegetation dynamics during 2000–2015 in the Otindag Sandy Land, northern China, Wenyong MA, Xunming WANG, and Na ZHOU
Reproduction of Hedysarum scoparium (Fabaceae) in patched habitat is pollen limited, but not just pollinator limited, ChengChen PAN, LinDe LIU, and HaLin ZHAO
Research progress and developing trends on micro-organisms of Xinjiang specific environments, HuiXia PAN, ZhengMing CHENG, YuanMing ZHANG, and ShuYong MU
Response of ants to grazing disturbance at the central Monte Desert of Argentina: community descriptors and functional group scheme, Silvia CLAVER, Susana L. SILNIK, and Florencia F. CAMPÓN
Response of C:N:P in the plant-soil system and stoichiometric homeostasis of Nitraria tangutorum leaves in the oasis-desert ecotone, Northwest China, WEI Yajuan, DANG Xiaohong, WANG Ji, GAO Junliang, and GAO Yan
Response of ecosystem service value to land use/cover change in the northern slope economic belt of the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China, SUN Chen, MA Yonggang, and GONG Lu
Response of hydrological drought to meteorological drought in the eastern Mediterranean Basin of Turkey, Türkan BAYER ALTIN and Bekir N. ALTIN
Response of plant physiological parameters to soil water availability during prolonged drought is affected by soil texture, HUANG Laiming, ZHAO Wen, and SHAO Ming'an
Response of Populus euphratica Oliv. sap flow to environmental variables for a desert riparian forest in the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China, Wei LI, Jianhua SI, and Tengfei YU
Response of root traits of Reaumuria soongorica and Salsola passerina to facilitation, HaiNa ZHANG, PeiXi SU, and ShanJia LI
Response of soil N2O emissions to precipitation pulses under different nitrogen availabilities in a semiarid temperate steppe of Inner Mongolia, China, XinChao LIU, YuChun QI, and YunShe DONG
Response of soil water dynamics to precipitation years under different vegetation types on the northern Loess Plateau, China, Bingxia LIU and Ming’an SHAO
Response of stomatal conductance of two tree species to vapor pressure deficit in three climate zones, Jing LI and XiaoMing LI
Response of vegetation to temperature and precipitation in Xinjiang during the period of 19982009, XiaoMing CAO, Xi CHEN, AnMing BAO, and Quan WANG
Responses in gross primary production of Stipa krylovii and Allium polyrhizum to a temporal rainfall in a temperate grassland of Inner Mongolia, China, Xiaoxing HU, Mitsuru HIROTA, Wuyunna, Kiyokazu KAWADA, Hao LI, Shikang MENG, Kenji TAMURA, and Takashi KAMIJO
Responses of Amygdalus pedunculata Pall. in the sandy and loamy soils to water stress, Yanwu PEI, Laiming HUANG, Ming'an SHAO, and Yinglong ZHANG
Responses of gross primary productivity to different sizes of precipitation events in a temperate grassland ecosystem in Inner Mongolia, China, Qun GUO, Shenggong LI, and Zhongmin HU
Responses of leaf water potential and gas exchange to the precipitation manipulation in two shrubs on the Chinese Loess Plateau, Yangyang LI, Jiacun CHEN, Shaoshui AI, and Hui SHI
Responses of microbial activities and soil physical-chemical properties to the successional process of biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Xinjiang, BingChang ZHANG,; XiaoBing ZHOU; and YuanMing ZHANG
Responses of plant community to the linkages in plant–soil C:N:P stoichiometry during secondary succession of abandoned farmlands, China, Weichao LIU, Shuyue FU, Shengji YAN, Chengjie REN, and Shaojun WU
Responses of root growth of Alhagi sparsifolia Shap. (Fabaceae) to different simulated groundwater depths in the southern fringe of the Taklimakan Desert, China, FanJiang ZENG, Cong SONG, and HaiFeng GUO
Responses of soil nitrogen, phosphorous and organic matter to vegetation succession on the Loess Plateau of China, Man CHENG and ShaoShan AN
Responses of vegetation cover to the Grain for Green Program and their driving forces in the He-Long region of the middle reaches of the Yellow River, JianXiang LIU, ZhiGuang LI, and XiaoPing ZHANG
Responses of water productivity to irrigation and N supply for hybrid maize seed production in an arid region of Northwest China, Hui RAN, Shaozhong KANG, Fusheng LI, and Ling TONG
Restoring environmental flows and improvingriparian ecosystem of Tarim River, JieBin ZHANG, GuiHua WU, QiMeng WANG, and XiaoYan LI
Retrieval of leaf biochemical properties by inversed PROSPECT model and hyperspectral indices: an application to Populus euphratica polymorphic leaves, ZhongGuo MA, Xi CHEN, and Quan WANG
