Windblown sediment transport and loss in a desert–oasis ecotone in the Tarim Basin [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 The Tarim Basin is regarded as one of the most highly erodible areas in China. Desert comprises 64% of the land use in the Basin, but the desert–oasis ecotone plays a prominent role in maintaining oasis ecological security and stability.
Huawei Pi +2 more
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Changes in soil properties in different land use types in a desert-oasis ecotone, Inner Mongolia, China [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 This study aims to examine the changes in soil chemical properties (soil organic matter, SOM; available nitrogen, AN; available phosphorus, AP; available potassium, AK; total nitrogen, TN; total phosphorus, TP and pH) in three depths (i.e.
Yunhu Xie +4 more
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Analysis of desertification combating needs based on potential vegetation NDVI—A case in the Hotan Oasis [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Combating desertification is vital for arresting land degradation and ensuring sustainable development of the global ecological environment. This study has analyzed the current desertification status and determined its control needs based on the ...
Lei Zhang +11 more
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Evaluation of windproof and sand fixation effect of protective system in the Desert oasis ecotone of Mingsha Mountain Dunhuang [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe Desert oasis ecotone (DOE) protects the oasis from wind and sand intrusion, thereby playing a crucial role in controlling desertification. However, there is limited knowledge about how DOE functions in windproof and sand-fixation.
Kecun Zhang +3 more
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Microclimate and Wind Regime of Three Typical Landscapes in the Northeastern Ulan Buh Desert [PDF]
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Knowledge of the microclimate and wind regimes of different land landscapes can be used to support natural resource development and agricultural productivity in desert areas.
Fengmin Luo +8 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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Soil Seed Bank Characteristics of Nitraria tangutorum Nebkhas in a Desert–Oasis Ecotone [PDF]
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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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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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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Groundwater Depths Affect Phosphorus and Potassium Resorption but Not Their Utilization in a Desert Phreatophyte in Its Hyper-Arid Environment [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Nutrients are vital for plant subsistence and growth in nutrient-poor and arid ecosystems. The deep roots of phreatophytic plants are necessary to access groundwater, which is the major source of nutrients for phreatophytes in an arid desert ecosystem ...
Bo Zhang +14 more
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