PAN Yilu, YANG Xia, FANG Yuxuan, PAN Hongyi, ZHANG Wen, PAN Hongyi
Increasing human disturbance and climate change have threatened ecological connectivity and structural stability, especially in semi-arid mountain areas with sparse vegetation and weak hydrological regulation. Large-scale ecological restoration, such as adding ecological sources or corridors, is dif…
SHI Qingqing
The Turpan-Hami (Tuha) Basin of China, a critical region on the Silk Road Economic Belt and a major national energy base, occupies a significant position in energy security and in the major industrial clusters in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Understanding spatial and temporal evolution o…
Li Zhanwen, Wu Wenheng, Hangang Yao, Zhu Yuze, Li Yuxuan
Exploring the coupling and coordination relationship between new-type urbanization and agricultural modernization (the "two modernizations") in the Yellow River Basin is of great significance for implementing the strategy of ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basi…
CHENG Lanhua, YANG Xianming, PAN Xumei, AN Jingfeng, YANG Xianming
Territorial spatial ecological restoration is a crucial prerequisite for optimizing the territorial spatial patterns, enhancing the ecosystem functions, and achieving sustainable development at the regional scale. The Qaidam Basin, located in the alpine arid region of the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, Chi…
ZHANG Houtian, WANG Shidong, DING Junjie, WANG Shidong
Climate change significantly affects vegetation dynamics. Thus, understanding interactionsbetween vegetation and climatic factors is essential for ecological management. This study used kernelNormalized Difference Vegetation Index (kNDVI) and climatic data (temperature, precipitation, humidity,and v…
Xu Dong, Chen Hao, Yeerjiang Baike'tu'erhan, Wang Qiang
To investigate the spatial distribution heterogeneity of soil nutrients beneath Tianshan spruce forests and provide a foundational basis for forest health evaluation of Tianshan spruce (Picea schrenkiana var. tian⁃schanica) stands, this study was conducted across four research regions selected along…
Min Xue, Wu Yeli, Zhang Ying, Ding Guodong, Yang Zhiheng
The stoichiometric relationships of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) in vegetation-soil systems are crucial for understanding the ecological functions of different vegetation types. Taking four typical artificial vegetation types (poplar, Mongolian pine, Chinese pine, and Caragana korshi…
ZHAO Jianwen, Li Jinlin, Wang Shengjie
Soil moisture is crucial for vegetation growth and terrestrial ecosystems, particularly playing a decisive role in the provision of ecosystem services in mountain forest ecosystems in arid and semi-arid regions. Using remote sensing soil moisture data, this study investigated the temporal dynamics a…
Han Yuchen, Sun Qinke, Zhou Liang, Li Yu'ang
As core spatial units within oasis systems that accommodate population agglomeration, economic activities, and public service functions, oasis cities experience expansion processes that are not only constrained by oasis ecological patterns but also spatially drive oasis evolution. Systematically ide…
Zhou Tao, Wang Yajuan, Liu Xiaopeng
This study investigates the coupling and interactive relationship between new-type urbanization and low-carbon development, providing support for achieving transformation in new-type urbanization, promoting carbon emission reduction, and facilitating high-quality regional development. Based on panel…
tall and handsome, Zhang Wuwei
To explore the co-evolutionary mechanism between new quality productive forces and new-type urbanization, alleviate their contradictions, and facilitate the achievement of Chinese-style modernization development goals, this study takes China's 31 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) as …
Xu Jing, Yang Bin
Gansu Province holds a pivotal strategic position in national ecological construction. Investigating the coupling coordination and its driving factors between new-type urbanization and ecological security status in Gansu Province is of great significance for consolidating the ecological security bar…
Yu Han, Meng Zhihua, Wang Jing'ai
Reducing social vulnerability is of great significance for natural disaster risk prevention. At the county-level unit scale, three types of hazard-bearing bodies—population, economy, and crop farming—were selected to construct a region-appropriate social vulnerability assessment indicator system, ev…
Jiawei Wang, Dong Guotao, Jiang Xiaohui, Nie Tong, Li Yuehong
The implementation of ecological water transfer and other policies in the Heihe River Basin has effectively alleviated the trend of ecological environment deterioration, with significant improvements in ecological environment quality. In existing research findings for this basin, studies on the spat…
Sun Yubo, Zhao Shanchao, Wang Yapei, Ma Xiaoli, Chen Yuwen, Huang Xuansheng, Wang Weixia
