The riparian forests in the Tarim Basin (NW China) are mainly composed of poplar species
(Populus euphratica, Populus pruinosa). In the hyper‐arid climate of this region, the trees …

Although climate change has emerged as a major threat to biodiversity, few assessments
exist of the sensitivity of desert riparian forests to climate in extremely arid plain areas. We …

Restoring degraded ecosystems in drylands is challenging because of low precipitation and
high evapotranspiration. Water availability determines the existence and spatiotemporal …

Abstract Fractional Vegetation Coverage (FVC) is an essential indicator that captures
variations in vegetation and documents the impacts of climate change and human activity for …

Evaluating the effects of ecological projects is important for summarizing past experience
and for exploring more effective ways to implement land use policies in the future. The base …

Human activity has transformed natural land use patterns and exerted a significant impact
on the mechanisms underlying ecosystem service (ES) provisioning. This has disrupted the …

Understanding the water use patterns of artificially revegetated plants in arid and semi-arid
desert regions with shallow groundwater is crucial for sustainable water resource …

Introduction: Environmental protection is an essential issue for sustainable development,
and its execution power mainly comes from individual environmental protection behavior …

Ecosystem services (ESs) are the largest benefits that humans derive directly or indirectly
from ecosystems. Inland river basins in arid zones have a variety of key ecosystem functions …

Abstract The Tarim River Basin in **njiang, China, has a typical desert riparian forest
ecosystem. Analysis of the resilience of this type of ecosystem under extreme drought …