Analysis of land cover change and its driving forces in a desert oasis landscape of Xinjiang, northwest China [PDF]
Solid Earth, 2014 The combined effects of drought, warming and the changes in land cover have caused severe land degradation for several decades in the extremely arid desert oases of southern Xinjiang, northwest China. Land cover classifications of Landsat images in 1990,
T. Amuti, G. Luo
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Comprehensive evaluation on the ecological function of groundwater in the Shiyang River watershed
Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering, 2021 With an arid climate and shortage of water resources, the groundwater dependent ecosystems in the oasis–desert ecotone of the Shiyang River Watershed has been extremely damaged, and the water crisis in the oasis has become a major concern in the social ...
Min Liu +6 more
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Dynamics of Soil Water Content Across Different Landscapes in a Typical Desert-Oasis Ecotone
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2020 An understanding of soil water content dynamics is important for vegetation restoration in an arid desert-oasis ecotone under different landscapes. In this study, the dynamics of soil water content under three typical landscapes (i.e., desert, sand ...
Guohua Wang +6 more
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Atmospheric reactive nitrogen concentrations at ten sites with contrasting land use in an arid region of central Asia [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2012 Atmospheric concentrations of reactive nitrogen (N<sub>r</sub>) species from 2009 to 2011 are reported for ten sites in Xinjiang, China, an arid region of central Asia. Concentrations of NH<sub>3</sub>, NO<sub>2</sub>,
K. H. Li +9 more
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Tropospheric vertical column densities of NO2 over managed dryland ecosystems (Xinjiang, China): MAX-DOAS measurements vs. 3-D dispersion model simulations based on laboratory-derived NO emission from soil samples [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2015 We report on MAX-DOAS observations of NO2 over an oasis–ecotone–desert ecosystem in NW China. There, local ambient NO2 concentrations originate from enhanced biogenic NO emission of intensively managed soils.
B. Mamtimin +6 more
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Estimating Advance of Built-Up Area in Desert-Oasis Ecotone of Cholistan Desert Using Landsat
Land, 2023 There have been few attempts to estimate the effects of land use and land cover (LULC) on ecosystem services in desert-oasis ecotones, which are recognized as critical ecological barriers and buffers that prevent deserts from expanding into oases.
Sami Ullah +4 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Textural layering of soil plays an important role in distributing and regulating resources for plants in many semiarid and arid landscapes. However, the spatial patterns of textural layering and the potential effects on soil hydrology and water regimes ...
Chengpeng Sun +9 more
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Soil Seed Bank Characteristics of Nitraria tangutorum Nebkhas in a Desert–Oasis Ecotone
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Understanding soil seed banks (SSBs) of Nitrariatangutorum nebkhas is critical for vegetation restoration and ecological management in desert–oasis ecotones.
Min Li +6 more
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Long−Term Fertilization Increased Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Croplands Reclaimed from Desert
Atmosphere, 2022 Few studies have investigated how the reclamation of the desert to cropland affects soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. A study site was initiated in 2005 at the southern Taklimakan Desert by establishing four fields along the desert−oasis ecotone. Three
Yufeng Wu +4 more
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Groundwater depth alters soil nutrient concentrations in different environments in an arid desert
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Soil nutrients are vital for plant growth and survival and present a crucial role in terrestrial function and productivity. However, little is known about the effect mechanism of groundwater table on soil nutrients in an arid desert ecological system ...
Bo Zhang +30 more
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