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Optimizing field management to promote the ecologicalization of agriculture in loess hilly-gully region, China
Scientific field management is an important path to realize ecological production and sustainable development of agriculture. As the main content of...
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Compounding soils to improve cropland quality: A study based on field experiments and model simulations in the loess hilly-gully region, China
Increasing the quantity and improving the quality of cropland can alleviate the human-land contradiction and promote the sustainable development of...
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Divergent responses of soil microbial metabolic limitations to cropland revegetation at erosion and deposition topographies in the hilly-gully region of the northern Loess Plateau, China
AimsCropland revegetation is an effective measure to curb soil erosion on eroding hillslopes and increase farmers’ income at depositional check dams....
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Soil quality assessment in different dammed-valley farmlands in the hilly-gully mountain areas of the northern Loess Plateau, China
There are numerous valley farmlands on the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP), where suffers from low soil quality and high risk of soil salinization due to...
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Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Soil Erosion on the Chinese Loess Plateau and Strategies for Vegetation Management
The Chinese Loess Plateau plays a crucial role in soil and water conservation and ecological restoration. China has implemented the Grain for Green...
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Spatiotemporal features of pollutant loads in the Yan River Basin, a typical loess hilly and gully watershed in the Chinese Loess Plateau
Water quality is the restrictive factor for both ecosystem health and social development in the Chinese Loess Plateau, a unique area with most severe...
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Influences of revegetation mode on soil water dynamic in gully slope of the Chinese Loess hilly–gully region
Gully slope is one of the most active areas of soil erosion in small watershed of the Chinese Loess hilly–gully region. Although its soil erosion has...
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Investigating the Loess Plateau’s coevolution of precipitation and natural vegetation cover
The Chinese government’s program of reverting agriculture to forests and grasslands has largely been responsible for the phenomenon of the Loess...
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Gully stabilization and loess-platform protection against headward erosion
The Loess Plateau is highly susceptible to gully headward erosion, highlighting the urgent need for soil stabilization. In this study, a series of...
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Gully head activity and its influencing factors in China’s Loess Plateau
PurposeGully erosion is the most serious form of soil degradation that occurs in agricultural areas. Gully head retreat is an essential process in...
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Quantitative assessment of check dam system impacts on catchment flood characteristics – a case in hilly and gully area of the Loess Plateau, China
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of check dams on catchment hydrological response in a small catchment on the hilly and gully...
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Numerical stability analysis of the Changjiahe landslide in high seismic intensity region of the Loess Plateau
Loess is a type of loose sediment that is deposited and consolidates in natural environments. Because of its special structural characteristics and...
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Dynamic evolution and the mechanism of modern gully agriculture regional function in the Loess Plateau
The agricultural regional type and function are the key theoretical issues in agricultural geography research. Gully agriculture in the Loess Plateau...
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Spatial distribution and influencing factors of Surface Nibble Degree index in the severe gully erosion region of China’s Loess Plateau
In China’s Loess Plateau severe gully erosion (LPGE) region, the shoulder-line is the most intuitive and unique manifestation of the loess landform,...
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Map** the terraces on the Loess Plateau based on a deep learning-based model at 1.89 m resolution
Terraces on the Loess Plateau play essential roles in soil conservation, as well as agricultural productivity in this region. However, due to the...
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Study of loess ecological slope protection optimization measures and prediction of the erosion control effect
The large-scale management of ditches and implementation of land projects in loess areas have increased the arable land area but have caused...
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Feasibility analysis of a double-crop** system for the efficient use of farmland on China’s Loess Plateau
Crop** systems worldwide have been affected by the current trend in global warming and the optimization of crop** systems is an important area of...
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Investigation on the Deformation and Failure Patterns of Loess Cut Slope Based on the Unsaturated Triaxial Test in Yan’an, China
The large-scale implementation of the Gully Stabilization and Land Reclamation (GSLR) project induces various failures of loess slopes due to...
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Estimating the optimal vegetation coverage for the dominant tree and shrub species over China’s northwest drylands
Anthropogenic revegetation is an effective way to control soil erosion and restore degraded ecosystems in China’s northwest drylands (NWD). However,...
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Land consolidation and eco-environmental sustainability in Loess Plateau: A study of Baota district, Shaanxi province, China
Eco-environmental sustainability is the basis for sustainable development in ecologically fragile areas. Land consolidation plays an important role...