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Land, 2022 Shrubs are an important part of the Gobi Desert ecosystem, and their aboveground biomass (AGB) is an important manifestation of the productivity of the Gobi Desert ecosystem.
Jie Ding +5 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]
ZooKeysThapaia 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 +4 more
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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 +4 more
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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 +3 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 +3 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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Multi-Temporal Assessment of Desertification Degree in Kaita and Mashi Areas of Katsina state, Nigeria using Feature-Space Technique [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesDesertification poses a severe environmental threat in Katsina state, northern Nigeria. While previous studies have assessed desertification in Katsina state and Nigeria, the feature-space technique, which identifies location-specific indicator pairs ...
A. O. Aliyu +5 more
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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 +5 more
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Research on Inversion of Soil Moisture in Karst Area Based on Full-Polarization SAR Data
IEEE Access, 2021 In order to select a reasonable controlling mode of rocky desertification and restrain the development of rocky desertification with local conditions, the soil moisture in Karst area was studied by using full-polarization Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR ...
Caixia Su, Yongfeng Cao
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Spatiotemporal Dynamic Change and the Driving Mechanism of Desertification in the Yellow River Basin
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote SensingThe yellow river basin (YRB) plays a crucial role in maintaining national ecological security, and controlling desertification is a critical factor in strengthening the foundation for the high-quality development of the basin.
Ling Ran +7 more
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