Journal of Arid Land

Article	Citations
Development of a large-scale remote sensing ecological index in arid areas and its application in the Aral Sea Basin	44
Investigation of crop evapotranspiration and irrigation water requirement in the lower Amu Darya River Basin, Central Asia	43
Ecological environment quality evaluation of the Sahel region in Africa based on remote sensing ecological index	36
Corn straw return can increase labile soil organic carbon fractions and improve water-stable aggregates in Haplic Cambisol	35
Application of the InVEST model for assessing water yield and its response to precipitation and land use in the Weihe River Basin, China	32
Projection of precipitation extremes over South Asia from CMIP6 GCMs	31
Spatiotemporal changes of eco-environmental quality based on remote sensing-based ecological index in the Hotan Oasis, Xinjiang	31
Quantitative distinction of the relative actions of climate change and human activities on vegetation evolution in the Yellow River Basin of China during 1981–2019	30
Assessment of drought hazard, vulnerability and risk in Iran using GIS techniques	28
Spatiotemporal changes in water, land use, and ecosystem services in Central Asia considering climate changes and human activities	26
An over review of desertification in Xinjiang, Northwest China	26
Spatial-temporal variations of ecological vulnerability in the Tarim River Basin, Northwest China	24
Spatiotemporal variations and driving factors of habitat quality in the loess hilly area of the Yellow River Basin: A case study of Lanzhou City, China	24
Response of hydrological drought to meteorological drought in the eastern Mediterranean Basin of Turkey	23
Adaptability of machine learning methods and hydrological models to discharge simulations in data-sparse glaciated watersheds	23
Long-term variations in runoff of the Syr Darya River Basin under climate change and human activities	22
Impacts of climate change and human activities on water resources in the Ebinur Lake Basin, Northwest China	20
Spatial-temporal changes and driving factors of eco-environmental quality in the Three-North region of China	20
Damage by wind-blown sand and its control measures along the Taklimakan Desert Highway in China	20
Predicting of dust storm source by combining remote sensing, statistic-based predictive models and game theory in the Sistan watershed, southwestern Asia	19
Assessment of ecological quality in Northwest China (2000–2020) using the Google Earth Engine platform: Climate factors and land use/land cover contribute to ecological quality	18
Effects of climate change and land use/cover change on the volume of the Qinghai Lake in China	17
Mapping the current and future distributions of Onosma species endemic to Iran	16
Effects of climate change and land-use changes on spatiotemporal distributions of blue water and green water in Ningxia, Northwest China	16
Spatiotemporal variation in snow cover and its effects on grassland phenology on the Mongolian Plateau	16

Drought trend analysis in a semi-arid area of Iraq based on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Water Index and Standardized Precipitation Index	16
Spatiotemporal evolution and prediction of habitat quality in Hohhot City of China based on the InVEST and CA-Markov models	15
Large scale sand saltation over hard surface: a controlled experiment in still air	15
Response of ecosystem service value to land use/cover change in the northern slope economic belt of the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China	14
Seasonal changes in the water-use strategies of three herbaceous species in a native desert steppe of Ningxia, China	14
Spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors of ecosystem services in Central Asia	13
Near-surface wind environment in the Yarlung Zangbo River basin, southern Tibetan Plateau	13
Climate change impacts on the streamflow of Zarrineh River, Iran	13
Investigating the causes of Lake Urmia shrinkage: climate change or anthropogenic factors?	13
Modeling and analyzing supply-demand relationships of water resources in Xinjiang from a perspective of ecosystem services	13
Seasonal dynamics of soil water content in the typical vegetation and its response to precipitation in a semi-arid area of Chinese Loess Plateau	12
Effects of mixed-based biochar on water infiltration and evaporation in aeolian sand soil	12
Dynamic analysis of agricultural green development efficiency in China: Spatiotemporal evolution and influencing factors	12
Integrating multiple electromagnetic data to map spatiotemporal variability of soil salinity in Kairouan region, Central Tunisia	12
Decomposition of different crop straws and variation in straw-associated microbial communities in a peach orchard, China	11
Ecosystem service values of gardens in the Yellow River Basin, China	11
Spatiotemporal variations of evapotranspiration and reference crop water requirement over 1957–2016 in Iran based on CRU TS gridded dataset	11
Sheltering effect of punched steel plate sand fences for controlling blown sand hazards along the Golmud-Korla Railway: Field observation and numerical simulation studies	11
Spatiotemporal analysis of drought variability based on the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index in the Koshi River Basin, Nepal	11