Revegetation with artificial plants improves topsoil hydrological properties but intensifies deep-soil drying in northern Loess Plateau, China, Qingyin ZHANG, Xiaoxu JIA, and Chunlei ZHAO
Revision of two species of Calligonum from thedesert of Xinjiang, Northwestern China, Ying FENG, BoRong PAN, and GuanMian SHEN
Rhizosphere organic phosphorus fractions of Simon poplar and Mongolian pine plantations in a semiarid sandy land of northeastern China, Qiong ZHAO, Hongquan WANG, and Zhanyuan YU
Ridge-furrow plastic mulching with a suitable planting density enhances rainwater productivity, grain yield and economic benefit of rainfed maize, Jing ZHENG, Junliang FAN, Yufeng ZOU, Henry Wai CHAU, and Fucang ZHANG
Risk assessment of transnational oil investment in Central Asia using a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method, Haitao Ma, Zhan Sun, and Chuanglin Fang
Robinia pseudoacacia leaves improve soil physical and chemical properties, Babar KHAN, Abdukadir Ablimit, Rashed MAHMOOD, and Muhammad QASIM
Root characteristics of Alhagi sparsifolia seedlings in response to water supplement in an arid region, northwestern China, DongWei GUI, FanJiang ZENG, and Zhen LIU
Root growth and spatio-temporal distribution of three common annual halophytes in a saline desert, northern Xinjiang, Ke ZHANG, ChangYan TIAN, and ChunJian LI
Root length density distribution and associated soil water dynamics for tomato plants under furrow irrigation in a solar greenhouse, Rangjian QIU, Taisheng DU, and Shaozhong KANG
Root proliferation in native perennial grasses of arid Patagonia, Argentina, Yanina A. TORRES, Carlos A. BUSSO, and Oscar A. MONTENEGRO
Runoff of arid and semi-arid regions simulated and projected by CLM-DTVGM and its multi-scale fluctuations as revealed by EEMD analysis, Like NING, Jun XIA, and Chesheng ZHAN
Rural households’ livelihood responses to industry-based poverty alleviation as a sustainable route out of poverty, Jianjun Ding, Zhang Wang, Yanhong Liu, and Fangwei Yu
Safety-efficiency trade-offs in the cotton xylem: acclimatization to different soil textures, Zhongyuan WANG, Jiangbo XIE, and Yan LI
Saline dust storms and their ecological impacts in arid regions, Jilili Abuduwaili, DongWei LIU, and GuangYang WU
Saline soil enzyme activities of four plant communities in Sangong River basin of Xinjiang, China, ZhengJun GUAN, Qian LUO, Xi CHEN, and Wei WEI
Sand-fixing characteristics of Carex brunnescens and its application with straw checkerboard technique in restoration of degraded alpine meadows, Jianjun KANG, Ming ZHAO, and Yanrong TAN
Sand flux estimation during a sand-dust storm at Tazhong area of Taklimakan Desert, China, XingHua YANG, XiaoLiang XU, Qing HE, and Ali Mamtimin
Sand mining disturbances and their effects on the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a riparian forest of Iran, Sareh MORADI BEHBAHANI, Mostafa MORADI, and Reza BASIRI
Sand particle lift-off velocity measurements and numerical simulation of mass flux distributions in a wind tunnel, Fengjun XIAO, Zhibao DONG, and Liejin GUO
Sand source and formation mechanism of riverine sand dunes: a case study in Xiangshui River, China, Yong F. WANG, Ping YAN, Guang HAN, Wei WU, and Run ZHANG
Sap flow characteristics and physiological adjustments of two dominant tree species in pure and mixed plantations in the semi-arid Loess Plateau of China, Yakun TANG, Xu WU, and Yunming CHEN
Scale dependence of plant species richness and vegetation-environment relationship along a gradient of dune stabilization in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China, XiaoAn ZUO, ShaoKun WANG, and XueYong ZHAO
Seasonal and inter-annual variations in carbon fluxes and evapotranspiration over cotton field under drip irrigation with plastic mulch in an arid region of Northwest China, Jie BAI, Jin WANG, and Xi CHEN
Seasonal changes in the number of Relict Gull (Larus relictus) at Ebinur Lake, Western China, Ming MA, Ying CHEN, Kedeerhan BAYAHEN, and BaoWen HU
Seasonal changes in the water-use strategies of three herbaceous species in a native desert steppe of Ningxia, China, Haiying HU, Lin ZHU, Huixia LI, Dongmei XU, and Yingzhong XIE
Seasonal differences in climatic controls of vegetation growth in the Beijing–Tianjin Sand Source Region of China, Lishan SHAN, Xiang YU, and Lingxiao SUN
Seasonal dynamics of soil water content in the typical vegetation and its response to precipitation in a semi-arid area of Chinese Loess Plateau, ZHOU Tairan, HAN Chun, QIAO Linjie, REN Chaojie, WEN Tao, and ZHAO Changming
Seasonal patterns in water uptake for Medicago sativa grown along an elevation gradient with shallow groundwater table in Yanchi county of Ningxia, Northwest China, Lin ZHU, Huili ZHANG, and Xue GAO
