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A synthesis on land degradation in the context of sustainable development goals Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-11 Ryan Nedd, Aavudai Anandhi
Land degradation (LD) is a severe and well‐known global concern. Therefore, this review aimed to find broader connections between LD and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This literature review aims to synthesize the definitions, processes, assessments, and challenges associated with LD. Furthermore, we developed a universally applicable and concise definition of LD that links a wide range
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Land suitability analysis for food logistic providers: A meta‐analysis Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-11 Mahdad Pour, Thomas Dogot, Philippe Lebailly, David Lopez‐Carr, Hossein Azadi
Land suitability analysis is a process to specify the suitability of a particular area according to its inherent characteristics. Inefficient land suitability leads to inefficient exploitation of natural resources, destruction of land resources, poverty, and even social harm. In this regard, land suitability assessment is important to support transportation planning and demand for construction. This
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Insights from land sparing and land sharing frameworks for land productivity degradation governance in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, China Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Jiacheng Qian, Huafu Zhao, Xiaoxiao Wang, Tao Wang, Bingrui Liu, Zhe Feng, Chenli Xue
Land degradation due to mismanagement is widespread globally and may threaten the achievement of several UN Sustainable Development Goals. Yet the differences in land productivity degradation under various land management patterns (land sparing vs. land sharing) are poorly known. In this research, we used remote sensing data to develop a machine learning model for assessing the risk of land productivity
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A web‐based operational tool for the identification of best practices in European agricultural systems Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Marialaura Bancheri, Angelo Basile, Fabio Terribile, Giuliano Langella, Marco Botta, Daniele Lezzi, Federica Cavaliere, Marco Colandrea, Luigi Marotta, Roberto De Mascellis, Piero Manna, Antonietta Agrillo, Florindo Antonio Mileti, Marco Acutis, Alessia Perego
Under the same perspective of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15.3 aiming to restore degraded land and soil, one of the current priorities of the new Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is to overcome the serious environmental problems raised by intensive agriculture. Despite the steps forward guaranteed by new technologies and innovations (e.g., IoT, precision agriculture), the availability of
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Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria rather than ammonia-oxidizing archaea dominates soil nitrification during vegetation restoration in karst areas Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 Mingming Sun, Dan Xiao, Wei Zhang, Kelin Wang
Soil nitrification, driven by ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), is a crucial process in maintaining the soil nitrogen (N) balance. However, the influence of AOA and AOB on soil gross nitrification rates (GNR) in response to vegetation restoration remains unclear, particularly in karst regions. In this study, we investigated soil GNR and the abundance, diversity,
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Future changes in soil salinization across Central Asia under CMIP6 forcing scenarios Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-09 Xin Dong, Jianli Ding, Xiangyu Ge
Soil salinization is a critical environmental and socio‐economic concern with global implications, and its severity is expected to amplify under changing climate. The impact of climate change on salinization in Central Asia is still not fully understood. This study addresses this gap by employing a digital soil mapping (DSM) framework. Cubist, random forest (RF), and quantile regression forests (QRF)
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Interplanted crops and rainfall variability regulate soil erosion in rainfed maize of the Indian Himalayas Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-08 Devideen Yadav, Deepak Singh, M. Madhu, D. V. Singh, Sadikul Islam, Gopal Kumar, Anand Kumar Gupta, D. Mandal, Subhash Babu, Anupam Barh, Anita Kumawat, Rajiv Dubey, Kalidas Pati, B. Bhargavi, Dinesh Kumar Yadav
Soil erosion is a serious threat to agriculture and environmental sustainability in the risk‐prone rainfed Himalayan ecosystem. Hence, runoff and soil loss mitigation ability of four maize‐based intensified systems; maize (Zea mays) + turmeric (Curcuma longa), maize + ginger (Zingiber officinale), maize + colocasia (Colocasia esculenta), and maize + sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) were tested against
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Recovery of carbonized soils with a chemical catalyst: In vitro studies for developing applications Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 Ivan Vega, Viviana Chavez, Ian Scott, Jorge Parodi
