Effects of amount and frequency of precipitation and sand burial on seed germination, seedling emergence and survival of the dune grass Leymus secalinus in …

Y Zhu, X Yang, CC Baskin, JM Baskin, M Dong… - Plant and Soil, 2014‏ - Springer
Aims Seed germination and seedling emergence are vulnerable to water stress in arid
environments. When precipitation is low and unpredictable during the early growing season …

Dendroclimatic evaluation of climate-growth relationships of Meyer spruce (Picea meyeri) on a sandy substrate in semi-arid grassland, north China

E Liang, X Shao, Y Hu, J Lin - Trees, 2001‏ - Springer
Dendroclimatic techniques were used to assess the climate–growth relationships of refugial
Meyer spruce (Picea meyeri Rehd. et Wils.) on a sandy substrate in semi-arid grassland of …

[HTML][HTML] Precipitation drives the accumulation of soil organic carbon in the sandy desert of the Junggar Basin, Northwest China

H Liu, Z Sun, Y Dong, H Yang, P He, B Yu, H Ye, S Li… - Ecological …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Accurate quantitative estimation of soil organic carbon (SOC) and its storage is crucial for
ecosystem response over desert areas, and is an important component of understanding …

Wind erosion prevention characteristics and key influencing factors of bryophytic soil crusts

C Bu, Y Zhao, RL Hill, C Zhao, Y Yang, P Zhang, S Wu - Plant and Soil, 2015‏ - Springer
Abstract Aims Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are generally considered to reduce wind erosion,
however, the extent of reductions is highly dependent on the vegetation type, soil moisture …

Interspecific interactions alter plant functional strategies in a revegetated shrub-dominated community in the Mu Us Desert, China

C Miao, Y Bai, Y Zhang, W She, L Liu, Y Qiao… - Annals of …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Previous studies investigating plant–plant interactions have
focused on plant growth, context dependence and shifts in interactive outcomes. However …

The discovery of surface runoff in the megadunes of Badain Jaran Desert, China, and its significance

JB Zhao, YD Ma, XQ Luo, DP Yue, TJ Shao… - Science China Earth …, 2017‏ - Springer
Abstract The Badain Jaran Desert exhibits the greatest difference in altitude of all of the
world's deserts. On the slopes of megadunes in the desert, there are physical and chemical …

Effects of climate change on plant composition and diversity in the Gurbantünggüt Desert of northwestern China

Y Zeng, T Liu, X Zhou, Q Sun, Z Han, K Liu - Ecological Research, 2016‏ - Springer
Understanding changes in plant diversity is important with changing climate in desert
ecosystems. We analyzed the changes in species richness and plant functional types in …

Spatial distribution characteristics of soil moisture in different types of sand dune in the Mu Us Sandy Land, adjacent to north of Chinese Loess Plateau

CF Fu, ZH Bian, JJ **, JB Zhao - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2018‏ - Springer
The distribution of soil moisture in arid and semiarid regions is a major environmental factor
and is regulated by regional topography, vegetation and soil texture. Here, we present the …

Effects of differing coverage of moss‐dominated soil crusts on hydrological processes and implications for disturbance in the Mu Us Sandland, China

Y Yang, C Bu, X Mu, K Zhang - Hydrological Processes, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
To study the effects of biological soil crusts (BSCs) on hydrological processes and their
implications for disturbance in the Mu Us Sandland, the water infiltration, evaporation and …

Pastoral degradation of steppe ecosystems in Central Mongolia

SN Bazha, PD Gunin, EV Danzhalova… - … Ecological problems and …, 2012‏ - Springer
In a close comparison of grazed and protected stands along a long submeridian transect
next to the trans-Mongolian railway (Sukhe-Bator–Ulaanbaataar–Dzamyn-Ud) across …