Sensitivity and vulnerability of water resources in the arid Shiyang River Basin of Northwest China, Long WAN; Jun XIA; and , HongMei BU
Sensitivity of runoff to climatic variability in the northern and southern slopes of the Middle Tianshan Mountains, China, Feiyun ZHANG, Lei BAI, and Lanhai LI
Severe drought strongly reduces water use and its recovery ability of mature Mongolian Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Litv.) in a semi-arid sandy environment of northern China, Hongzhong DANG, Lizhen ZHANG, Wenbin YANG, Jinchao FENG, Hui HAN, and Yiben CHEN
Sheep manure application increases soil exchangeable base cations in a semi-arid steppe of Inner Mongolia, YuGe ZHANG, Shan YANG, MingMing FU, and Yong JIANG
Shrub modulates the stoichiometry of moss and soil in desert ecosystems, China, Yonggang LI, Xiaobing ZHOU, and Yuanming ZHANG
Simulating hydrological responses to climate change using dynamic and statistical downscaling methods: a case study in the Kaidu River Basin, Xinjiang, China, Wulong BA, Pengfei DU, and Tie LIU
Simulating long-term effect of Hyrcanian forest loss on phosphorus loading at the sub-watershed level, Fatemeh RAJAEI, Abbas E. SARI, and Abdolrassoul SALMANMAHINY
Simulating the vegetation-producing process in small watersheds in the Loess Plateau of China, KaiBo WANG and ZhouPing SHANGGUAN
Simulation of groundwater table dynamics based on Feflow in the Minqin Basin, China, Lan MA, XiaoMei WEI, and AnMing BAO
Simulation of hydrological processes of mountainous watersheds in inland river basins: taking the Heihe Mainstream River as an example, ZhenLiang YIN, HongLang XIAO, and SongBing ZOU
Size- and leaf age-dependent effects on the photosynthetic and physiological responses of Artemisia ordosica to drought stress, WANG Chunyuan, YU Minghan, DING Guodong, GAO Guanglei, ZHANG Linlin, HE Yingying, and LIU Wei
Snowpack shifts cyanobacterial community in biological soil crusts, Bingchang ZHANG, Yongqing ZHANG, Xiaobing ZHOU, Xiangzhen LI, and Yuanming ZHANG
Snow resisting capacity of Caragana microphylla and Achnatherum splendens in a typical steppe region of Inner Mongolia, China, Min YAN, Hejun ZUO, Haibing WANG, Zhi DONG, and Gangtie LI
Social development and living environment changes in the Northeast Tibetan Plateau and contiguous regions during the late prehistoric period, Huihui Cao and Guanghui Dong
SOC storage and potential of grasslands from 2000 to 2012 in central and eastern Inner Mongolia, China, Zheng TIAN, Xiuqin WU, and Erfu DAI
Soil bacterial characteristics between surface and subsurface soils along a precipitation gradient in the Alxa Desert, China, Zeyu TENG, Shengchun XIAO, Xiaohong CHEN, and Chao HAN
Soil characteristics and plant distribution in saline wetlands of Oued Righ, northeastern Algeria, Naïma KOULL and Abdelmadjid CHEHMA
Soil exchangeable base cations along a chronosequence of Caragana microphylla plantation in a semi-arid sandy land, China, YuGe ZHANG, ZhuWen XU, DeMing JIANG, and Yong JIANG
Soil fixation and erosion control by Haloxylon persicum roots in arid lands, Iran, Ehsan ABDI, Hamid R. SALEH, Baris MAJNONIAN, and Azade DELJOUEI
Soil hydraulic conductivity as affected by vegetation restoration age on the Loess Plateau, China, Zongping REN, Liangjun ZHU, and Bing WANG
Soil microbial activity and community structure as affected by exposure to chloride and chloride-sulfate salts, Qianqian ZHANG, Steven A. WAKELIN, Yongchao LIANG, and Guixin CHU
Soil organic matter amendments in date palm groves of the Middle Eastern and North African region: a mini-review, Rawan MLIH, Roland BOL, and Wulf AMELUNG
Soil polygon disaggregation through similarity-based prediction with legacy pedons, Feng LIU, Xiaoyuan GENG, and A-xing ZHU
Soil properties and herbaceous characteristics in an age sequence of Haloxylon ammodendron plantations in an oasis-desert ecotone of northwestern China, Ke ZHANG, Yongzhong SU, and Ting WANG
Soil quality assessment in different dammed-valley farmlands in the hilly-gully mountain areas of the northern Loess Plateau, China, CHEN Shumin, JIN Zhao, ZHANG Jing, and YANG Siqi
Soil salinity prediction in the Lower Cheliff plain (Algeria) based on remote sensing and topographic feature analysis, Ibrahim YAHIAOUI, Abdelkader DOUAOUI, and Qiang ZHANG
Soil salt leaching under different irrigation regimes: HYDRUS-1D modelling and analysis, WenZhi ZENG, Chi XU, and ingWei WU