Forest fires and burn offs generate high soil temperatures, mineralizing organic matter and trapping it in the form of charcoal. A system that can catalyze its liberation in the absence of bacteria is a technological innovation that accelerates the recovery of these soils. We evaluated the parameters of nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus in ashes from wood, charcoal, and burned earth. We observe that
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Insight into the spatial nature of the urban sprawl phenomenon in European capitals Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-04 Wiktoria Grabowska, Anita Kukulska-Kozieł, Tomasz Noszczyk
This research provides a brief insight into the spatial nature of urban sprawl in functional urban areas (FUAs) of European capitals, as opposed to most investigations into urban growth that focus on case studies. Its purpose is to identify European capitals that grow the most and characterize the spatial aspect of urban sprawl and dynamics of ensuing land-cover change between 2006, 2012, and 2018
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Effects of small rock check dams on channel bed, vegetation diversity, and soil properties 10 years after a severe wildfire in forest micro‐catchments of central eastern Spain Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Adrian Martinez Hontecillas, Manuel Esteban Lucas‐Borja, Maria Ángeles Carmona‐Yañez, Pietro Denisi, Pedro Antonio Plaza‐Alvarez, Demetrio Antonio Zema
One of the most common post‐fire management techniques is the construction of check dams in catchments. However, little research has explored how small check dams impact on bed profile, vegetation diversity and soil properties several years after their construction in Mediterranean ephemeral channels draining micro‐catchments burned by severe wildfires. To fill this gap, this study has evaluated the
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Effects of stand structure on ecological benefits and tree growth of Haloxylon ammodendron plantations: A meta‐analysis Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Nan Huang, Xin Ying Li, Hong Yan Liu, Jin Nian Tang, Yong Fu Ji, Chang Ming Zhao, Jin Hua Li
Haloxylon ammodendron is a typical tree species in arid region for windbreak and sand fixation. Understanding how stand structure (i.e., afforestation density, forest type, and stand age) of H. ammodendron impacts ecological benefits and tree growth status has great implications for desertification control in arid area. We obtained a dataset of 446 observations from 79 studies related to H. ammodendron
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The efficiency of different mulch types and dose applications on runoff, soil, and nutrient losses under simulated rainfall Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Selma Yaşar Korkanç, Halil Şahin
Mulching is one of the best management practices used in soil and water conservation studies. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of different mulch types and doses on runoff coefficient (Rc), soil loss (Er), sediment concentration (Sc), time to ponding (tp), runoff generation time (tr), percolated (pw) and retained (rw) water and total losses of nitrate‐nitrogen (NO3−), ammonium‐nitrogen
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Evaluating small‐scale harvesting disturbance to the forest soil in Mediterranean beech high forests Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Francesco Latterini, Marcin K. Dyderski, Paweł Horodecki, Rachele Venanzi, Rodolfo Picchio, Andrzej M. Jagodziński
European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests in Central and Southern Italy are managed applying the shelterwood system. Prior to the regeneration cut, it is common to apply 2–3 thinning interventions, aiming to obtain mostly firewood, considering the low dimension and poor quality of the stems. These interventions are usually carried out by local forest enterprises relying on a low or medium level of
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Detection of soil salinity distribution and its change in the Yellow River Delta comparing 2006 and 2022 Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Qing Yang, Xiaomei Fan, Linlin Wang, Ying Tang, Liuhong Huang
The Yellow River Delta (YRD) has the world's highest land formation rate. However, soil salinization has caused severe land degradation in the region. Understanding the distribution of soil salinity and its variation is essential for saline soil management. This study combined soil salinity sampling data, remote sensing imagery, and layers of geographic environmental factors. Three different models
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Welfare enhancement or environment improvement: How does China's rural revitalization assistance policy work? Evidence from China Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Man Huang, Xue Zhao, Jincai Zhuang
In the context of sustainable development, the greatest challenge facing society today is to improve welfare of the disadvantaged while preserving the environment. This paper constructed a theoretical framework of “policy‐welfare‐environment,” explored the effects in terms of individual welfare enhancement and village environment improvement, and conduct empirical tests on a sample of 1208 rural households
