Structural information of grassland changes on the Tibetan Plateau is essential for
understanding alterations in critical ecosystem functioning and their underlying drivers that …

Enhancing terrestrial carbon (C) stock through ecological restoration, one of the prominent
approaches for natural climate solutions, is conventionally considered to be achieved …

Redistribution of precipitation across seasons is a widespread phenomenon affecting
dryland ecosystems globally. However, the impacts of shifting seasonal precipitation …

Research carried out in drylands over the last decade has provided major insights on the
biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship (BEFr) and about how biodiversity interacts …

Matching the supply and demand of related ecosystem services can be an effective way to
realize long-term sustainable management of the food-energy-water nexus (FEW Nexus) in …

Global warming has led to severe land desertification on the Mongolian plateau. It puts great
environmental pressure on vegetation communities. This pressure leads to fragmentation of …

Abstract The Dryland East Asia (DEA) is one of the largest inland arid regions, and
vegetation is very sensitive to climate change. The complex environment in DEA with defects …

China has undertaken extensive ecological restoration (ER) projects since the late 1970s in
drylands, dominating the greening of drylands. The greening, especially ER‐induced, can …

Vegetation, as a crucial carbon sink, is facing extensive degradation under the mounting
pressures of urbanization and excessive resource exploitation, exacerbating the imbalance …

As a key region supplementing China's limited croplands, Northwest China has undergone
rapid cropland expansion over the past decades to satisfy rising food demand from …