Soil substrate as a cascade of capillary barriers for conserving water in a desert environment: lessons learned from arid nature, Ali Al-MAKTOUMI, Said Al-ISMAILY, and Anvar KACIMOV
Soil surface roughness change and its effect on runoff and erosion on the Loess Plateau of China, LongShan ZHAO, XinLan LIANG, and FaQi WU
Soil water and salt distribution under furrow irrigation of saline water with plastic mulch on ridge, LiJuan CHEN and Qi FENG
Soil water repellency and influencing factors of Nitraria tangutorun nebkhas at different succession stages, HaoTian YANG, XinRong LI, and LiChao LIU
Solute transport characteristics of a deep soil profile in the Loess Plateau, China, Jiao WANG and Ming'an SHAO
Source identification of nitrate in the upper aquifer system of the Wadi Shueib catchment area in Jordan based on stable isotope composition, Mutawakil OBEIDAT, Muheeb AWAWDEH, Noor AL-KHARABSHEH, and Ahmad AL-AJLOUNI
Spatial and temporal change patterns of net primary productivity and its response to climate change in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of China from 2000 to 2015, Bing GUO, Wenqian ZANG, Fei YANG, Baomin HAN, and Shuting CHEN
Spatial and temporal gradients in the rate of dust deposition and aerosol optical thickness in southwestern Iran, Mansour FOROUSHANI A, Christian OPP, and Michael GROLL
Spatial and temporal patterns of drought in Zambia, Brigadier LIBANDA, Mie ZHENG, and Chilekana NGONGA
Spatial and temporal patterns of the inter-annual oscillations of glacier mass over Central Asia inferred from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) data, Chuandong ZHU, Yang LU, and Hongling SHI
Spatial and temporal variability in vegetation cover of Mongolia and its implications, Sumiya VANDANDORJ, Batdelger GANTSETSEG, and Bazartseren BOLDGIV
Spatial and temporal variations of vegetation cover and the relationships with climate factors in Inner Mongolia based on GIMMS NDVI3g data, Siqin TONG, Jiquan ZHANG, and Yuhai BAO
Spatial difference features and organization optimi-zation of cities and towns in Tarim River Basin, ChangLong SUN, XiaoLei ZHANG, Nuo JIN, and HongRu DU
Spatial distribution of soil moisture, salinity and organic matter in Manas River watershed, Xinjiang, China, Jilili ABUDUWAILI, Yang TANG, and Mireban ABULIMITI
Spatial distribution of vegetation and the influencing factors in Qaidam Basin based on NDVI, WenBin ZHU, AiFeng LV, and ShaoFeng JIA
Spatial distribution of water-active soil layer along the south-north transect in the Loess Plateau of China, Chunlei ZHAO, Ming'an SHAO, Xiaoxu JIA, Laiming HUANG, and Yuanjun ZHU
Spatial distribution of δ2H and δ18O values in the hydrologic cycle of the Nile Basin, Jeff B. LANGMAN
Spatial distribution pattern of Picea schrenkiana population in the Middle Tianshan Mountains and the relationship with topographic attributes, YuTao ZHANG, JiMei LI, and ShunLi CHANG
Spatial dynamics of aboveground carbon stock in urban green space: a case study of Xi’an, China, ZhengYang YAO, JianJun LIU, and XiaoWen ZHAO
Spatial heterogeneity for grain size distribution ofeolian sand soil on longitudinal dunes in thesouthern Gurbantunggut Desert, YiBing QIAN, ZhaoNing WU, HaiFeng YANG, and Chao JIANG
Spatial heterogeneity of plant species on the windward slope of active sand dunes in a semi-arid region of China, DeMing JIANG, ChunPing MIAO, and XueHua LI
Spatial heterogeneity of soil chemical properties between Haloxylon persicum and Haloxylonammodendron populations, CongJuan LI, Yan LI, Jian MA, and LianLian FAN
Spatial heterogeneity of soil water content in the reversion process of desertification in arid areas, QuanLin MA, Fang CHENG, YouJun LIU, and FangLin Wang
Spatial integration of oasis city group around the western margins of the Tarim Basin, Yu YANG, XiaoLei ZHANG, Jun LEI, and Wen DONG
Spatial organization of multiple plant species in arid ecosystems: linking patterns and processes, Amit CHAKRABORTY, GuiQuan SUN, and B. Larry LI
Spatial pattern and drivers of urbanization in China’s mid-level developing urban agglomeration: A case study of Chang-Zhu-Tan, Yanhua He, Yi Lin, Guohua Zhou, and Yixuan Zhu
Spatial pattern of land cover change in China’s sem-iarid environment, BaoLin LI and QiMing ZHOU
Spatial pattern of plant species diversity and the influencing factors in a Gobi Desert within the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China, Pingping ZHANG, Ming’an SHAO, and Xingchang ZHANG
Spatial pattern of soil organic carbon in desert grasslands of the diluvial-alluvial plains of northern Qilian Mountains, Rong YANG, YongZhong SU, Min WANG, and Tao WANG
