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	37
Physio-biochemical and nutrient constituents of peanut plants under bentazone herbicide for broad-leaved weed control and water regimes in dry land areas	35
Ridge-furrow plastic mulching with a suitable planting density enhances rainwater productivity, grain yield and economic benefit of rainfed maize	31
Investigation of crop evapotranspiration and irrigation water requirement in the lower Amu Darya River Basin, Central Asia	31
Prediction of meteorological drought in arid and semi-arid regions using PDSI and SDSM: a case study in Fars Province, Iran	29
Ecological environment quality evaluation of the Sahel region in Africa based on remote sensing ecological index	27
Application of the InVEST model for assessing water yield and its response to precipitation and land use in the Weihe River Basin, China	27
Corn straw return can increase labile soil organic carbon fractions and improve water-stable aggregates in Haplic Cambisol	26
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	24
Endophytic bacteria associated with halophyte Seidlitzia rosmarinus Ehrenb. ex Boiss. from saline soil of Uzbekistan and their plant beneficial traits	24
Assessing the effects of vegetation and precipitation on soil erosion in the Three-River Headwaters Region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China	24
Assessment of drought hazard, vulnerability and risk in Iran using GIS techniques	23
Effects of long-term warming on the aboveground biomass and species diversity in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China	22
Spatial-temporal variations of ecological vulnerability in the Tarim River Basin, Northwest China	22
Spatiotemporal changes in water, land use, and ecosystem services in Central Asia considering climate changes and human activities	20
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	20
Effects of biodegradable mulch on soil water and heat conditions, yield and quality of processing tomatoes by drip irrigation	19
Spatiotemporal changes of eco-environmental quality based on remote sensing-based ecological index in the Hotan Oasis, Xinjiang	18
Long-term variations in runoff of the Syr Darya River Basin under climate change and human activities	18
Adaptability of machine learning methods and hydrological models to discharge simulations in data-sparse glaciated watersheds	18
Response of hydrological drought to meteorological drought in the eastern Mediterranean Basin of Turkey	17
An over review of desertification in Xinjiang, Northwest China	16
Damage by wind-blown sand and its control measures along the Taklimakan Desert Highway in China	16
Predicting of dust storm source by combining remote sensing, statistic-based predictive models and game theory in the Sistan watershed, southwestern Asia	15
Spatial-temporal characteristics and influencing factors of relative humidity in arid region of Northwest China during 1966–2017	15

Evaluating agricultural water-use efficiency based on water footprint of crop values: a case study in Xinjiang of China	15
Effects of climate change and land-use changes on spatiotemporal distributions of blue water and green water in Ningxia, Northwest China	14
Projection of precipitation extremes over South Asia from CMIP6 GCMs	14
Can climate change influence agricultural GTFP in arid and semi-arid regions of Northwest China?	13
Impacts of climate change and human activities on water resources in the Ebinur Lake Basin, Northwest China	13
Spatiotemporal variation in snow cover and its effects on grassland phenology on the Mongolian Plateau	13
Mapping the current and future distributions of Onosma species endemic to Iran	12
Effects of climate change and land use/cover change on the volume of the Qinghai Lake in China	12
Drought trend analysis in a semi-arid area of Iraq based on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Water Index and Standardized Precipitation Index	12
Near-surface wind environment in the Yarlung Zangbo River basin, southern Tibetan Plateau	12
Spatial-temporal changes and driving factors of eco-environmental quality in the Three-North region of China	12
Application of SALTMED and HYDRUS-1D models for simulations of soil water content and soil salinity in controlled groundwater depth	12
Maternal salinity improves yield, size and stress tolerance of Suaeda fruticosa seeds	11
Global Dryland Ecosystem Programme (G-DEP): Africa consultative meeting report	11
Spatiotemporal analysis of drought variability based on the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index in the Koshi River Basin, Nepal	11
Modeling and analyzing supply-demand relationships of water resources in Xinjiang from a perspective of ecosystem services	11
