supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2023YFF0805602);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32225032,32001192,32271597);the Innovation Base Project of Gansu Province(2021YFF0703904);the Science and Technology Program of Gansu Province(24JRRA515,22JR5RA525,23JRRA1157).
Studies on plant diversity are usually based on the total number of species in a community.However,few studies have examined species richness(SR)of different plant life forms in a community along largescale environmen...
supported by the Ministry of Education of Human-ities and Social Science project,China(Grant No.21YJA630121);the National Key Technology R&D Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of China(Grant No.2023YFD1500103);the Tsinghua Rural Studies PhD Scholarship(Grant No.202323);2023 Gradu-ate Innovation Fund Project of China University of Geosciences,Beijing(Grant No.ZD2023YC043);National Social Science Fund of China(Grants No.19ZDA096 and 20&ZD090)。
Conversion of dryland to paddy fields(CDPF)is an effective way to transition from rain-fed to irrigated agricul ture,helping to mitigate the effects of climate change on agriculture and increase yields to meet growing...
funded by the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Public Welfare Research Institutes Special Funds for Basic Research Operations(Grant No.KY2023111).
As globally important dust source areas,drylands not only have extremely fragile ecosystems that are exceptionally sensitive to global climate change but also have important implications for global warming and carbon ...
funded by the Joint Research Program of Arid Land Research Center,Tottori University(Grant No.05B2018).
Drought and salinity stress pose threats to agricultural production in drylands.Although breeding and genetic modification techniques have been employed to develop drought-and salt-tolerant crops,these methods are cos...
funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2023YFD1500801);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA28020302);the Basic Geological Survey Project of China Geological Survey(Grant No.DD20230089);the project of Northeast Geological S&T Innovation Center of China Geological Survey(Grant Nos.QCJJ2023-53,QCJJ2023-54,QCJJ2022-41)。
The understanding of the spatial distribution of soil organic carbon(SOC)and its influencing factors is crucial for comprehending the global carbon cycle.However,the impact of soil geochemical and climatic conditions ...
granted by National Key Research and Development Program(No.2022YFF0801803);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42161144008).
Enhancing forest cover is important for effective climate change mitigation.Studies suggest that drylands are promising areas for expanding forests,but conflicts arise with increased forest area and water consumption....
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41991231);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(lzujbky-2022-kb11).
Due to the considerable uncertainties inherent in the datasets describing the spatiotemporal distributions of precipitation in the drylands of China,this study presents a new merged monthly precipitation product with ...
supported by the Tianshan Talent Training Plan of Xinjiang,China(2022TSYCLJ0058,2022TSYCCX0001);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(2022D01D83,42377358).
The drylands of China cover approximately 6.6×106 km2 and are home to approximately 5.8×10^(8)people,providing important ecosystem services for human survival and development.However,dryland ecosystems are extremely...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.41991231,42041004,and 41888101);the China University Research Talents Recruitment Program(111 project,Grant No.B13045).
Vegetation greening has long been acknowledged,but recent studies have pointed out that vegetation greening is possibly stalled or even reversed.However,detailed analyses about greening reversal or increased browning ...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation and the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.41991233,2022YFF1300405,and 41807153);C.W.was supported by the Ma Shijun Young Talent Sponsorship Program by the State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology.
Climate change and anthropogenic activities are reshaping dryland ecosystems globally at an unprecedented pace,jeopardizing their stability.The stability of these ecosystems is crucial for maintaining ecological balan...