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Open AccessChanges of soil carbon along precipitation gradients in three typical vegetation types in the Alxa desert region, China
The changes and influencing factors of soil inorganic carbon (SIC) and organic carbon (SOC) on precipitation gradients are crucial for predicting and evaluating carbon storage changes at the regional scale. Ho...
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Domino effect of climate change over two millennia in ancient China’s Hexi Corridor
Climate change, population growth and extreme events can trigger social crises and instability. The processes that dominate a society’s emergence, resilience and collapse, and the complex interactions among su...
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Design and evaluation of SVR, MARS and M5Tree models for 1, 2 and 3-day lead time forecasting of river flow data in a semiarid mountainous catchment
Accurate and reliable river flow forecasts attained with data-intelligent models can provide significant information about future water resources management. In this study we employed a 50-model ensemble of th...
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Variation in Populus euphratica foliar carbon isotope composition and osmotic solute for different groundwater depths in an arid region of China
Water use efficiency (WUE) is an important trait associated with plant acclimation caused by water deficits, and δ13C is a good surrogate of WUE under conditions of water deficits. Water deficiency also enhances ...
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Water use sources of desert riparian Populus euphratica forests
Desert riparian forests are the main body of natural oases in the lower reaches of inland rivers; its growth and distribution are closely related to water use sources. However, how does the desert riparian for...