[HTML][HTML] Impacts of climate change and afforestation on vegetation dynamic in the Mu Us Desert, China

Z Sun, Z Mao, L Yang, Z Liu, J Han, H Wanag, W He - Ecological indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
As an important part of the terrestrial ecosystem, vegetation is commonly used as an
indicator to evaluate climate change and ecological restoration efforts. In China's farming …

[HTML][HTML] Desertification in the Mu Us Sandy Land in China: Response to climate change and human activity from 2000 to 2020

X Wang, J Song, Z Xiao, J Wang, F Hu - Geography and Sustainability, 2022 - Elsevier
China is a country largely affected by desertification. The main purpose of this article is to
analyze interannual and seasonal changes in fractional vegetation cover (FVC) in the Mu Us …

Plants use rhizosphere metabolites to regulate soil microbial diversity

B Bi, K Wang, H Zhang, Y Wang, H Fei… - Land Degradation & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Specific metabolites and secondary metabolites produced by plants and soil microbes play
key roles in regulating organismal behaviour. At present, the variations in soil microbial …

Biophysical effects of paddy rice expansion on land surface temperature in Northeastern Asia

W Liu, J Dong, G Du, G Zhang, Z Hao, N You… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
The pending extensive rice expansion in northeastern Asia, especially in northeast China,
affects regional climate by altering both biogeochemical and biophysical processes. While …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of soil wind erosion in the Mu Us sandy land (in northern China) affected by cropland reclamation from 2000 to 2020

X Liu, H Du, S Li, X Liu, Y Fan, T Wang - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the wind speed displayed an obvious declining trend in northern China.
Under this background, large amounts of grassland and sandy land have been reclaimed …

Combining object-oriented and deep learning methods to estimate photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic vegetation cover in the desert from unmanned aerial …

J He, D Lyu, L He, Y Zhang, X Xu, H Yi, Q Tian, B Liu… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil erosion is a global environmental problem. The rapid monitoring of the coverage
changes in and spatial patterns of photosynthetic vegetation (PV) and non-photosynthetic …

[HTML][HTML] Unexpected consequences of large-scale ecological restoration: groundwater declines are reversed

J Luan, Y Zhang, X Li, N Ma, N Shahid, Z Xu, S He… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Groundwater resources play a crucial role in vegetation restoration and ecological
development in the northern part of the Loess Plateau. However, it remains unclear how the …

Vegetation-cover control of between-site soil temperature evolution in a sandy desertland

S He, C Zhang, FR Meng, CPA Bourque… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Vegetation has an important influence on soil temperature (ST). However, the possible
effects of surface vegetation on ST and their feedback on microclimate remain uncertain due …

Spatial–temporal variation characteristics and driving factors of net primary production in the Yellow River Basin over multiple time scales

Z Lin, Y Liu, Z Wen, X Chen, P Han, C Zheng, H Yao… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vegetation net primary productivity (NPP) serves as a crucial and intuitive indicator for
assessing ecosystem health. However, the nonlinear dynamics and influencing factors …

[HTML][HTML] Albedo-dominated biogeophysical warming effects induced by vegetation restoration on the Loess Plateau, China

K Wang, D Zhao, Y Zhu, X Gao, S Deng, Z Chen… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vegetation restoration can reduce surface albedo and retain more heat on the land surface.
This feedback would partially offset the cooling effect of vegetation by absorbing CO 2 …