Spatial patterns of ecosystem vulnerability changes during 2001–2011 in the three-river source region of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, Bing GUO, Yi ZHOU, and Jinfeng ZHU
Spatial regression approach to estimate synthetic unit hydrograph by geomorphic characteristics of watersheds in arid regions, Luminda N. GUNAWARDHANA, Ghazi A. AL-RAWAS, and Mahad S. BAAWAIN
Spatial-temporal characteristics and influencing factors of relative humidity in arid region of Northwest China during 1966–2017, Ditao CHEN, Wenjiang LIU, Farong HUANG, Qian LI, and Friday UCHENNA-OCHEGE
Spatial-temporal characteristics of drought detected from meteorological data with high resolution in Shaanxi Province, China, Yudan WANG, Yunfeng KONG, Hao CHEN, and Yongjian DING
Spatial-temporal characteristics of the coupling coordination of social security and economic development in China during 2002–2018, Qiong Li, Yang Zhao, Songlin Li, and Lanlan Zhang
Spatial-temporal dynamics of desert vegetation and its responses to climatic variations over the last three decades: a case study of Hexi region in Northwest China, Xuemei YANG, Shizeng LIU, and Taibao YANG
Spatial-temporal variations in near-surface soil freeze-thaw cycles in the source region of the Yellow River during the period 2002–2011 based on the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) data, Rui WANG, Qingke ZHU, and Hao MA
Spatial-temporal variations of ecological vulnerability in the Tarim River Basin, Northwest China, BAI Jie, LI Junli, BAO Anmin, and CHANG Cun
Spatial variability and temporal stability of actual evapotranspiration on a hillslope of the Chinese Loess Plateau, Yongkun ZHANG and Mingbin HUANG
Spatial variability of glacial changes and their effects on water resources in the Chinese Tianshan Mountains during the last five decades, Puyu WANG, Zhongqin LI, and Baojuan HUAI
Spatial variability of soil water content and related factors across the Hexi Corridor of China, Xiangdong LI, Ming'an SHAO, Chunlei ZHAO, and Xiaoxu JIA
Spatial variation of plant species richness in a sand dune field of northeastern Inner Mongolia, China, Jing WU, Jianqiang QIAN, Xianzhang HOU, and Zhimin LIU
Spatiotemporal analysis of drought variability based on the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index in the Koshi River Basin, Nepal, Nirmal M. DAHAL, Donghong XIONG, Nilhari NEUPANE, Belayneh YIGEZ, Baojun ZHANG, Yong YUAN, Saroj KOIRALA, Lin LIU, and Yiping FANG
Spatiotemporal changes in water, land use, and ecosystem services in Central Asia considering climate changes and human activities, YU Yang, CHEN Xi, Ireneusz MALIK, Malgorzata WISTUBA, HOU Dongde, TA Zhijie, HE Jing, ZHANG Lingyun, YU Ruide, ZHANG Haiyan, and SUN Lingxiao
Spatio-temporal characteristics of regional sustainable economic growth drivers of China, Linchuan WANG, Cisheng WU, Xuyang ZHAO, and Duanyong LIU
Spatio-temporal dynamics of vegetation in Jungar Banner of China during 2000–2017, Xinhui LI, Shaogang LEI, Wei CHENG, Feng LIU, and Weizhong WANG
Spatio-temporal pattern and changes of evapotranspiration in arid Central Asia and Xinjiang of China, Xi CHEN, BaiLian LI, and Qin LI
Spatio-temporal patterns of drought in North Xinjiang, China, 1961–2012 based on meteorological drought index, Yanfeng WU, Batur BAKE, and Jusong ZHANG
Spatio-temporal patterns of satellite-derived grassland vegetation phenology from 1998 to 2012 in Inner Mongolia, China, Zongyao SHA, Jialin ZHONG, and Yongfei BAI
Spatiotemporal patterns of the forage-livestock balance in the Xilin Gol steppe, China: implications for sustainably utilizing grassland-ecosystem services, Yingbo QU, Yuanyuan ZHAO, Guodong DING, Wenfeng CHI, and Guanglei GAO
Spatiotemporal variation in snow cover and its effects on grassland phenology on the Mongolian Plateau, Chula SA, Fanhao MENG, Min LUO, Chenhao LI, Mulan WANG, Saruulzaya ADIYA, and Yuhai BAO
Spatio-temporal variation in transpiration responses of maize plants to vapor pressure deficit under an arid climatic condition, Wenzhi ZHAO and Xibin JI
Spatio-temporal variation of hydrological drought under climate change during the period 1960–2013 in the Hexi Corridor, China, Liming GAO and Yaonan ZHANG
Spatio-temporal variation of soil moisture in a fixed dune at the southern edge of the Gurbantunggut Desert in Xinjiang, China, Hai ZHU, Shunjun HU, Jingsong YANG, Fidele KARAMAGE, Hao LI, and Sihua FU
Spatiotemporal variations of evapotranspiration and reference crop water requirement over 1957–2016 in Iran based on CRU TS gridded dataset, Brian COLLINS, Hadi RAMEZANI ETEDALI, Ameneh TAVAKOL, and Abbas KAVIANI
