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The Changes of Spatiotemporal Pattern of Rocky Desertification and Its Dominant Driving Factors in Typical Karst Mountainous Areas under the Background of Global Change

Remote Sensing, 2022
There are significant differences in the dominant driving factors of rocky desertification evolution in different historical periods in southwest karst mountainous areas. However, previous studies were mostly conducted in specific periods. In this study,
Bing Guo, Fei Yang, Junfu Fan, Yuefeng Lu   +3 more
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New contribution to the leafhopper genus Thapaia (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae), with the description of a new species from China [PDF]

ZooKeys
Thapaia malingensis Yuan & Song, sp. nov., a new species of Erythroneurini (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from Maling River Canyon in Xingyi, China, is described and illustrated.
Xiaojuan Yuan, Wenming Xu, Zihui Zhao, Di Su, Yuehua Song   +4 more
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Early-Warning System for Desertification Based on Climatic and Hydrologic Criteria [PDF]

Desert, 2019
The United Nations’ convention on desertification encourages the participating countries to introduce criteria for developing Early-Warning Systems (EWS) in order to monitor and assess desertification.
R. Masoudi, Gh. Zehtabian, F. Jafary, A. Loáiciga   +3 more
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Spatiotemporal Evolution Analysis and Future Scenario Prediction of Rocky Desertification in a Subtropical Karst Region

Remote Sensing, 2022
Landscape change is a dynamic feature of landscape structure and function over time which is usually affected by natural and human factors. The evolution of rocky desertification is a typical landscape change that directly affects ecological environment ...
Chunhua Qian, Hequn Qiang, Changyou Qin, Zi Wang, Mingyang Li   +4 more
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The Latest Desertification Process and Its Driving Force in Alxa League from 2000 to 2020

Remote Sensing, 2023
Alxa League of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is a concentrated desert distribution area in China, and the latest desertification process and its driving mechanism under the comprehensive influence of the extreme dry climate and intense human ...
Jiali Xie, Zhixiang Lu, Shengchun Xiao, Changzhen Yan   +3 more
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Fine root dynamic characteristics and effect on plantation’s carbon sequestration of three Salix shrub plantations in Tibetan Plateau alpine sandy land

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Desertification land in Gonghe Basin of Tibetan Plateau, China accounts for 91.9% of the total land area. Vegetation restoration and reconstruction with desert shrubs in degraded ecosystem are effective ways to prevent and control desertification ...
Lingxianzi He, Zhiqing Jia, Qingxue Li, Youyan Zhang, Rina Wu, Jie Dai, Ya Gao   +6 more
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Spectral analysis of seasonal rock and vegetation changes for detecting karst rocky desertification in southwest China

International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2021
Karst rocky desertification (KRD) has become a major long-term problem for the ecological environment in karst areas of southwest China. The aim of this study was to monitor and evaluate the level of rocky desertification in Pingguo County, Guangxi ...
Jie Zhang, Meiling Liu, Xiangnan Liu, Weiqun Luo, Ling Wu, Lihong Zhu   +5 more
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Spatial and Temporal Changes and Driving Factors of Desertification in the Source Region of the Yellow River, China [PDF]

Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 2020
The source region of the Yellow River, located in the north-eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is an important water conservation region and ecological barrier of the Yellow River.
Q. G. Liu and Y. F. Huang
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Using unmanned aerial vehicles to quantify spatial patterns of dominant vegetation along an elevation gradient in the typical Gobi region in Xinjiang, Northwest China

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Elevation gradient is a key environmental factor influencing the distribution of plants in the Gobi region. It can indirectly regulate the distribution of plants based on terrain and varying soil moisture, nutrient distribution, and particle composition.
Heyu Zhang, Yiming Feng, Wenke Guan, Xiaoming Cao, Zhipeng Li, Jie Ding   +5 more
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Floristic features and vegetation classification of the Hulun Buir Steppe in North China: Geography and climate-driven steppe diversification

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019
This study aims to present a comprehensive description of the plant communities of the Hulun Buir Steppe based on floristically complete vegetation records as a baseline reference for future ecological and palaeoecological studies.
Yuanjun Zhu, Dan Shan, Baizhu Wang, Zhongjie Shi, Xiaohui Yang, Yanshu Liu   +5 more
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