The effects of sand encroachment on composition,diversity,and functional patterns of vegetation in drylands are rarely studied,and yet addressing these aspects is important to deepen our understanding of the biodivers...
Biological invasions can alter soil properties within the range of their introduced,leading to impacts on ecosystem services,ecosystem functions,and biodiversity.To better understand the impacts of biological invasion...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51879224,51609237);the Key Research and Development Projects of Shaanxi Province,China(2019NY-190).
Plastic mulched ridge-furrow irrigation is a useful method to improve crop productivity and decrease salt accumulation in arid saline areas.However,inappropriate irrigation and fertilizer practices may result in ecolo...
This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1603242);the Major Science and Technology Projects in Inner Mongolia,China(ZDZX2018054).
The Aral Sea Basin in Central Asia is an important geographical environment unit in the center of Eurasia.It is of great significance to the ecological protection and sustainable development of Central Asia to carry o...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41701474,41701467);the National Key Research and Development Plan of China(2016YFC0500205);the National Basic Research Program of China(2015CB954103);the Key Laboratory for National Geograophy State Monitoring(National Administration of Surveying,Mapping and Geoinformation;2017NGCM09)
Detecting change features of climate variables in arid/semi-arid areas is essential for understanding related climate change patterns and the driving and evolution mechanism between climate and arid/semi-arid ecosyste...
supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2011AA100508);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31471947,31860587)
Drip irrigation can produce high rice yields with significant water savings;therefore,it is widely used in arid area water-scarce northern China.However,high-frequency irrigation of drip irrigation with low temperatur...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41630859);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA19030204)
The increasing shortage in water resources is a key factor affecting sustainable socio-economic development in the arid region of Northwest China(ARNC). Water shortages also affect the stability of the region's oasis ...
supported by the Program for Young Talents of Science and Technology in Universities of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region;the National Key Research and Development Plan (2017YFC0404305);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51669016)
An abrupt temperature change and a warming hiatus have strongly influenced the global climate.This study focused on these changes in Inner Mongolia, China. This study used the central clustering method, Mann-Kendall m...
supported by the International Platform for Dryland Research and Education, Tottori University and the National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFC0500909)
Soil salinization is a serious ecological and environmental problem because it adversely affects sustainable development worldwide, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. It is crucial and urgent that advanced tech...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0500706)
Plant phenotypic plasticity is a common feature that is crucial for explaining interspecific competition, dynamics and biological evolution of plant communities. In this study, we tested the effects of soil CaCO_3(cal...