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Have China’s drylands become wetting in the past 50 years?
Recently, whether drylands of Northwest China (NW) have become wetting has been attracting surging attentions. By comparing the Standard...
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Changes in diversity, composition and assembly processes of soil microbial communities during Robinia pseudoacacia L. restoration on the Loess Plateau, China
Robinia pseudoacacia L. (RP) restoration has increased vegetation cover in semi-arid regions on the Loess Plateau of China, but ecological problems...
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Influence of vapor pressure deficit on vegetation growth in China
Vapor pressure deficit (VPD) plays a crucial role in determining plant physiological functions and exerts a substantial influence on vegetation,...
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Spatiotemporal variations of water use efficiency and its driving factors in Inner Mongolia from 2001 to 2020
Water use efficiency (WUE) is an important variable to explore coupled relationships in carbon and water cycles. In this study, we first compared the...
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Drought trend analysis in a semi-arid area of Iraq based on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Water Index and Standardized Precipitation Index
Drought was a severe recurring phenomenon in Iraq over the past two decades due to climate change despite the fact that Iraq has been one of the most...
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Spatial-temporal changes and driving factors of eco-environmental quality in the Three-North region of China
Eco-environmental quality is a measure of the suitability of the ecological environment for human survival and socioeconomic development....
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Water use characteristics of different pioneer shrubs at different ages in western Chinese Loess Plateau: Evidence from δ2H offset correction
Caragana korshinskii Kom. and Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb. are pioneer shrubs for water and soil conservation, and for windbreak and sand fixation in...
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Responses of soil fauna community under changing environmental conditions
Soil faunas account for 23% of known animal species and play a crucial role in ecosystem processes such as mineralizing nutrients, regulating...
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Attribution analysis and multi-scenario prediction of NDVI drivers in the **lin Gol grassland, China
Grassland degradation is influenced by climate change and human activities, and has become a major obstacle for the development of arid and semi-arid...
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Soil microbial community diversity and distribution characteristics under three vegetation types in the Qilian Mountains, China
Qilian Mountains in Northwest China is a significant ecological security barrier due to its distinctive geographic setting, which has significant...
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Effects of desert plant communities on soil enzyme activities and soil organic carbon in the proluvial fan in the eastern foothills of the Helan Mountain in Ningxia, China
It is of great significance to study the effects of desert plants on soil enzyme activities and soil organic carbon (SOC) for maintaining the...
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Dead shrub patches as ecosystem engineers in degraded drylands
A long-term drought has led to the mass mortality of shrubs in the semi-arid Israeli Negev. The most impacted shrub species is the Noaea mucronata ...
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Impacts of climate change and anthropogenic activities on the normalized difference vegetation index of desertified areas in northern China
Vegetation plays a key role in maintaining ecosystem stability, promoting biodiversity conservation, serving as windbreaks, and facilitating sand...
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The Kandyan Home Garden – Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystem in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has a rich ecosystem diversity because of its topographic and climatic heterogeneity and coastal influence. The country consists of diverse...
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Northern Ecohydrology of Interior Alaska Subarctic
Ecohydrology—as an interdisciplinary field—developed in and explores processes in warm semi-arid and arid ecosystems. This field is in its infancy...
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An over review of desertification in **njiang, Northwest China
Desertification research in arid and semi-arid regions has always been actively pursued. In China, the problem of desertification in **njiang has...
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Influence of varied drought types on soil conservation service within the framework of climate change: insights from the **ghe River Basin, China
Severe soil erosion and drought are the two main factors affecting the ecological security of the Loess Plateau, China. Investigating the influence...
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Land Degradation and Ecological Restoration
There are many types of land degradation in China, the occurrence is wide, the regional difference is great, and the harm is serious. Soil erosion in...
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Leguminosae plants play a key role in affecting soil physical-chemical and biological properties during grassland succession after farmland abandonment in the Loess Plateau, China
Leguminosae are an important part of terrestrial ecosystems and play a key role in promoting soil nutrient cycling and improving soil properties....
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Part C: Ecological Systems and Ecosystem Biology
The biosphere comprises the thin layer on the earth’s surface in which all life phenomena take place, i.e. on land the lowest layer of the...