Taking the Tianshan spruce forest in the central Tianshan Mountains as the research object, and based on the functional value method, this study conducted a quantitative visualization analysis of the spatial pattern of ecological service value using the Getis-Ord Gi* hotspot analysis method. The res…
Zhong Jiawei, Zheng Jun, Zhang Mingyue
Developing agricultural socialized services constitutes an important component of agricultural modernization construction. Under the "dual security" framework for grain and ecology, investigating its contribution to grain ecological efficiency holds significant importance for achieving sustainable a…
Zhang Kexin, Zhao Yujuan, Li Meiyu
Hail represents one of the extreme weather phenomena induced by severe convection, featuring rapid development and substantial hazards, particularly posing a grave threat to the Longdong region where agriculture constitutes the primary economic sector. Against the backdrop of climate warming, in-dep…
Zhang Chunyan, Li Yanying, Wu Wen, Chen Jing, Ma Xingwei, Nie Xin
In the summer of 2023, the Hexi Corridor experienced the strongest regional high-temperature and drought event in nearly 60 years, with frequent strong winds and dust weather; on September 6–7, Minqin County recorded the strongest September dust storm in nearly 40 years. Two strong dust storm proces…
Li Hui, Yao Xilong
Scientifically quantifying and analyzing the water footprint of renewable energy-based hydrogen production and its water-saving potential is of great significance for the high-quality development of the hydrogen energy industry and sustainable utilization of water resources in the provinces (autonom…
Zhang Yiming, Tang Yulei, Feng Junbo)
Glaciers are one of the key objects of natural resource survey and monitoring on the Tibetan Plateau, and the investigation, monitoring, and research of glaciers are of great significance for climate change research on the Tibetan Plateau. This study took glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau as the resea…
Liu Jinghui, Yuan Xushan, Li Yanmin, Li Xinxu
Under global warming, the disaster risk posed by extreme precipitation events is increasingly intensifying, posing severe threats to regional socio-economic development and public life and property safety. This study first conducts a spatiotemporal characteristic analysis of eight extreme precipitat…
Ruiyun Xi, PEI Tingting, CHEN Ying, XIE Baopeng, HOU Li, WANG Wen, CHEN Ying
The Loess Plateau (LP), one of the most ecologically fragile regions in China, is affected by severe soil erosion and environmental degradation. Despite large-scale ecological restoration efforts made by Chinese government in recent years, the region continues to face significant ecological challeng…
JIN Zizhen, QIN Xiang, LI Xiaoying, ZHAO Qiudong, ZHANG Jingtian, Ma Xinxin, WANG Chunlin, HE Rui, WANG Renjun, QIN Xiang
Understanding the impact of meteorological and topographical factors on snow cover fraction (SCF) is crucial for water resource management in the Qilian Mountains (QLM), China. However, there is still a lack of adequate quantitative analysis of the impact of these factors. This study investigated th…
Fan Yanwei, Lü Zijie, Zhang Yao, Wang Lei, Shi Wen
In desert environments, soil water-heat conditions are key factors affecting the healthy growth of sand-fixing plants in vegetation-based sand-fixation projects. Vertical pipe surface drip irrigation is a novel water-saving and temperature-control conservation technology proposed to alleviate the co…
Du Jun, Li Guang, Yao Yao, Ma Weiwei, Yuan Jianyu(1,2,3)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is one of the important greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, exerting significant influence on global warming. Land use change is a critical factor affecting N2O emissions, particularly in ecologically fragile semi-arid regions where the underlying mechanisms are more complex. How…
Wei Qian, Ma Quanlin, Zhao Ruifeng
The Babusha area is situated at the intersection of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ecological barrier and the Northern sand prevention belt, serving as a frontline position against the southward encroachment of the Tengger Desert. Assessing changes in its ecological environmental quality holds certain gu…
Cheng Yanlin, Wang Jiayuan, Gao Guanglei, Ding Guodong, Zhang Ying, Zhao Peishan, Zhu Binbin
This study investigated the community structure and functional differences of generalist and specialist fungal species in the soil and roots of Mongolian pine forests and their relationships with soil physicochemical properties, aiming to reveal the key microbiological mechanisms influencing ecosyst…
Jin Shuang, Ren Jiahui, Feng Fang, Huang Qiaohua, He Ping
Evaluation of climate comfort in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia region holds significant importance for the development of regional red tourism resources and the promotion of ecological civilization construction. Utilizing meteorological element data including daily average temperature, wind speed, and r…
Guo Jianmao, Wu Dengguo, Han Jinlong, Zhang Rushui, Wang Yong.
