supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.32130065 and 32192461).
Increasing intensity and frequency of climate extremes under climate change are expected to affect rainfall-constrained ecosystems,particularly grassland ecosystems in arid and semi-arid zones.However,our understandin...
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...
funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFD2200503-02)。
The diameter distribution function(DDF)is a crucial tool for accurately predicting stand carbon storage(CS).The current key issue,however,is how to construct a high-precision DDF based on stand factors,site quality,an...
This study aimed to investigate drought as an extreme climatic event in Sudan by utilizing the Anomaly and Standard Precipitation Index (SPI). This research employed high-resolution Climate Hazards Group Infrared Prec...
Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Tibet Autonomous Region(XZ202001ZR0082G);National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFA0608203);Key Research and Development of Science and Technology Program of Tibet Autonomous Region(CGZH2024000002)。
Based on the daily meteorological observation data of seven meteorological stations in southern Tibet from 1980 to 2021 (April-October), the temporal and spatial variation characteristics and influencing factors of ar...
supported by the National key research and development program (2019YFA0607104);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41991231, 42275034, 41975076, 42075029, 42075017, and 42075018);the Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Project (22JR5RA405)。
As an important factor that directly affects agricultural production, the social economy, and policy implementation,observed changes in dry/wet conditions have become a matter of widespread concern. However, previous ...
supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (2019QZKK0305);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (lzujbky-2022-ct01);‘111’ Project (BP0719040);‘Innovation Star’project of Gansu Province’s outstanding graduate students in2023 (2023CXZX-132);supported by Generalitat Valenciana (CIDEGENT/2018/041);the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (EUR2022-134048);supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41 901 122);the Shenzhen Fundamental Research Program(GXWD20201231165807007-20200814213435001);supported by the Spanish Government grant TED2021-132627B-I00funded by MCIN;AEI/10.13039/501 100 011 033;the European Union Next Generation EU/PRTR,the Fundación Ramón Areces grant CIVP20A6621;the Catalan Government grant SGR2021-1333
Crossing certain aridity thresholds in global drylands can lead to abrupt decays of ecosystem attributes such as plant productivity,potentially causing land degradation and desertification.It is largely unknown,howeve...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.2022YFF0801703);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.42175053 & 41822503)。
The vapor pressure deficit(VPD) is an important variable used to characterize atmospheric aridity.This paper analyses the spatial and temporal characteristics of the decadal abrupt change(DAC) in the global land VPD a...
Calotropis procera(Aiton)W.T.Aiton,belonging to the family Apocynaceae,is C3 evergreen plant species in arid and semi-arid areas of the Punjab Province,Pakistan.It grows in a variety of habitats like salt affected and...
Reduced tillage practices present a tool that could sustainably intensify agriculture.The existing literature,however,lacks a consensus on how and when reduced tillage practices should get implemented.We reanalyzed he...