Volume 10, Issue 1 (2018)
Research Articles
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
Monitoring desertification processes in Mongolian Plateau using MODIS tasseled cap transformation and TGSI time series
Qingsheng LIU, Gaohuan LIU, and Chong HUANG
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
Influences of sand cover on erosion processes of loess slopes based on rainfall simulation experiments
Xiang ZHANG, Zhanbin LI, and Peng LI
Reconstruction of hydrological changes based on tree-ring data of the Haba River, northwestern China
Tongwen ZHANG, Yujiang YUAN, and Feng CHEN
Potential of rooftop rainwater harvesting to meet outdoor water demand in arid regions
Kazi TAMADDUN, Ajay KALRA, and Sajjad AHMAD
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
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
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
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
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
Desiccation tolerance in bryophytes: the rehydration proteomes of Bryum argenteum provide insights into the resuscitation mechanism
Bei GAO, Daoyuan ZHANG, and Xiaoshuang LI