Glacier variations and their response to climate change in an arid inland river basin of Northwest China	10
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	10
Spatiotemporal variations of evapotranspiration and reference crop water requirement over 1957–2016 in Iran based on CRU TS gridded dataset	10
Large scale sand saltation over hard surface: a controlled experiment in still air	10
Degradation leads to dramatic decrease in topsoil but not subsoil root biomass in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau, China	10
Spatiotemporal evolution and prediction of habitat quality in Hohhot City of China based on the InVEST and CA-Markov models	10
Changes in rainfall partitioning caused by the replacement of native dry forests of Lithraea molleoides by exotic plantations of Pinus elliottii in the dry Chaco mountain forests, central Argentina	10
Effects of mixed-based biochar on water infiltration and evaporation in aeolian sand soil	9
Monthly and seasonal streamflow forecasting of large dryland catchments in Brazil	9
Response of ecosystem service value to land use/cover change in the northern slope economic belt of the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China	9
Sheltering effect of punched steel plate sand fences for controlling blown sand hazards along the Golmud-Korla Railway: Field observation and numerical simulation studies	9
Untangling the influence of soil moisture on root pullout property of alfafa plant	9
Spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors of ecosystem services in Central Asia	9
Seasonal changes in the water-use strategies of three herbaceous species in a native desert steppe of Ningxia, China	9
Land degradation sensitivity assessment and convergence analysis in Korla of Xinjiang, China	9
Precipitation forecasting by large-scale climate indices and machine learning techniques	8
Characteristics and hazards of different snow avalanche types in a continental snow climate region in the Central Tianshan Mountains	8
Impacts of wind erosion and seasonal changes on soil carbon dioxide emission in southwestern Iran	8
Response of C:N:P in the plant-soil system and stoichiometric homeostasis of Nitraria tangutorum leaves in the oasis-desert ecotone, Northwest China	8
Responses of plant community to the linkages in plant-soil C:N:P stoichiometry during secondary succession of abandoned farmlands, China	8
Effect of vegetation on soil bacteria and their potential functions for ecological restoration in the Hulun Buir Sandy Land, China	8
Implications of future climate change on crop and irrigation water requirements in a semi-arid river basin using CMIP6 GCMs	8
Synergistic effects of multiple driving factors on the runoff variations in the Yellow River Basin, China	8
Scenario simulation of water retention services under land use/cover and climate changes: a case study of the Loess Plateau, China	8
Seasonal dynamics of soil water content in the typical vegetation and its response to precipitation in a semi-arid area of Chinese Loess Plateau	8
Integrating multiple electromagnetic data to map spatiotemporal variability of soil salinity in Kairouan region, Central Tunisia	8
Vegetation dynamics of coal mining city in an arid desert region of Northwest China from 2000 to 2019	8
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	8
Integrating water use systems and soil and water conservation measures into a hydrological model of an Iranian Wadi system	8
Investigating the causes of Lake Urmia shrinkage: climate change or anthropogenic factors?	8
Decomposition of different crop straws and variation in straw-associated microbial communities in a peach orchard, China	8
Community structure and carbon and nitrogen storage of sagebrush desert under grazing exclusion in Northwest China	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
Ecosystem service values of gardens in the Yellow River Basin, China	8

Attribution analysis and multi-scenario prediction of NDVI drivers in the Xilin Gol grassland, China	8
Effects of different loading rates and types of biochar on passivations of Cu and Zn via swine manure composting	7
Climate change impacts on the streamflow of Zarrineh River, Iran	7
Non-negligible factors in low-pressure sprinkler irrigation: droplet impact angle and shear stress	7
Spatiotemporal patterns of the forage-livestock balance in the Xilin Gol steppe, China: implications for sustainably utilizing grassland-ecosystem services	7
Potential reduction in water consumption of greenhouse evaporative coolers in arid areas via earth-tube heat exchangers	7
Germination strategies of annual and short-lived perennial species in the Arabian Desert	7
