Volume 5, Issue 1 (2013)
Research Articles
Drought changes and the mechanism analysis for the North American Prairie
Ge YU, Dave SAUCHYN, and YongFei LI
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
Relationship between thermal anomalies in Tibetan Plateau and summer dust storm frequency over Tarim Basin, China
Yong ZHAO, HongJun LI, and AnNing HUANG
Observation of saltation activity at Tazhong area in Taklimakan Desert, China
XingHua YANG, Ali MAMTIMIN, and Qing HE
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
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
Soil water and salt distribution under furrow irrigation of saline water with plastic mulch on ridge
LiJuan CHEN and Qi FENG
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
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
Vegetation fractional coverage change in a typical oasis region in Tarim River Watershed based on remote sensing
Fei ZHANG, Tashpolat TIYIP, and JianLi DING
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 system dynamics approach for water resources policy analysis in arid land: a model for Manas River Basin
ShanShan DAI, LanHai LI, and HongGang XU