This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31670712);the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA26020104).
Soil water content is a key controlling factor for vegetation restoration in sand dunes.The deep seepage and lateral migration of water in dunes affect the recharge process of deep soil water and groundwater in sand d...
This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32060313,31760707).
Maintaining the stability of exotic sand-binding shrub has become a large challenge in arid and semi-arid grassland ecosystems in northern China.We investigated two kinds of shrublands with different BSCs(biological s...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32171872,31901367);the Key R&D Projects in Ningxia,China(2019BFG02022);the Young Science and Technology Talents Promotion Project(the fifth batch)in Ningxia,China;the Agricultural Science and Technology Funding Innovation Project,in Ningxia,China(NGSB-2021-14-03);the Ningxia Natural Science Foundation(2021AAC03015)。
Water is a limiting factor in the restoration and construction of desert steppe.Exploring plant water sources is necessary to understand soil-plant interactions and species coexistence;however,water sources of major p...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32060301).
Leaf wetness provides a wide range of benefits not only to leaves,but also to ecosystems and communities.It regulates canopy eco-hydrological processes and drives spatial differences in hydrological flux.In spite of t...
the Scientific and Technological Innovation Team Project in Key Areas(2019CB004);the Water-Saving Irrigation Experiment Project(BTJSSY–201911)of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps,China。
To combat the problem of residual film pollution and ensure the sustainable development of agriculture in oasis areas,a field experiment was carried out in 2019 at the Wuyi Farm Corps Irrigation Center Test Station in...
This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51809217,51409136);the PhD Research Startup Foundation(Z109021806);the Science and Technology Program Project of Science and Technology Department of Yunnan Province of China(2019FB075).
Soil water is a critical resource,and as such is the focus of considerable physical research.Characterization of the distribution and spatial variability of soil water content(SWC)offers important agronomic and enviro...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41530745, 41371114, 41361004);the State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Desertification and Aeolian Sand Disaster Combating,Gansu Desert Control Research Institute for providing support for sample testing
The complex interactions in desert ecosystems between functional types and environmental conditions could be reflected by plant water use patterns. However, the mechanisms underlying the water use patterns as well as ...
financially supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-110444);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (ZD2013020)
Soil respiration(SR) in crop field is affected by environmental factors, agronomic practices and crop types. To clarify how planting density affects the SR dynamics in switchgrass(Panicum virgatum L.) field on the...
supported by the Joint Funds of National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1203201);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41371516, 31100144)
Desert phreatophytes are greatly dependent on groundwater, but how their root systems adapt to different groundwater depths is poorly understood. In the present study, shoot and root growths of Alhagi sparsifolia Shap...
funded by the Foundation for University Key Teacher by Henan Educational Committee (2013GGJS070);the National Basic Research Program of China (2014CB954202);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40971150);the China Scholarship Council (201208410020)
Desert ephemeral plants play an important role in desert ecosystem.Soil water availability is considered as the major restrictive factor limiting the growth of ephemeral plants.Moreover,arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi(A...