Study of the intensity and driving factors of land use/cover change in the Yarlung Zangbo River, Nyang Qu River, and Lhasa River region, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China	11
Modelling the biological invasion of Prosopis juliflora using geostatistical-based bioclimatic variables under climate change in arid zones of southwestern Iran	11
Scenario simulation of water retention services under land use/cover and climate changes: a case study of the Loess Plateau, China	10
Optimization of growth medium for microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) treatment of desert sand	10
Response of C:N:P in the plant-soil system and stoichiometric homeostasis of Nitraria tangutorum leaves in the oasis-desert ecotone, Northwest China	10
Potential reduction in water consumption of greenhouse evaporative coolers in arid areas via earth-tube heat exchangers	10
Monthly and seasonal streamflow forecasting of large dryland catchments in Brazil	10
Characteristics and hazards of different snow avalanche types in a continental snow climate region in the Central Tianshan Mountains	9
Using statistical models and GIS to delimit the groundwater recharge potential areas and to estimate the infiltration rate: A case study of Nadhour-Sisseb-El Alem Basin, Tunisia	9
Non-negligible factors in low-pressure sprinkler irrigation: droplet impact angle and shear stress	9
Wind regimes and associated sand dune types in the hinterland of the Badain Jaran Desert, China	9
Effect of stones on the sand saltation threshold during natural sand and dust storms in a stony desert in Tsogt-Ovoo in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia	9
Propagation characteristics from meteorological drought to agricultural drought over the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China	9
Synergistic effects of multiple driving factors on the runoff variations in the Yellow River Basin, China	9
Isotope implications of groundwater recharge, residence time and hydrogeochemical evolution of the Longdong Loess Basin, Northwest China	9
Vegetation dynamics of coal mining city in an arid desert region of Northwest China from 2000 to 2019	9
Transformation of vegetative cover on the Ustyurt Plateau of Central Asia as a consequence of the Aral Sea shrinkage	9
Evaluating the soil evaporation loss rate in a gravel-sand mulching environment based on stable isotopes data	8
Do aeolian deposits and sand encroachment intensity shape patterns of vegetation diversity and plant functional traits in desert pavements?	8
Assessment of river basin habitat quality and its relationship with disturbance factors: A case study of the Tarim River Basin in Northwest China	8
Water utilization of typical plant communities in desert steppe, China	8
Dieback intensity but not functional and taxonomic diversity indices predict forest productivity in different management conditions: Evidence from a semi-arid oak forest ecosystem	8
Formation mechanisms and remediation techniques for low-efficiency artificial shelter forests on the Chinese Loess Plateau	8
Spatiotemporal patterns of the forage-livestock balance in the Xilin Gol steppe, China: implications for sustainably utilizing grassland-ecosystem services	8
Attribution analysis and multi-scenario prediction of NDVI drivers in the Xilin Gol grassland, China	8
Lithic soils in the semi-arid region of Brazil: edaphic characterization and susceptibility to erosion	8
Improved drought tolerance in Festuca ovina L. using plant growth promoting bacteria	8
Implications of future climate change on crop and irrigation water requirements in a semi-arid river basin using CMIP6 GCMs	8
Responses of soil fauna community under changing environmental conditions	7
Geochemical baseline determination and contamination of heavy metals in the urban topsoil of Fuxin City, China	7
A study on historical location and evolution of Lop Nor in China with maps and DEM	7

Germination strategies of annual and short-lived perennial species in the Arabian Desert	7
Variation of soil physical-chemical characteristics in salt-affected soil in the Qarhan Salt Lake, Qaidam Basin	7
Effects of the growing-maize canopy and irrigation characteristics on the ability to funnel sprinkler water	7
Effects of different loading rates and types of biochar on passivations of Cu and Zn via swine manure composting	7
Spatial changes and driving factors of lake water quality in Inner Mongolia, China	7
Changes in diversity, composition and assembly processes of soil microbial communities during Robinia pseudoacacia L. restoration on the Loess Plateau, China	7
Driving forces behind the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of land-use and land-cover change: A case study of the Weihe River Basin, China	6
Hydrochemical characteristics and evolution of groundwater in the dried-up river oasis of the Tarim Basin, Central Asia	6
Effects of different types of guardrails on sand transportation of desert highway pavement	6
Assessment of organic compost and biochar in promoting phytoremediation of crude-oil contaminated soil using Calendula officinalis in the Loess Plateau, China	6