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Influence of reclamation techniques and vegetation types on water retention in hard coal spoil heaps Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Pranav Dev Singh, Anna Klamerus‐Iwan, Bartłomiej Woś, Marcin Pietrzykowski
This study examines the relationship between the reclamation method (with topsoil and with bare rock), individual species, and land cover (woodland, grassland, and forbsland) on micro‐climate and retention properties, that is, volumetric water content (vwc) and water storage capacity (S). The large overburden dump “Sośnica” in Upper Silesia served as a research site, which makes it possible to investigate
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Variation in soil quality in tropical dryland agroecosystem: Impact of different crop sequences Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Priyanka Soni, Fahami Zaya, Rahul Kumar, Amrita Kumari, Riya Gupta, Nidhi Singh, Nandita Ghoshal
Role of crop diversification on productivity has been studied widely but its impact on soil carbon dynamics is least studied. The present study was designed to compare the effects of crop diversification in terms of rice‐based mixed crops viz. wheat (RW), chickpea (RC), and flaxseed (RF) and mono‐crops viz. pigeonpea (PP) and mustard (MU) on major soil quality including physical, chemical and biological
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How much can assisted natural regeneration contribute to ecological restoration in arid lands? Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-29 Florencia del Mar González, Daniel Roberto Pérez
In many arid shrubland lands around the world, such as the Monte Desert of Argentina, ecological restoration efforts often prioritize direct seeding or outplantings. Another restorative intervention with lower costs, such as assisted natural regeneration (ANR) through soil tillage, are poorly studied and implemented. In this context, we selected 16 abandoned petroleum drilling platforms that were scarified
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Effects of erosion‐induced degradation on subsequent soil erosion and sediment sorting of a cultivated black soil under simulated heavy rainstorm Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-29 Yang Yang, Ying Wang, Xinyi Chen, Yingna Liu
Soil erosion is a major cause of soil degradation, leading to soil quality deterioration. The resulting alternation of soil properties would in turn change the soil's responses in subsequent soil erosion events later, which, however, has rarely been studied. The objective was to examine the effects of such erosion‐induced degradation on subsequent soil erosion and sediment size distribution of a cultivated
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Long‐term impact of inorganic fertilizers and farmyard manure on soil quality and productivity in subtropical Vertisols under a soybean‐wheat cropping system Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-29 Jyoti Bangre, Nishant Kumar Sinha, Manoranjan Mohanty, Somasundaram Jayaraman, Rabi Narayan Sahoo, Anuj Kumar Dwivedi, Deepak Singh, Alok Mishra, Saral Kumar, Ravi Wanjari, Pramod Jha, Dhiraj Kumar, Rahul Mishra, Subhash Mandloi, Umesh Kumar Singh, Ranjeet Chaudhary, Kotha Sammi Reddy, Mathyam Prabhakar, Vinod Kumar Singh, Cherukumalli Srinivasa Rao
The quality of soil plays a crucial role in sustainable agriculture. To better understand the changes in soil quality across different agroecosystems, long‐term experiments are considered as the most effective approach. Moreover in spite of their significance, there is paucity of information pertaining to long‐term impact of fertilizer and manure application on soil quality in Vertisols of Central
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Diversified cropping modules designed for soil restoration, CO2 sequestration, and generating carbon credits Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 Ram Swaroop Meena, Gourisankar Pradhan, Nalani, Sandeep Kumar, Ambuj Kumar Singh, Sunil Kumar Verma, Krishan Kant Mina, Sunil Kumar, R. K. Chaturvedi
This study aimed to know the potential of different cropping modules (CMs) that started on the degraded land representing 4450 km2 of the Vindhyan region of India. The objective of the study was to know (i) the higher carbon dioxide (CO2) biosequestration, (ii) enhance soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions, and (iii) generate carbon (C) credit to the additional income as a climate currency to the farmers
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Successful plant growth in acid mine drainage‐impacted soil using pot‐based experiments with waste amendments Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 Sandra Fernández‐Landero, Juan Carlos Fernández‐Caliani, María Inmaculada Giráldez, Pablo J. Hidalgo, Emilio Morales
This paper addresses the challenge of remediating soil impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD) using an innovative and sustainable Technosol‐based approach to stabilize soil and facilitate vegetation recovery. The study assessed the effectiveness of Technosols made from recycled organic (water clarification sludge) and inorganic (siderurgical slags and red gypsum) wastes in mitigating the detrimental