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	7
Cultivation effects on soil texture and fertility in an arid desert region of northwestern China	7
Exploring tree diversity and stand structure of savanna woodlands in southeastern Sudan	7
Isotope implications of groundwater recharge, residence time and hydrogeochemical evolution of the Longdong Loess Basin, Northwest China	7
Rapid loss of leguminous species in the semi-arid grasslands of northern China under climate change and mowing from 1982 to 2011	7
Effects of the growing-maize canopy and irrigation characteristics on the ability to funnel sprinkler water	7
Propagation characteristics from meteorological drought to agricultural drought over the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China	7
Dieback intensity but not functional and taxonomic diversity indices predict forest productivity in different management conditions: Evidence from a semi-arid oak forest ecosystem	7
Lithic soils in the semi-arid region of Brazil: edaphic characterization and susceptibility to erosion	6
Modelling the biological invasion of Prosopis juliflora using geostatistical-based bioclimatic variables under climate change in arid zones of southwestern Iran	6
How precipitation and grazing influence the ecological functions of drought-prone grasslands on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, China?	6
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	6
Transformation of vegetative cover on the Ustyurt Plateau of Central Asia as a consequence of the Aral Sea shrinkage	6
Hydrochemical characteristics and evolution of groundwater in the dried-up river oasis of the Tarim Basin, Central Asia	6
Quantification of groundwater recharge and evapotranspiration along a semi-arid wetland transect using diurnal water table fluctuations	6
Origin and circulation of saline springs in the Kuqa Basin of the Tarim Basin, Northwest China	5
Spatiotemporal variation of forest land and its driving factors in the agropastoral ecotone of northern China	5
Effects of different types of guardrails on sand transportation of desert highway pavement	5
Source identification of nitrate in the upper aquifer system of the Wadi Shueib catchment area in Jordan based on stable isotope composition	5
Promoting the production of salinized cotton field by optimizing water and nitrogen use efficiency under drip irrigation	5
Freeze-thaw effects on erosion process in loess slope under simulated rainfall	5
Coupling between the Grain for Green Program and a household level-based agricultural eco-economic system in Ansai, Shaanxi Province of China	5
Do aeolian deposits and sand encroachment intensity shape patterns of vegetation diversity and plant functional traits in desert pavements?	5
Effects of rodent-induced disturbance on eco-physiological traits of Haloxylon ammodendron in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Xinjiang, China	5
Aggregate binding agents improve soil aggregate stability in Robinia pseudoacacia forests along a climatic gradient on the Loess Plateau, China	5
Assessment of organic compost and biochar in promoting phytoremediation of crude-oil contaminated soil using Calendula officinalis in the Loess Plateau, China	5
Tree-ring δ15N of Qinghai spruce in the central Qilian Mountains of China: Is pre-treatment of wood samples necessary?	5
Changes in diversity, composition and assembly processes of soil microbial communities during Robinia pseudoacacia L. restoration on the Loess Plateau, China	5
Spatial and temporal gradients in the rate of dust deposition and aerosol optical thickness in southwestern Iran	5
Effects of vegetation near-soil-surface factors on runoff and sediment reduction in typical grasslands on the Loess Plateau, China	5
Geochemical baseline determination and contamination of heavy metals in the urban topsoil of Fuxin City, China	5
A study on historical location and evolution of Lop Nor in China with maps and DEM	5
Ice thickness distribution and volume estimation of Burqin Glacier No. 18 in the Chinese Altay Mountains	5
Dynamic analysis of agricultural green development efficiency in China: Spatiotemporal evolution and influencing factors	5
Diversity of cultivable endophytic bacteria associated with halophytes in Xinjiang of China and their plant beneficial traits	5
Wind regimes and associated sand dune types in the hinterland of the Badain Jaran Desert, China	5
Prioritizing woody species for the rehabilitation of arid lands in western Iran based on soil properties and carbon sequestration	5
Application of a new wind driving force model in soil wind erosion area of northern China	4