Soil quality assessment in different dammed-valley farmlands in the hilly-gully mountain areas of the northern Loess Plateau, China	6
Dependency of litter decomposition on litter quality, climate change, and grassland type in the alpine grassland of Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China	6
Projections of temperature extremes based on preferred CMIP5 models: a case study in the Kaidu-Kongqi River basin in Northwest China	6
Spatiotemporal variation and correlation of soil enzyme activities and soil physicochemical properties in canopy gaps of the Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China	6
Application of biocementation technique using Bacillus sphaericus for stabilization of soil surface and dust storm control	6
Assessing the response of dryland barley yield to climate variability in semi-arid regions, Iran	6
Glacier mass balance in High Mountain Asia inferred from a GRACE release-6 gravity solution for the period 2002–2016	6
Meteorological drought in semi-arid regions: A case study of Iran	6
Estimation of soil organic matter in the Ogan-Kuqa River Oasis, Northwest China, based on visible and near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning	6
Diversity of cultivable endophytic bacteria associated with halophytes in Xinjiang of China and their plant beneficial traits	6
Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus additions on soil microbial community structure and ecological processes in the farmland of Chinese Loess Plateau	6
Effects of vegetation near-soil-surface factors on runoff and sediment reduction in typical grasslands on the Loess Plateau, China	6
Quantification of groundwater recharge and evapotranspiration along a semi-arid wetland transect using diurnal water table fluctuations	6
Ice thickness distribution and volume estimation of Burqin Glacier No. 18 in the Chinese Altay Mountains	6
Contrasting effects of nitrogen addition on litter decomposition in forests and grasslands in China	6
Glacier mass balance and its impacts on streamflow in a typical inland river basin in the Tianshan Mountains, northwestern China	6
Soil quality assessment for desertification based on multi-indicators with the best-worst method in a semi-arid ecosystem	6
Exploring groundwater quality in semi-arid areas of Algeria: Impacts on potable water supply and agricultural sustainability	5
Aggregate binding agents improve soil aggregate stability in Robinia pseudoacacia forests along a climatic gradient on the Loess Plateau, China	5
Spatiotemporal variation in vegetation net primary productivity and its relationship with meteorological factors in the Tarim River Basin of China from 2001 to 2020 based on the Google Earth Engine	5
Wind dynamic environment and wind-sand erosion and deposition processes on different surfaces along the Dunhuang–Golmud railway, China	5
Spatial variability between glacier mass balance and environmental factors in the High Mountain Asia	5
Spatiotemporal variations in ecological quality of Otindag Sandy Land based on a new modified remote sensing ecological index	5
Source identification of nitrate in the upper aquifer system of the Wadi Shueib catchment area in Jordan based on stable isotope composition	5
Tree-ring δ15N of Qinghai spruce in the central Qilian Mountains of China: Is pre-treatment of wood samples necessary?	5
Freeze-thaw effects on erosion process in loess slope under simulated rainfall	5
Gross nitrogen transformations and N2O emission sources in sandy loam and silt loam soils	5
Spatiotemporal variation of forest land and its driving factors in the agropastoral ecotone of northern China	5
Influence of non-stationarity and auto-correlation of climatic records on spatio-temporal trend and seasonality analysis in a region with prevailing arid and semi-arid climate, Iran	5
Promoting the production of salinized cotton field by optimizing water and nitrogen use efficiency under drip irrigation	5
Optimal bandwidth selection for retrieving Cu content in rock based on hyperspectral remote sensing	4
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve biomass, photosynthesis, and water use efficiency of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller under different water levels	4
Modern pollen assemblages and their relationships with vegetation and climate on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China	4
Dividing the transit wind speeds into intervals as a favorable methodology for analyzing the relationship between wind speed and the aerodynamic impedance of vegetation in semiarid grasslands	4
Spatial regression approach to estimate synthetic unit hydrograph by geomorphic characteristics of watersheds in arid regions	4
Cost analysis of sand barriers in desertified regions based on the land grid division model	4
Monitoring fire regimes and assessing their driving factors in Central Asia	4
Response of plant physiological parameters to soil water availability during prolonged drought is affected by soil texture	4
Temporal and spatial responses of ecological resilience to climate change and human activities in the economic belt on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains, China	4
Evaluation of CRU TS, GPCC, AgMERRA, and AgCFSR meteorological datasets for estimating climate and crop variables: A case study of maize in Qazvin Province, Iran	4