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Evaluating the effect of the actual eroded badland area on the estimate of eroded volume in Italiancalanchi areas Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 Gaetano Guida, Alessio Nicosia, Vincenzo Palmeri, Vito Ferro
According to the available literature, the morphometric characteristics of badland basins (e.g., area of the badland drainage basin, A, and actual eroded badland area, AE) can be used for deducing an empirical model able to predict the eroded volume, V. The main aim of this investigation is to implement a model to estimate the volume of eroded sediments, which uses widely applied morphological indices
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Effect of vegetation introduction versus natural recovery on topsoil properties in the dried Aral Sea bed Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-26 Gaeun Kim, Jieun Ahn, Hanna Chang, Jiae An, Asia Khamzina, Gwangeun Kim, Yowhan Son
Desiccation of the Aral Sea has resulted in the emergence of vast saline and flat terrains, jeopardizing human health and agricultural activities because of sand and dust storms. Vegetation, mainly indigenous Haloxylon species, has been introduced to ameliorate the soil. As a critical indicator of rehabilitation, the physicochemical properties of soil after the introduction of vegetation remain poorly
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Soil microbial community dynamics in response to Tamarix ramosissima afforestation in desert lands: Metagenomic insights Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-25 Zhihao Zhang, Mengfei Cong, Guangxing Zhao, Jiaoyang Song, Yi Du, Yulin Zhang, Xinping Dong, Akash Tariq, Weiqi Wang, Fanjiang Zeng
Understanding the influence of afforestation on soil microorganisms, the major drivers of soil processes, is essential for maintaining soil health and sustainability. However, in a desert‐oasis ecotone, variations in the microbial community along shrub afforestation years remain unclear. We conducted a metagenomic analysis to study the temporal changes in microbial community structure in 0–100 cm soil
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Effects of fertilizer types and application levels on phosphorus availability of saline soils and crops: A meta‐analysis Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-25 Tong Liu, Xinliang Dong, Kai Guo, Jintao Wang, Xiaojing Liu, Hongyong Sun
Phosphorus deficiency limits agricultural production in saline soils. Phosphorus fertilizer (P fertilizer) affects soil and crop phosphorus availability, water eutrophication control, and rock phosphate ore resource protection. To clarify the effect of varying types and amounts of fertilizers on the phosphorus availability enhancement at different degrees of saline soil and provide theoretical basis
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Radioactivity of Technosols on thermal power station ash disposal sites: Assessment of potential radiological human‐health risk Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-22 Łukasz Uzarowicz, Marcin Stobiński, Filip Jędrzejek, Katarzyna Szarłowicz, Damian Murach
Soil radioactivity is a poorly recognized form of land degradation; however, there are regions all around the world where it can be dangerous to the environment and human health. The aim of the study was to analyze the radioactivity of Technosols developed on thermal power station (TPS) ash disposal sites. Total concentration of uranium (U), thorium (Th), and cesium (Cs), as well as the radioactivity
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Accumulated soil seed bank of the invasive sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus) poses a challenge for its suppression Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Péter Török, Francis David Espinoza Ami, Katalin Szél‐Tóth, Patrícia Díaz Cando, Luis Roberto Guallichico Suntaxi, Andrea McIntosh‐Buday, Alida Anna Hábenczyus, Viktória Törő‐Szijgyártó, Gergely Kovacsics‐Vári, Csaba Tölgyesi, Béla Tóthmérész, Judit Sonkoly
Global warming, elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations and increased likeliness of extreme drought and wildfires in many regions will likely favour C4 grass species. To support future management actions, we explored the effect of the encroachment of an invasive perennial C4 grass, Sporobolus cryptandrus on the composition of soil seed banks in dry sand grasslands in Central Europe. In five mass‐locality
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Study of phosphorus status and sorption properties in reclaimed lignite mine soils under different age stands of Robinia pseudoacacia L. in Welzow, Germany Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Mohammad Rafiul Hashar, Shamima Nasrin, Dirk Freese, Maik Veste
Due to the open‐cast mining activities, a large area in the Lusatian region in eastern Germany was left unproductive. Robinia pseudoacacia L. was planted within different ages in that large area as a short rotation coppice for woody biomass cultivation as well as to increase soil nutrients by increasing plant phosphorous (P) availability, accumulating organic matter input and biological nitrogen fixation
