financially supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(42330503,42171068);the Third Xinjiang Scientific Expedition Program(2022xjkk0901);the Tianshan Talent Training Program(2023TSYCLJ0048).
Soil salinization may affect biodiversity and species composition,leading to changes in the plant community structure.However,few studies have explored the spatial pattern of soil salinization and its effects on shrub...
Reproductive systems are fundamental attributes for understanding life cycle and regeneration processes and provide information about seed production and genetic diversity. Analyses of reproductive strategies within c...
This work is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China[grant number 2017YFC050540503];National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant numbers 41301028,41571413,41701520 and 41471368];Lajiao Chen(201704910065)would like to acknowledge the fellowship from the China Scholarship Council(CSC).
Partitioning of evapotranspiration(ET)into biological component transpiration(T)and non-biological component evaporation(E)is crucial in understanding the impact of environmental change on ecosystems and water resourc...
This work was supported by the‘Strategic Priority Research Program-Climate Change:Carbon Budget and Related Issues’of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(#XDA05050300).
Aims Carbon(C),nitrogen(N)and phosphorus(P)stoichiometry strongly affect functions and nutrient cycling within ecosystems.However,the related researches in shrubs were very limited.In this study,we aimed to inves-tiga...
Land cover change from renewable energy development in southern California is receiving increasing attention due to potential impacts on protected area conservation, endangered species, and greenhouse gas emissions. T...
the National Science Found for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (No.40025106);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.90102012 and 40371074).
The most serious erosion on the Loess Plateau of China exists in the wind-water erosion crisscross region where the annual precipitation is about 400 mm,the ecological environment is very fragile,and water is the key ...
National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (Nos.40501072 and 40673067);the Major State Basic Research Develop-ment Program of China (No.2002CB 412503);the Knowledge Inno-vation Program of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Re-sources Research,CAS "The effect of human activities on regional envi-ronmental quality,the health risk and the environmental remediation"
The diurnal and seasonal dynamics of soil respiration in the A. ordosica shrubland on Ordos Plateau were investigated in the growing season (May-October) of 2006 and their environmental driving factors were also ana...
The soil constituents and relations between the variation of soil resources and plant communities in three adjacent sites representing the overgrazing, reclamation and comparatively undisturbed communities respectivel...
Net N mineralization and nitrification were determined using the closed_top PVC tube in situ incubation method in a subalpine meadow (Saussurea iodostegia Hance + Carex capillaris L.)→shagspine peashrub (Caragana jub...