Spatio-temporal variations of soil water content and salinity around individual Tamarix ramosissima in a semi-arid saline region of the upper Yellow River, Northwest China, Benman YANG, Ruoshui WANG, and Huijie XIAO
Species composition and diversity, and carbon stock in a dune ecosystem in the Horqin Sandy Land of northern China, FeiLong HU, WenKai SHOU, Bo LIU, and ZhiMin LIU
Species composition, distribution patterns andecological functions of biological soil crusts inthe Gurbantunggut Desert, YuanMing ZHANG, Nan WU, BingChang ZHANG, and Jing ZHANG
Species-specific traits determine shrub-annual inte¬ra¬ctions during a growing season, GeFei ZHANG and WenZhi ZHAO
Spectral parameter-based models for leaf potassium concentration estimation in Ping'ou hybrid hazelnut, Shanchao ZHAO and Cunde PAN
Stable isotope analysis of water sources for Tamarix laxa in the mega-dunes of the Badain Jaran Desert, China, Jinhu ZHANG, Nai'ang WANG, and Zhenmin NIU
Stable oxygen-hydrogen isotopes reveal water use strategies of Tamarix taklamakanensis in the Taklimakan Desert, China, Zhengwu DONG, Shengyu LI, Ying ZHAO, Jiaqiang LEI, and Yongdong WANG
Stand structure and height-diameter relationship of a degraded Populus euphratica forest in the lower reaches of the Tarim River, Northwest China, Tayierjiang AISHAN, Ümüt HALIK, and Florian BETZ
Status and distribution of ungulates in Xinjiang, China, XingYi GAO, WenXuan XU, WeiKang YANG, and David A. BLANK
Streamflow responses to climate change and LUCC in a semi-arid watershed of Chinese Loess Plateau, Qingyun LI, Yanwei SUN, and Wenlin YUAN
Study of variegated and white flower petals of Capparis spinosa expanded at dusk in arid landscapes, Chrysanthi CHIMONA, Avra STAMELLOU, Apostolos STAMELLOU, and Sophia RHIZOPOULOU
Succession of soil bacterial and fungal communities of Caragana korshinskii plantation in a typical agro-pastoral ecotone in northern China over a 50-a period, MA Gailing, GOU Qianqian, WANG Guohua, and QU Jianjun
Summer atmospheric boundary layer structure in the hinterland of Taklimakan Desert, China, Minzhong WANG, Wenshou WEI, and Qing HE
Suppression of weeds and weed seeds in the soil by stubbles and no-tillage in an arid maize-winter wheat-common vetch rotation on the Loess Plateau of China, Mei YANG, Yuxin ZHAO, and Huimin YANG
Surface energy and water vapor fluxes observed on a megadune in the Badain Jaran Desert, China, Wenfeng HU, Nai’ang WANG, and Liqiang ZHAO
Surface runoff processes and sustainable utilization of water resources in Manas River Basin, Xinjiang, China, HongBo LING, HaiLiang XU, and JinYi FU
Sustainable use of wildlife resources in Central Asia, David Blank and Yaoming Li
Synergistic effects of multiple driving factors on the runoff variations in the Yellow River Basin, China, WANG Junjie, SHI Bing, ZHAO Enjin, CHEN Xuguang, and YANG Shaopeng
Tectonic geomorphological characteristics forevolution of the Manas Lake, YongHui YAO and HuiGuo LI
Temperature and precipitation trends in Minqin Desertduring the period of 19612007, ShuJuan ZHU and ZhaoFeng CHANG
Temporal and spatial variation of annual mean air temperature in arid and semiarid region in northwest China over a recent 46 year period, ShaoYong CHEN, YuanYuan SHI, YuZhen GUO, and YanXiang Zheng
Temporal and spatial variations of net primary productivity and its response to groundwater of a typical oasis in the Tarim Basin, China, SUN Lingxiao, YU Yang, GAO Yuting, ZHANG Haiyan, YU Xiang, HE Jing, WANG Dagang, Ireneusz MALIK, and YU Ruide
The changes of Lop Nur Lake and the disappearance of Loulan, ZhiChao WANG
The climatic and hydrological changes andenvironmental responses recorded in lakesediments of Xinjiang, China, Long MA, JingLu WU, and Jilili Abuduwaili
The ecological role of dew in assisting seed germination of the annual desert plant species in a desert environment, northwestern China, Yanli ZHUANG and Wenzhi ZHAO
The effect of total carbon on microscopic soil properties and implications for crop production, Inma LEBRON, Milton Earl MCGIFFEN Jr, and Donald Louis SUAREZ
The effect of water spreading system on the functionality of rangeland ecosystems, MohammadRahim FOROUZEH and Mohsen SHARAFATMANDRAD
The fate of fertilizer N applied to cotton in relation to irrigation methods and N dosage in arid area, ChangZhou WEI, TengFe MA, and XiaoJuan WANG
The formation age and evolution of Kumtagh Desert, JinNian TANG, ZhiZhu SU, Feng DING, and ShuJuan ZHU
The impact of land use change on soil organic carbon and labile organic carbon stocks in the Longzhong region of Loess Plateau, LiHua ZHANG, ZhongKui XIE, and RuiFeng ZHAO