Wind-proof and sand-fixing effects of Artemisia ordosica with different coverages in the Mu Us Sandy Land, northern China	4
Future meteorological drought conditions in southwestern Iran based on the NEX-GDDP climate dataset	4
Soil bacterial characteristics between surface and subsurface soils along a precipitation gradient in the Alxa Desert, China	4
Leaf stoichiometry of Leontopodium lentopodioides at high altitudes on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China	4
Runoff change in the Yellow River Basin of China from 1960 to 2020 and its driving factors	4
Temporal and spatial variations of net primary productivity and its response to groundwater of a typical oasis in the Tarim Basin, China	4
Review and prospect of soil compound erosion	4
Regulation effects of water and nitrogen on yield, water, and nitrogen use efficiency of wolfberry	4
Occurrence, sources, and relationships of soil microplastics with adsorbed heavy metals in the Ebinur Lake Basin, Northwest China	4
Land use/land cover change responses to ecological water conveyance in the lower reaches of Tarim River, China	4
Enhanced soil moisture improves vegetation growth in an arid grassland of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China	4
Identifying water vapor sources of precipitation in forest and grassland in the north slope of the Tianshan Mountains, Central Asia	4
Responses of vegetation yield to precipitation and reference evapotranspiration in a desert steppe in Inner Mongolia, China	4
Water use characteristics of different pioneer shrubs at different ages in western Chinese Loess Plateau: Evidence from δ2H offset correction	4
Competition, spatial pattern, and regeneration of Haloxylon ammodendron and Haloxylon persicum communities in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwest China	4
Dynamics of groundwater recharge near a semi-arid Mediterranean intermittent stream under wet and normal climate conditions	4
Assessment of drought and its impact on winter wheat yield in the Chinese Loess Plateau	3
Monitoring and analysis of snow cover change in an alpine mountainous area in the Tianshan Mountains, China	3
Estimation and inter-comparison of infiltration models in the agricultural area of the Mitidja Plain, Algeria	3
Carbon inputs regulate the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration in temperate forests	3
Check dam extraction from remote sensing images using deep learning and geospatial analysis: A case study in the Yanhe River Basin of the Loess Plateau, China	3
Assessment of water resources in Yarmouk River Basin using geospatial technique during the period 1980–2020	3
Heterogeneity and non-linearity of ecosystem responses to climate change in the Qilian Mountains National Park, China	3
Geochemical signatures and human health risk evaluation of rare earth elements in soils and plants of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China	3
Effects of water and nitrogen on growth and relative competitive ability of introduced versus native C4 grass species in the semi-arid Loess Plateau of China	3
Size- and leaf age-dependent effects on the photosynthetic and physiological responses of Artemisia ordosica to drought stress	3
Contents and spatial distribution patterns of heavy metals in the hinterland of the Tengger Desert, China	3
Effects of native and invasive Prosopis species on topsoil physiochemical properties in an arid riparian forest of Hormozgan Province, Iran	3
Soil microbial community diversity and distribution characteristics under three vegetation types in the Qilian Mountains, China	3
Impact of utility-scale solar photovoltaic array on the aeolian sediment transport in Hobq Desert, China	3

Spatial variability and temporal stability of actual evapotranspiration on a hillslope of the Chinese Loess Plateau	3
Contribution of underlying terrain to sand dunes: evidence from the Qaidam Basin, Northwest China	3
Potential risk of soil irrigation with treated wastewater over 40 years: a field experiment under semi-arid conditions in northeastern Tunisia	3
Effects of different ridge-furrow mulching systems on yield and water use efficiency of summer maize in the Loess Plateau of China	3
Sediment yield and erosion-deposition distribution characteristics in ephemeral gullies in black soil areas under geocell protection	3
Transport mechanism of eroded sediment particles under freeze-thaw and runoff conditions	3
Region-wide glacier area and mass budgets for the Shaksgam River Basin, Karakoram Mountains, during 2000–2016	3
Effect of sand-fixing vegetation on the hydrological regulation function of sand dunes and its practical significance	3
Temporal and spatial variation characteristics of extreme precipitation on the Loess Plateau of China facing the precipitation process	3
Optimization designs of artificial facilities in deserts based on computational simulation	3
Spatiotemporal changes of gross primary productivity and its response to drought in the Mongolian Plateau under climate change	3
Delayed seed dispersal species and related traits in the desert of the United Arab Emirates	3
A bibliometric analysis of carbon exchange in global drylands	3
Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on leaf nutrient concentrations and nutrient resorption efficiency of two dominant alpine grass species	3
Runoff characteristics and its sensitivity to climate factors in the Weihe River Basin from 2006 to 2018	3
Plant property regulates soil bacterial community structure under altered precipitation regimes in a semi-arid desert grassland, China	3
Aeolian activity in the southern Gurbantunggut Desert of China during the last 900 years	2
Ecological problems and ecological restoration zoning of the Aral Sea	2
Effects of restoration modes on the spatial distribution of soil physical properties after land consolidation: a multifractal analysis	2
Long-term light grazing does not change soil organic carbon stability and stock in biocrust layer in the hilly regions of drylands	2
Snowpack shifts cyanobacterial community in biological soil crusts	2
Effects of drip and flood irrigation on carbon dioxide exchange and crop growth in the maize ecosystem in the Hetao Irrigation District, China	2
Geochronology, geochemistry, and Sr-Nd isotopes of Early Carboniferous magmatism in southern West Junggar, northwestern China: Implications for Junggar oceanic plate subduction	2
Impact of rainfed and irrigated agriculture systems on soil carbon stock under different climate scenarios in the semi-arid region of Brazil	2
Neoproterozoic I-type granites in the Central Tianshan Block (NW China): geochronology, geochemistry, and tectonic implications	2
Separating emitted dust from the total suspension in airflow based on the characteristics of PM10 vertical concentration profiles on a Gobi surface in northwestern China	2
Estimation of rock Fe content based on hyperspectral indices	2
Concentrations, sources, and influential factors of water-soluble ions of atmospheric particles in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, a world heritage site in China	2
Characterizing the spatiotemporal variations of evapotranspiration and aridity index in mid-western China from 2001 to 2016	2
Effects of mulch and planting methods on Medicago ruthenica seed yield and soil physical-chemical properties	2
Potential responses of vegetation to atmospheric aerosols in arid and semi-arid regions of Asia	2
An arthropod community beyond the dry limit of plant life	2
Interactive effects of deficit irrigation and vermicompost on yield, quality, and irrigation water use efficiency of greenhouse cucumber	2
Diversity of soil bacteria and fungi communities in artificial forests of the sandy-hilly region of Northwest China	2
Effects of water stress on growth phenology photosynthesis and leaf water potential in Stipagrostis ciliata (Desf.) De Winter in North Africa	2
Leguminosae plants play a key role in affecting soil physical-chemical and biological properties during grassland succession after farmland abandonment in the Loess Plateau, China	2
Correlation analysis between the Aral Sea shrinkage and the Amu Darya River	2
Land use change and its driving factors in the ecological function area: A case study in the Hedong Region of the Gansu Province, China	2
Rhizobacteria facilitate physiological and biochemical drought tolerance of Halimodendron halodendron (Pall.) Voss	2
Fate of rubber bush (Calotropis procera (Aiton) W. T. Aiton) in adversary environment modulated by microstructural and functional attributes	2
Grazing alters sandy soil greenhouse gas emissions in a sand-binding area of the Hobq Desert, China	2
Remote sensing monitoring of the recent rapid increase in cultivation activities and its effects on desertification in the Mu Us Desert, China	2
Spatial distribution and ecological risk of heavy metals and their source apportionment in soils from a typical mining area, Inner Mongolia, China	2
A new method of searching for concealed Au deposits by using the spectrum of arid desert plant species	2
Spatiotemporal variation of land surface temperature and its driving factors in Xinjiang, China	2
Morphological and physiological responses to drought stress of carob trees in Mediterranean ecosystems	2
Water, land, and energy use efficiencies and financial evaluation of air conditioner cooled greenhouses based on field experiments	2
Nitrogen application levels based on critical nitrogen absorption regulate processing tomatoes productivity, nitrogen uptake, nitrate distributions, and root growth in Xinjiang, China	2
Modelling the dead fuel moisture content in a grassland of Ergun City, China	2
Evaluation of the water conservation function in the Ili River Delta of Central Asia based on the InVEST model	2
Nutrient resorption and its influencing factors of typical desert plants in different habitats on the northern margin of the Tarim Basin, China	2
Drought and flood characteristics in the farming-pastoral ecotone of northern China based on the Standardized Precipitation Index	2
Estimation of aboveground biomass of arboreal species in the semi-arid region of Brazil using SAR (synthetic aperture radar) images	2
Spatiotemporal characteristics of cultivated land use eco-efficiency and its influencing factors in China from 2000 to 2020	2
Spatiotemporal changes of typical glaciers and their responses to climate change in Xinjiang, Northwest China	2