Response of plant physiological parameters to soil water availability during prolonged drought is affected by soil texture	4
Relationship of species diversity between overstory trees and understory herbs along the environmental gradients in the Tianshan Wild Fruit Forests, Northwest China	4
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	4
Identifying water vapor sources of precipitation in forest and grassland in the north slope of the Tianshan Mountains, Central Asia	4
Water utilization of typical plant communities in desert steppe, China	4
Optimization of growth medium for microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) treatment of desert sand	4
Spatial variability between glacier mass balance and environmental factors in the High Mountain Asia	4
Improved drought tolerance in Festuca ovina L. using plant growth promoting bacteria	4
Application of biocementation technique using Bacillus sphaericus for stabilization of soil surface and dust storm control	4
Contrasting effects of nitrogen addition on litter decomposition in forests and grasslands in China	4
Glacier mass balance in High Mountain Asia inferred from a GRACE release-6 gravity solution for the period 2002–2016	4
Projections of temperature extremes based on preferred CMIP5 models: a case study in the Kaidu-Kongqi River basin in Northwest China	4
Temporal and spatial variations of net primary productivity and its response to groundwater of a typical oasis in the Tarim Basin, China	4
Spatiotemporal variation and correlation of soil enzyme activities and soil physicochemical properties in canopy gaps of the Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China	4
Spatial changes and driving factors of lake water quality in Inner Mongolia, China	4
Spatial-temporal characteristics of drought detected from meteorological data with high resolution in Shaanxi Province, China	4
Soil quality assessment in different dammed-valley farmlands in the hilly-gully mountain areas of the northern Loess Plateau, China	4
Performance and uncertainty analysis of a short-term climate reconstruction based on multi-source data in the Tianshan Mountains region, China	4
Market opportunities do not explain the ability of herders to meet livelihood objectives over winter on the Mongolian Plateau	3
Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on leaf nutrient concentrations and nutrient resorption efficiency of two dominant alpine grass species	3
Leaf stoichiometry of Leontopodium lentopodioides at high altitudes on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China	3
Monitoring fire regimes and assessing their driving factors in Central Asia	3
Contents and spatial distribution patterns of heavy metals in the hinterland of the Tengger Desert, China	3
Region-wide glacier area and mass budgets for the Shaksgam River Basin, Karakoram Mountains, during 2000–2016	3
Variation of soil physical-chemical characteristics in salt-affected soil in the Qarhan Salt Lake, Qaidam Basin	3
Tree ring based drought variability in Northwest Tajikistan since 1895 AD	3
Assessing the response of dryland barley yield to climate variability in semi-arid regions, Iran	3
Spatial variability and temporal stability of actual evapotranspiration on a hillslope of the Chinese Loess Plateau	3
Soil bacterial characteristics between surface and subsurface soils along a precipitation gradient in the Alxa Desert, China	3
Effects of different ridge-furrow mulching systems on yield and water use efficiency of summer maize in the Loess Plateau of China	3
A bibliometric analysis of carbon exchange in global drylands	3
Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus additions on soil microbial community structure and ecological processes in the farmland of Chinese Loess Plateau	3
Gross nitrogen transformations and N2O emission sources in sandy loam and silt loam soils	3
Ecological stoichiometry and biomass responses of Agropyron michnoi under simulated N deposition in a sandy grassland, China	3
Effect of sand-fixing vegetation on the hydrological regulation function of sand dunes and its practical significance	3

Optimal bandwidth selection for retrieving Cu content in rock based on hyperspectral remote sensing	3
Evaluation of the efficiency of irrigation methods on the growth and survival of tree seedlings in an arid climate	3
Fetch effect on the developmental process of aeolian sand transport in a wind tunnel	3
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	3
Delayed seed dispersal species and related traits in the desert of the United Arab Emirates	3
Cost analysis of sand barriers in desertified regions based on the land grid division model	3
