Biomass is among the most important state variables used to characterize ecosystems. Estimation of tree biomass involves the development of species-specific “allometric equations” that describe the relationship betw...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42371219);the Key Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province(24JRRA135);the Oasis Scientific Research Achievements Breakthrough Action Plan Project of Northwest Normal University(NWNU-LZKX-202302).
Due to irrational human activities and extreme climate,the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau,China,faces a serious threat of desertification.Desertification has a detrimental effect on the ecological environment and socioeconomi...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(42230720);Central-guided Local Science and Technology Development Program(2024ZY0014).
Background Desertifcation is the most severe environmental problem in arid and semi-arid regions and has caused great economic loss every year.However,artifcial sand fxation barriers function on sand fxation for only...
supported by the National Science Foundation of China (Grant Number: 72004116);the Hubei Social Science Foundation (Grant NO. 2022CFB292)
Desertification has had a significant impact on the ecological environment of the Yellow River Basin(YRB)in China.However,previous studies on the evaluation of the ecological environment quality(EEQ)in the YRB have pa...
supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB31000000);the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(No.2019QZKK0307);the Key Project of the Open Competition in Jiangsu Forestry(No.LYKJ[2022]01);the Jiangsu Social Development Project(BE2022792).
Rapid increase in desertification is an environ-mental concern,especially for the health and sustainabil-ity of ecosystems in changing climates.How ecosystems respond to such changes may be partially understood by stu...
supported by the the Basic Frontier Project of Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography,Chinese Academy of Sciences(E3500201);the Xinjiang Tianshan Talent Program(2022TSYCLJ0002);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(ZY20240223).
Understanding the spatial distribution of plant species and their dynamic changes in arid areas is crucial for addressing the challenges posed by climate change.Haloxylon ammodendron shelterbelts are essential for the...
Innovation empowers the battle against desertification and sandification in China,With birds chirping and lushplants swaying in the breeze,the shelterbelts intheoncebarrensand sea inAlxa Left Banner,a county-level adm...
the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFA0608404);the National Nature Science Foundation of China(41101006).
Assessment of land sensitivity to desertification is an important step to support desertification monitoring and control.Based on the Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use(MEDALUS)model,we defined four quality in...
funded by the General Project of Key R&D Plan of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region,China(2021BEG03008,2022BEG02012);the Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent Project of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region(2021GKLRLX13);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31760707).
Vegetation restoration and reconstruction are effective approaches to desertification control and achieving social and economic sustainability in desert areas.However,the self-succession ability of native plants durin...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52173248).
The sand-dust weather has become an environmental hazard in the world.However,it is still a challenge to control sandstorms and decrease sand-dust weather.The biomineralization technology for solidifying desert sands ...