The migration of total dissolved solids during natural freezing process in Ulansuhai Lake, Yan ZHANG, ChangYou LI, and XiaoHong SHI
The qanats of Xinjiang: historical development, characteristics and modern implications for environmental protection, WenJun HU, JieBin ZHANG, and YongQiang LIU
The relationship between energy consumption and economic growth and the development strategy of a low-carbon economy in Kazakhstan, Chuanhe XIONG, Degang YANG, and Jinwei HUO
The relationship between soil, climate and forest development in the mid-mountain zone of the Sang¬ong River watershed in the northern Tianshan Moun¬tains, China, Li DAI, YiXing FENG, and GePing LUO
The return and loss of litter phosphorus in different types of sand dunes in Horqin Sandy Land, northeastern China, QuanLai ZHOU, DeMing JIANG, and ZhiMin LIU
The transport of chemical components in homogeneous snowpacks on Urumqi Glacier No. 1, eastern Tianshan Mountains, Central Asia, Xiaoni YOU, Zhongqin LI, and Ross EDWARDS
Time lag characteristics of sap flow in seed-maize and their implications for modeling transpiration in an arid region of Northwest China, Xiaodong BO, Taisheng DU, and Risheng DING
Tolerance to Zn deficiency and P-Zn interaction in wheat seedlings cultured in chelator-buffered solutions, WenXuan MAI, XiaoHong TIAN, Willam Jeffery GALE, and XiWen YANG
Topographical and hydrological effects on meso-scale vegetation in desert steppe, Mongolia, Batdelger GANTSETSEG, Masahide ISHIZUKA, and Japan KUROSAKI
Topographic differentiations of biological soil crusts and hydraulic properties in fixed sand dunes, Tengger Desert, ZhiShan ZHANG, YongLe CHEN, and BinXing XU
Toxic metal enrichment characteristics and sources of arid urban surface soil in Yinchuan City, China, Mingxin ZHANG, Xinwei LU, and Dongqi SHI
Trade-offs and synergies of climate change adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review, Devinia Princess Akinyi and Stanley Karanja Ng’ang’a
Transdisciplinary research for supporting the integration of ecosystem services into land and water management in the Tarim River Basin, Xinjiang, China, Tuck-Fatt SIEW and Petra DÖLL
Transformation of vegetative cover on the Ustyurt Plateau of Central Asia as a consequence of the Aral Sea shrinkage, Adilov BEKZOD, Shomurodov HABIBULLO, Lianlian FAN, Kaihui LI, Xuexi MA, and Yaoming LI
Tree ring based drought variability in Northwest Tajikistan since 1895 AD, Meilin YANG, Yang YU, Haiyan ZHANG, Qian WANG, and Miao GAN
Tree-ring-based reconstruction of temperature variability (1445–2011) for the upper reaches of the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China, Yamin WANG, Qi FENG, and Xingcheng KANG
Trends and abrupt changes in surface vapor content over Tarim Basin during the last 50 years, HongJun LI, WeiYi MAO, and Yong ZHAO
Two-dimensional hydrodynamic robust numerical model of soil erosion based on slopes and river basins, KANG Yongde, HUANG Miansong, HOU Jingming, TONG Yu, and PAN Zhanpeng
Two energy balance closure approaches: applications and comparisons over an oasis-desert ecotone, Xin PAN, Yuanbo LIU, and Xingwang FAN
Two-way coupling of unsaturated-saturated flow by integrating the SWAT and MODFLOW models with application in an irrigation district in arid region of West China, Yi LUO and Marios SOPHOCLEOUS
Uncertainties of snow cover extraction caused by the nature of topography and underlying surface, Jun ZHAO, YinFang SHI, and YongSheng HUANG
Uncertainty assessment of potential evapotranspiration in arid areas, as estimated by the Penman-Monteith method, Ding HUA, Xingming HAO, Ying ZHANG, and Jingxiu QIN
Understanding the impact of mountain landscapes on water balance in the upper Heihe River watershed in northwestern China, Jia QIN, YongJian DING, and JinKui WU
Untangling the influence of soil moisture on root pullout property of alfafa plant, Chaobo ZHANG, Yating LIU, Pengchong LIU, Jing JIANG, and Qihong YANG
Using statistical models and GIS to delimit the groundwater recharge potential areas and to estimate the infiltration rate: A case study of Nadhour-Sisseb-El Alem Basin, Tunisia, Ali SOUEI and Taher ZOUAGHI
Using the concept of ecological groundwater level to evaluate shallow groundwater resources in hyperarid desert regions, QiuXiang FENG, JiaZhong PENG, and JianGuo LI
Utilizing a new soil effective temperature scheme and archived satellite microwave brightness temperature data to estimate surface soil moisture in the Nagqu region, Tibetan Plateau of China, Hui TIAN and Mudassar IQBAL