Spatial regression approach to estimate synthetic unit hydrograph by geomorphic characteristics of watersheds in arid regions	3
Glacier mass balance and its impacts on streamflow in a typical inland river basin in the Tianshan Mountains, northwestern China	3
Competition, spatial pattern, and regeneration of Haloxylon ammodendron and Haloxylon persicum communities in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwest China	3
Impacts of snow on seed germination are independent of seed traits and plant ecological characteristics in a temperate desert of Central Asia	3
Dynamics of groundwater recharge near a semi-arid Mediterranean intermittent stream under wet and normal climate conditions	3
Optimization designs of artificial facilities in deserts based on computational simulation	3
Occurrence, sources, and relationships of soil microplastics with adsorbed heavy metals in the Ebinur Lake Basin, Northwest China	3
Land use/land cover change responses to ecological water conveyance in the lower reaches of Tarim River, China	3
Meteorological drought in semi-arid regions: A case study of Iran	3
An arthropod community beyond the dry limit of plant life	2
Rhizobacteria facilitate physiological and biochemical drought tolerance of Halimodendron halodendron (Pall.) Voss	2
Dependency of litter decomposition on litter quality, climate change, and grassland type in the alpine grassland of Tianshan Mountains, Northwest China	2
Estimation of soil organic matter in the Ogan-Kuqa River Oasis, Northwest China, based on visible and near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning	2
Responses of Amygdalus pedunculata Pall. in the sandy and loamy soils to water stress	2
Monitoring and analysis of snow cover change in an alpine mountainous area in the Tianshan Mountains, China	2
Wind-proof and sand-fixing effects of Artemisia ordosica with different coverages in the Mu Us Sandy Land, northern China	2
Rehabilitation of degraded areas in northeastern Patagonia, Argentina: Effects of environmental conditions and plant functional traits on performance of native woody species	2
Grazing alters sandy soil greenhouse gas emissions in a sand-binding area of the Hobq Desert, China	2
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	2
Driving forces behind the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of land-use and land-cover change: A case study of the Weihe River Basin, China	2
Contribution of underlying terrain to sand dunes: evidence from the Qaidam Basin, Northwest China	2
Snowpack shifts cyanobacterial community in biological soil crusts	2
Morphological characteristics and dynamic changes of seif dunes in the eastern margin of the Kumtagh Desert, China	2
Transport mechanism of eroded sediment particles under freeze-thaw and runoff conditions	2
Formation mechanisms and remediation techniques for low-efficiency artificial shelter forests on the Chinese Loess Plateau	2
Spatiotemporal variations in ecological quality of Otindag Sandy Land based on a new modified remote sensing ecological index	2
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve biomass, photosynthesis, and water use efficiency of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller under different water levels	2
Modern pollen assemblages and their relationships with vegetation and climate on the northern slopes of the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China	2
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	2
Characterizing the spatiotemporal variations of evapotranspiration and aridity index in mid-western China from 2001 to 2016	2
Diversity of soil bacteria and fungi communities in artificial forests of the sandy-hilly region of Northwest China	2
Future meteorological drought conditions in southwestern Iran based on the NEX-GDDP climate dataset	2
Water use characteristics of different pioneer shrubs at different ages in western Chinese Loess Plateau: Evidence from δ2H offset correction	2
Geochemical signatures and human health risk evaluation of rare earth elements in soils and plants of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, 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
Neoproterozoic I-type granites in the Central Tianshan Block (NW China): geochronology, geochemistry, and tectonic implications	2
Does cotton bollworm show cross-resistance to the Bacillus thuringiensis toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab? A mini review	2
Spatiotemporal changes of typical glaciers and their responses to climate change in Xinjiang, Northwest China	2
Biomass and carbon stocks in three types of Persian oak (Quercus brantii var. persica) of Zagros forests in a semi-arid area, Iran	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