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Ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies and their drivers in severely affected areas of the Wenchuan earthquake, China Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-19 Longsheng Huang, Yi Du, Yi Tang
The suddenness and destructive power of earthquake disasters pose significant threats to ecosystems. Understanding the changes in post-earthquake ecosystem services and the complex relationships of their trade-offs and synergistic effects is crucial for post-disaster recovery and achieving a holistic and sustainable balance of human well-being. However, quantifying post-disaster ecosystem services
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Nitrogen release and microbial community characteristics during the decomposition of field-incorporated corn straw in Northeast China Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-19 Chao Yan, Sutong Zhao, Haimeng Wu, Daocheng Yang, Zhaofang Hou, Fuxin Shan, Shuangshuang Yan, Xiaochen Lyu, Chunmei Ma, Zhenping Gong
Straw incorporation increases the amount of nutrients in soil and greatly impacts soil nitrogen and microbial communities. In this study, 15N-labeled corn straw was used as the material, the experiment consisted of five treament (AS: placing the straw 15 cm above the soil surface, SM: using the straw to mulch the soil surface, B15: burying the straw 15 cm below the ground surface, B30: burying the
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Role of root exudates on the transformation and ecological effect of engineering nanomaterials in soil system: A critical review Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-19 Xiaohe Wei, Xinyu Miao, Qixing Zhou, Shaohu Ouyang
Due to the widespread use of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) for soil remediation and nano-enabled sustainable agriculture, there is a growing concern regarding the behavior and fate of ENMs released into soil systems in the presence of natural root exudates (REs). Herein, we investigate the influence of REs on the fate and ecological effect of ENMs from a comprehensive perspective. We summarize the
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Vertical dynamics of soil organic carbon across Shaanxi Province, China from 1980s to 2010s Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Yuanyuan Tang, Yuchun Yang, Yanyan Shen, Bingzhen Liao, Yanbing Qi
Dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) has been paid great emphasis for its linkage to the nutrient cycling as well as the global climate changes. Despite the extensive changes in land use, climate, and field management practices that have profoundly affected SOC in Shaanxi Province, few studies have investigated the vertical dynamics of SOC across different soil depths. In this paper, we investigated
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Divergent responses of above- and belowground ecosystem functioning to shrub encroachment in the Tibetan semi-arid alpine steppes Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Awei Ji-Shi, Jingxue Zhao, Guangpeng Qu, Gao-Lin Wu
Semi-arid alpine ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau are experiencing rapid climate change and extensive anthropogenic activity, concomitant with the encroachment of shrubs. Shrub encroachment will lead to changes in both the ecosystem structure and functioning of the semi-arid alpine steppes. Yet, the encroaching impacts of shrubs on the above- and belowground ecosystem functioning of the semi-arid
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Conversion of native grasslands into croplands in the Pampa biome and its effects on source contributions to suspended sediment of the Ibirapuitã River, Brazil Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-15 Rafael Ramon, Olivier Evrard, Sylvain Huon, Carlos Eduardo Linhares Feitosa, Felipe Bernardi, Antônio Augusto Medeiros Batista, Tadeu Luis Tiecher, Jean Paolo Gomes Minella, Cláudia Alessandra Peixoto Barros, Tales Tiecher
Grain crops have expanded at the expense of native grasslands in South America's Pampa biome in recent decades, thereby, increasing the sediment delivery to the river systems. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of land use change on sediment source contributions in the Ibirapuitã catchment (5942 km2), Southern Brazil. For this purpose, a sediment fingerprinting approach was developed based on
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Check dams in the Yellow River basin: Sediment reduction efficiency and future development Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-14 Gao Haidong, Wang Mengdie, Hao Xinjing
Human activities are the main reasons for reducing sediment transport in the Yellow River, with thousands of check dams playing a crucial role. Quantifying the sediment reduction efficiency and analyzing the future development of check dams can help ecological construction and management in the Yellow River basin. This study developed a calculation method for sediment reduction by check dams and calculated