To obtain more accurate precipitation distribution information in remote regions, this study combines the high-resolution capability of radar with the large-scale detection advantage of satellite to obtain high-precision Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE) analysis products through fusing ra…
Li Shuaifei, Liu Changyi, Hu Xiasong, Tang Binyuan, Wu Zhijie, Deng Taiguo, Xing Guangyan, Zhao Jimei, Lei Haochuan.
To investigate the surface deformation characteristics and deformation prediction of giant landslides on both banks of the upper Yellow River from Longyangxia to Jishixia, this study selected the Xijitan giant landslide in the Guide area of the upper Yellow River as the research area. The Small Base…
Zhang Yajing, Hao Ruifang
Water resources constitute the foundation for maintaining ecosystem equilibrium and sustaining human livelihoods and economic development. Simulation of hydrological processes in arid and semi-arid ecosystems can enhance the effective utilization of local water resources. This study evaluates the ap…
Di Yanfeng, Duan Weili, Zhou Yiqi, He Chao
Integrating crop irrigation water into the global trade chain and analyzing its sustainability is crucial for ensuring water resources and food security. Constrained by the contradiction between economic benefits and water resource development and utilization, the sustainability of virtual water foo…
Wang Yiqi, Purchase selected works, Zhang Wentai (1), Wang Yanyan, Tian Changyan (2)
This study investigated the response of cotton growth to soil temperature under phosphorus fertilizer drip application, aiming to explore the role and mechanism of soil temperature in regulating cotton root growth to improve phosphorus fertilizer use efficiency. A pot experiment was conducted with t…
Liu Xiaoming, Zheng Shiyan, Qiao Zhanming
Current biodiversity loss exerts adverse effects on ecosystem services, and investigating the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of land use and habitat quality in the Sanjiangyuan region holds significant importance for ecological conservation and restoration within the area. This study emplo…
Yang Chen, Ma Bin, He Xuemin, Hao Zhe, Ma Yu
Evapotranspiration, as a critical component of the water cycle, is essential for water resource regulation and ecological protection, playing a particularly important role in water consumption and redistribution in arid regions. This study takes the Aksu River Basin as the research area, utilizing M…
Lin Zhiye, Wang Jiancheng, Zhu Chenglin, Su Zhihao
Ammopiptanthus nanus is an endangered evergreen shrub endemic to the desert regions of Central Asia, possessing extremely strong cold and drought resistance. It serves as a model species for investigating plant adaptation mechanisms to extreme environments and is a key focus of research on desert bi…
Li Zhiming, Zhang Guofei, Xing Jie, Yang Lei, Wang Weidong, Cao Juan (1,3)
Constructing ecological security patterns and accurately identifying key areas for ecological restoration constitute the prerequisite and guarantee for advancing territorial ecological restoration. As a national key water source conservation area and an ecological security barrier in the upper reach…
Kong Xiangwei, Li Chenrui, Di Wenjing, Yang Yi, Fu Zhengxu, Yang Xiumei
Using hourly precipitation observation data from summers 2010–2021 in the Hedong region of Gansu, 50 regional short-duration heavy rainfall weather processes were selected to analyze the intensity, temporal and spatial distribution characteristics of short-duration heavy rainfall from the perspectiv…
An Bin, Chen Wenjing, Xiao Weiwei
The Loess Plateau is a climate-sensitive region in China, and studying the spatiotemporal variation characteristics of its accumulated temperature facilitates a comprehensive understanding of the thermal resource conditions on the Loess Plateau against the backdrop of climate warming. Based on daily…
Lu Li, Guo Jianhua, WANG Younian
