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Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2019 Pothohar region of the Punjab, Pakistan is rain-fed with undulating topography. Soils of the area are predominantly loose with low water retention capacity and are vulnerable to erosion. Erratic and high intensity rainfall causes land erosion in the area
Adnan Umair +5 more
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Relationships Between Key Dryland Ecosystem Services: A Case Study in Ordos, China
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 Dryland ecosystem services (ESs) have been severely harmed by global environmental changes and increased human activities. To improve ESs, it is necessary to understand how they interact in drylands.
Ning Su +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 The rapid growth rate, high biomass production, and annual harvesting make bamboo a suitable species for commercial production. Allometric equations for many broadleaf and conifer tree species are available.
R. Kaushal +9 more
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Water Area Variation and River–Lake Interactions in the Poyang Lake from 1977–2021
Remote Sensing, 2023 Lakes are an important part of the Earth’s surface. Poyang Lake is China’s largest freshwater lake with complex hydrological relationships and unique rhythmic changes.
Biqing Tian +3 more
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Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2015 Cultivation of field crops is a challenge and risky business in sloping areas. A study was conducted as a demonstration model for the sloppy lands of Fateh Jang, Pakistan.
Obaid ur Rehman +4 more
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Characterization of cowpea to harvest rainwater for wheat in semiarid conditions
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2021 Aim of study: A field experiment was executed, under rainfed conditions from 2014-15 to 2017-18, to study the role of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) in rainwater harvesting to enhance the wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yield.
Muhammad R. Sajjad +8 more
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Forestry solutions for mitigating climate change in China
Forest Systems, 2014 Aim of study: Forests have vital functions in global carbon cycle, and thus are of prime importance in efforts to curb climate change. This study intends to guide effective forestry solutions to combat climate change in China.Area of study: China, not ...
Guanglei Gao +4 more
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Effects of fine root length density and root biomass on soil preferential flow in forest ecosystems
Forest Systems, 2015 Aim of study: The study was conducted to characterize the impacts of plant roots systems (e.g., root length density and root biomass) on soil preferential flow in forest ecosystems.
Yinghu Zhang +4 more
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 1976 Water has been called ubiquitous, which may be a small exaggeration, but it is no exaggeration to say that it is intimately associated with soil. In the never‐ending hydrologic cycle, rain falls upon the soil, and whether the soil is shielded by vegetation or otherwise protected is much of what soil and water conservation is all about.The story of soil
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Variation in Tree Species Ability to Capture and Retain Airborne Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Scientific Reports, 2017 Human health risks caused by PM2.5 raise awareness to the role of trees as bio-filters of urban air pollution, but not all species are equally capable of filtering the air. The objectives of this current study were: (1) to determine the foliar traits for
Lixin Chen +4 more
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