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Mitigating the effects of PVC microplastics and mercury stress on rye (Secale cereale L.) plants using zinc oxide−nanoparticles Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-11 Mohammad K. Okla, Zahid Khorshid Abbas, Salem Mesfir Al-Qahtani, Nadi Awad Al-Harbi, Mostafa A. Abdel-Maksoud
In present years, the use of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) has received great attention due to increase in the nutrient accumulation by plants for improving the capability of agronomic Zn biofortification. Although, the emergence of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) microplastics (MPs) as pollutants in agricultural soils is increasingly alarming, presenting significant toxic threats to soil ecosystems
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Can dual mulching outperform single mulching in arid agriculture—Loess Plateau? A meta-analysis based on crop yield and water use efficiency Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-08 Yan Li, Chenzhe Fan, Jiaxin Liu, Weijun Yuan, Kuandi Zhang, Ziyan Li
Field mulching is an important technique for dryland crop cultivation in the Loess Plateau (LP) of China, which alleviates the local agricultural water shortage. However, under different precipitation and temperature conditions, the effects of mulching on moisture conservation and yield enhancement are not consistent. A meta-analysis was conducted to assess the variations of mulching across various
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Evaluation of spatiotemporal variation and impact factors for vegetation net primary productivity in a typical open-pit mining ecosystem in northwestern China Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-08 Jinyang Wang, Kuankuan Cui, Fei Yang, Jun Li, Chengye Zhang, Tianmeng Du, Haoran Zhang
The vegetation net primary productivity (NPP) is a key indicator for evaluating vegetation carbon sequestration. Exploring its spatiotemporal changes and impact factors is essential for coal mining and ecological restoration in open-pit mining areas. This study utilized the Carnegie-Ames-Stanford-Approach (CASA) model to calculate monthly vegetation NPP in the Xiwan mine area, a typical open-pit mine
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Labile carbon content and nutrient availability determines microbial composition in topsoil and subsoil following land-use change in subtropical China Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-07 Huacui Xiao, Hao Sheng, Liang Zhang, Wandong Liang, Liang Wei, Ping Zhou
Evaluating the impact of land-use intensification on soil microbial communities is essential for recognizing the implications on microbiome stability and ecosystem function. The microbial biomass and enzyme activity in the topsoil have been found to decrease as a consequence of natural forest conversion; however, the impact of land-use conversion on the microbes in subsoil remains largely unclear.
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Sediment transportation by strong winds over Gobi surfaces: Field observations along the Lanzhou–Xinjiang high-speed railway Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Tao Wang, Benli Liu, Qinghe Niu, Lihai Tan, Jianjun Qu, Baicheng Niu, Daiying Yin
Under strong wind action over vast Gobi surfaces, eolian transportation can cause significant environmental problems and infrastructural damage. However, scientific understanding of the underlying mechanisms and dynamics of this process in the Gobi region remains limited. To address this gap, our study focused on investigating eolian transportation over the Gobi surface along the Lanzhou–Xinjiang high-speed
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Restoration of degraded waterlogged saline soil through subsurface drainage: Spatiotemporal soil salinity assessment using electromagnetic induction (EMI) and geographic information system (GIS) techniques Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-29 Bhaskar Narjary, Viveka Nand, Suraj Goswami, Kailash Prajapat, Devendra Singh Bundela, Satyendra Kumar
Reduction in soil salinity in the entire project area is a key indicator of proper functioning of the implemented subsurface drainage (SSD) projects. Electromagnetic induction (EMI) surveys were carried out to facilitate spatiotemporal assessment of soil salinity of a SSD project site in Kahni, Haryana (India). The surveys were conducted in two time frames: immediately after the start of SSD project
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Crop pest identification using deep network based extracted features and MobileENet in smart agriculture Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-29 Guruprakash K S, Siva Karthik P, Ramachandran A, Gayathri K
Agriculture has been considered an important source of food for humans throughout history. Plant pests cause significant damage to crops and reduce the productivity of global crop yields. Therefore, it is important to identify the plant pest at an earlier stage in order to minimize crop losses and use pesticides optimally. This paper develops the MobileENet deep learning architecture for accurate plant