Salinization in downstream irrigation districts of arid region river basins exacerbates soil degradation, crop yield reduction, and river water salinization, constraining the stability of agricultural production and ecological environments. Its formation is influenced by groundwater depth and improp…
Tao Xinran, Li Haining, Gong Yanming, Liu Yanyan, Liu Xuejun, Kaihui Li(1,3)
Against the backdrop of gradually decreasing global atmospheric nitrogen deposition, the legacy effects of long-term nitrogen addition on alpine grassland ecosystems remain unclear. Therefore, this study conducted a 16-year controlled experiment in the Bayanbulak alpine grassland in the central Tian…
Liu Jiayue, Kou Wei, Yuan Jianqiang, Xue Shaoqi, Wang Xudong (1)
To investigate the mineralization characteristics of organic fertilizer combined with medium and trace elements in aeolian sandy soil and its effects on soil organic carbon fractions, laboratory incubation and field experiments were conducted to examine the decomposition and residual rates of organi…
Lin Qi, Zhang Yanlong, Cao Liangming, Wang Xiaoyi, Rozi Turap, Gao Guizhen
In recent years, the dangerous pest Agrilus viduus Kerremans has been discovered in Yili, Xinjiang. Currently, this insect has penetrated into the hinterland of wild fruit forests, causing damage to wild apples and wild apricots. Through field surveys, fixed-point observations, and indoor rearing, t…
Yang Ziyue, Yin Benfeng, Zhang Shujun, Huang Yunjie, Yang Ao, Zhang Yuanming, Gao Yingzhi, Jing Changqing
Sand ridges, as the fundamental topographic units of deserts, have surface hydrothermal environments at different slope positions that profoundly influence the development and spatial distribution patterns of biological soil crusts. Lichen crusts are widely distributed on desert surfaces; however, h…
Zhang Jiarong, Zhao Jin, Li Haining, Gong Yanming, Liu Yanyan, Lin Jun, Kaihui Li
Invasive plants have severely impacted global ecosystem functions and biodiversity. However, existing research primarily focuses on the monitoring and classification of single temporal phases of plants, with relatively few studies on multi-temporal continuous monitoring of key phenological stages, p…
yellow dragon, Gusletu, Zhou Caiting, Yang Xiayao, Si Yuejun, Huang Rihui, Hang Xiaoju, Niu Dongfeng
The sandy lands in the marginal monsoon region of Northeast China are sensitive to climate change and represent ideal sites for investigating the history of aeolian evolution. This study conducted optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating analysis of two typical aeolian sediment sections from t…
Hu Jiran, Yao Juan, Xiong Changjiang
Water supply services underpin the survival and development of human society and are critical for advancing ecological civilization construction and high-quality development of river basins in China. This study takes the Yili River Valley in Xinjiang as the research area, and based on statistical ye…
Liu Liang, Dong Jiangwei, Jinlong Zhou, Li Jiang
High-boron surface water and groundwater exist in the oasis area of Qiemao County, Xinjiang, seriously affecting residents' health. To preliminarily investigate the hydrochemical characteristics and main sources of boron in the oasis area of Qiemao County, 24 water samples (4 surface water and 20 gr…
Yan Yingcun, Sun Shujiao, Yu Di, Gao Guisheng
Investigating the quantitative predictive assessment of climate impacts on vegetation greenness changes in the Qaidam Basin facilitates the coordinated promotion of integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, deserts, and atmosphere. B…
Du Jun, Jiajia Gao, Chen Tao, Tsewang, Baguo Zhuoma
The Precipitation Concentration Index (PCI) effectively characterizes the intra-annual concentration of precipitation and is widely used in related research. Based on monthly precipitation and mean temperature observations from 15 meteorological stations in the Yarlung Tsangpo River (hereinafter ref…
