Mountains are important reservoirs of biodiversity and endemism on a global scale, but little is known about the altitudinal configuration of this diversity and its driving factors in arid mountains. We explored varia...
financially supported by the second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(Grant No.2019QZKK0603);supported by the Western China Youth Scholar Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences,the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(Grant No.2024YFHZ0178);the Science and Technology Research Program of Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.IMHE-ZYTS11)。
Solar farms have been rapidly expanding on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.However,the effects of photovoltaic arrays on the contribution of microbial necromass carbon(MNC)to soil organic carbon(SOC),along with the underl...
Open access funding provided by The Science,Technology&Innovation Funding Authority(STDF)in cooperation with The Egyptian Knowledge Bank(EKB)。
The Safaga Region(SR)is part of the Red Sea mountain range in Egypt.Catastrophic flash flooding is now an inescapable event,wreaking havoc and causing massive loss of life and property.The majority of the floodwater,h...
Among the common hazards related to alluvial fans,flooding is one of the most important.Nonetheless,in populated alluvial fans,not only the natural processes are effective in floods,but the artificial structures and m...
supported by China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists(Grant No.52025092);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.JB2022059)。
Rapid change of climate in vertical and considerable geomorphologic features form a typical diversity and distribution of biota in mountain ecosystems,i.e.,the subalpine forest zone(SFZ),the valley savanna zone(VSZ),a...
the Razi University authorities,Kermanshah,for their help and support of this study。
Rapid climate change has provided the opportunity for many species to learn to adapt fast enough to modify their range distribution.The positive and negative responses of the species in terms of distribution are relat...
supported by the Open Foundation of MOE Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental System,Lanzhou University;the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(lzujbky-2020-kb01);the National Key Research and Development Programs of China(no.2017YFC0504306);partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.41671017);the National Key Research and Development Programs of China(no.2017YFC0504801)。
To better understand the variation in mountainous discharge(MD)in the future,a basin case study was conducted in the upstream Taolai River Basin(UTRB)in arid northwestern China.The Blaney-Criddle(B-C)equation,Budyko f...
Agriculture and Natural Resources,University of Tehran for financial support of the study(Grant No.7104017/6/18)。
Quantitative weathering indices are efficient tools in determining the soil development from the underlying rocks.In order to evaluate the effects of climate on the soils developed under an arid to sub-humid climosequ...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41790443);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,Chang’an University(CHD)(Grant No.300102218412)。
The use of low embankments is of significant concern for ecological protection in aridoasis areas.Based on the project of Sansha Expressway located in Kashgar City,Xinjiang,China,physical model tests were conducted in...
funded by University of Zabol,Iran(Grant No.UOZ-GR-9517-24);the Vice Chancellery for Research and Technology,University of Zabol,for funding this study
Mountainous rangelands play a pivotal role in providing forage resources for livestock, particularly in summer, and maintaining ecological balance. This study aimed to identify environmental variables affecting range ...