The ecosystem service value (ESV) of wetlands is a major concern in ecological research.
However, inland lake wetland ecosystems in arid areas are easily overlooked and seldom …

Water transfers have been implemented globally as important and effective ecological
restoration tools over the last several decades. However, the periodic impacts of large-scale …

Increasing numbers of field studies have detected isotopic mismatches between plant trunk
water and its potential sources. However, the cause of these isotopic offsets is not clear, and …

Locally recycled moisture from transpiration and surface evaporation is of great importance
in the terrestrial hydrological cycle, especially in the widely distributed oases across arid …

Ecological restoration of degraded riparian Tugai forests is a key driver to combat
desertification in arid regions. Previous studies have focused mainly on changes in …

Flexible water use patterns are of great importance for the survival of vegetation in dryland
regions. Our study aimed to investigate the influences of season and slope aspect on the …

Natural vegetation on both sides of the Tarim River Basin (TRB) is the only barrier—a critical
ecological niche—between the economic belt in the artificial oasis and the Taklimakan …

Groundwater is increasingly becoming a permanent and steady water source for the growth
and reproduction of desert plant species due to the frequent channel cutoff events in arid …

To accurately obtain the spatial distribution characteristics of groundwater level in an
extremely arid zone and its dynamic change patterns under the influence of human …

Understanding how changes in channel form affect the relationships between riparian
vegetation and river flow is critical to scientific river regulation in arid environments, but …