Variability and divergence in horsegram (Dolichos uniflorus), Kanaka K. DURGA
Variation and heritability of morphological and physiological traits among Leymus chinensis genotypes under different environmental conditions, Xue YANG, Junpeng LI, Tingting ZHAO, Lidong MO, Jianli ZHANG, Huiqin REN, Nianxi ZHAO, and Yubao GAO
Variation in soil organic matter accumulation and metabolic activity along an elevation gradient in the Santa Rosa Mountains of Southern California, USA, Amitava CHATTERJEE and George D. JENERETTE
Variation in soil water content to rainfall under Caragana microphylla shrub in Horqin Sandy Land, ShaoKun WANG, XueYong ZHAO, Hao QU, and YaYong LUO
Variation of Zn content in soils under different land-use types in the Hetao oasis, Inner Mongolia of China, Yangchun ZHU, Xueyong ZHAO, and Jie LIAN
Variations of precipitation characteristics during the period 1960–2014 in the Source Region of the Yellow River, China, Mudassar IQBAL, Jun WEN, and Shaoping WANG
Variations of the thermal growing season during the period 1961–2015 in northern China, Linli CUI, Jun SHI, and Yue MA
Vegetation composition and distribution on the northern slope of Karlik Mountain to Naomaohubasin, East Tianshan Mountains, YiBing QIAN, HaiYan ZHANG, ZhaoNing WU, and ZhongChen WANG
Vegetation composition differentiation and species-environment relationships in the northern part of Isfahan Province, Iran, Hadi KARGAR-CHIGANI, Seyed Akbar JAVADI, and Ghavamodin ZAHEDI-AMIRI
Vegetation cover change and the driving factorsover northwest China, ShengPei DAI, Bo ZHANG, HaiJun WANG, and YaMin WANG
Vegetation dynamics and its response to climate change in Central Asia, Gang YIN, Zengyun HU, and Xi CHEN
Vegetation dynamics of coal mining city in an arid desert region of Northwest China from 2000 to 2019, Siyuan ZHOU, Yufeng DUAN, Yuxiu ZHANG, and Jinjin GUO
Vegetation fractional coverage change in a typical oasis region in Tarim River Watershed based on remote sensing, Fei ZHANG, Tashpolat TIYIP, and JianLi DING
Vertical distribution and storage of soil organic and inorganic carbon in a typical inland river basin, Northwest China, Fan YANG, Laiming HUANG, Renmin YANG, and Ganlin ZHANG
Vertical distribution of sand-dust aerosols and the relationships with atmospheric environment, Jie ZHANG and XingMing LI
Vertical root distribution and root cohesion of typical tree species on the Loess Plateau, China, ChaoBo ZHANG, LiHua CHEN, and Jing JIANG
Volume fractal dimension of soil particles and relationships with soil physical-chemical properties and plant species diversity in an alpine grassland under different disturbance degrees, YanYan LIU, YanMing GONG, Xin WANG, and YuKun HU
Vulnerability to drought-induced cavitation in shoots of two typical shrubs in the southern Mu Us Sandy Land, China, Yangyang LI, Weiyue CHEN, and Jiacun CHEN
Warming effects on plant biomass allocation and correlations with the soil environment in an alpine meadow, China, Manhou XU, Min LIU, and Xian XUE
Water adaptive traits of deep-rooted C3 halophyte (Karelinia caspica (Pall.) Less.) and shallow-rooted C4 halophyte (Atriplex tatarica L.) in an arid region, Northwest China, Yuan FAN, PinFang LI, and ZhenAn HOU
Water in the Mogao Grottoes, China: where it comes from and how it is driven, HongShou LI, WanFu WANG, and HongTao ZHAN
Water, land, and energy use efficiencies and financial evaluation of air conditioner cooled greenhouses based on field experiments, Ibtihal Al-Manthria, Abdulrahim M. Al-Ismailia, Hemesiri Kotagamab, Mumtaz Khanc, and L H Janitha Jeewanthad
Water transport and water use efficiency differ among Populus euphratica Oliv. saplings exposed to saline water irrigation, Honghua ZHOU, Yaning CHEN, Chenggang ZHU, Yuhai YANG, and Zhaoxia YE
Water-use efficiency in response to simulated increasing precipitation in a temperate desert ecosystem of Xinjiang, China, Gang HUANG, Yan LI, and Xiaohan MU
What makes Haloxylon persicum grow on sand dunes while H. ammodendron grows on interdune lowlands: a proof from reciprocal transplant experiments, GuiQing XU, DanDan YU, JiangBo XIE, and Yan LI
Wind regime for long-ridge yardangs in the Qaidam Basin, Northwest China, Xuemin GAO, Zhibao DONG, Zhenghu DUAN, Min LIU, Xujia CUI, and Jiyan LI
Wind tunnel experiments on dust emissions from different landform types, Wei WU, Ping YAN, and Yong WANG
Wind tunnel test on the effect of metal net fences on sand flux in a Gobi Desert, China, Tao WANG, Jianjun QU, and Yuquan LING
Winter habitat use of snow leopards in Tomur National Nature Reserve of Xinjiang, Northwest China, Feng XUE, Ming MA, and WeiKang YANG