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Datacubes as enabler for advanced decision support systems in land management Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-26 Peter Baumann, Vlad Merticariu, Dimitar Misev, Bang Pham Huu, Giuliano Langella
Informed, wise, land management has been a challenge since a long time, but has gained extra importance through the need for responding to climate change effects. The European Green Deal is one example of a concertation effort in a world where data availability, sharing options, and just‐in‐time exploitation are not entirely solved. The LandSupport service responds to this challenge through a combination
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The effects and influencing variables based on “supply-direction-demand” flow processing: Water provisioning services of Inner Mongolia's ecological shelters Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-23 Jingya Liu, Keyu Qin, Gaodi Xie
The ecological shelter serves a dual purpose of protecting the target ecosystem from damage and benefitting surrounding ecosystems. One important ecosystem service provided by such areas is water provisioning service, which has significant impacts on the surrounding ecosystems due to its flow characteristics. This study aimed to simulate water resources in Inner Mongolia and its surrounding watersheds
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Unveiling the aluminum tolerance by Tithonia diversifolia grown in acid soil: Insights from morphological, anatomical, and nutritional analysis Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-23 Vagner Ovani, Simón Pérez-Márquez, Mônica Lanzoni Rossi, Adriana Pinheiro Martinelli, José Lavres, Helder Louvandini, Adibe Luiz Abdalla
Acidic soils cover two-thirds of Brazil's land, significantly reducing pasture productivity and resilience. Tithonia diversifolia has emerged as a promising forage alternative for such soils. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of different soil acidity levels, determined by base-cation saturation (BCS) levels, on the anatomical, and morphological analyses of the roots, the nutritional
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Soil erosion associated with roads—A global review and statistical analysis Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Zaihui Yu, Qinghe Zhao, Yi Liu, Jinhai Yu, An Wang, Shengyan Ding
Global soil degradation due to road erosion is an escalating concern. This study employed bibliometric analysis using the Science Citation Index‐Expanded dataset to gain insights into research trends in road erosion. It covered the years 2000–2021, revealing a steady increase in annual research publications, particularly after 2018. The United States and Catena was the leading contributor and the most
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Efficiency and greenness evaluation of urban land use change in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Changqing Guo, Wenhui Kuang, Yinyin Dou, Yulin Dong
Improving urban land use efficiency and greenness is essential for achieving sustainable urban development and improving the well-being of urban settlements. Using satellite-based land use data, socioeconomic data, and sustainable development goal (SDG) indicators, we quantified the changes in the urban land use efficiency and greenness under rapid urban expansion in provincial cities in the Yangtze
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Assessment of eco‐environmental changes along roads in the Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau based on remote sensing data: A case study of the Sino‐Nepalese Transport Corridor Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Yaohang Sun, Gang Jin, Liangsheng Zhao, Jianjun Guo, Dongxia Yue
Understanding the evolutionary patterns of ecological quality in transport corridor areas and their driving mechanisms is essential for maintaining regional sustainable development. However, an integrated assessment of the ecology of plateau transport corridors is still lacking. This study focuses on the Sino‐Nepalese Transport Corridor (SNTC) and comprehensively evaluates the spatio‐temporal patterns
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Reference ecosystem construction and adaptive restoration effect evaluation: A case study of a small watershed in the loess hilly region Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Qiang Li, Xueyi Shi, Zhongqiu Zhao, Qingqing Wu
The loess hilly region is one of the most fragile areas in China. Many ecological restoration projects in this region are equivalent to simple afforestation and grass planting, with large investment and low benefits. Based on the concept of reference ecosystem, this study uses remote sensing data and vegetation community survey of Wanhuigou catchment, and applies methods such as redundancy analysis
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Research on the toxic effects of polyacrylamide and cadmium on plants during soil utilization of municipal sludge Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-20 Jinxing Cai, Shaomin Gao, Fang Wang, Ping Wang, Zhenyu Song, Chaofeng Shao, Meiting Ju, Jinpeng Liu
This research aimed to examine the compound effects of polyacrylamide (PAM) and cadmium (Cd) on plant growth subsequent to the mixing of municipal sludge with soil and to explore the potential ecological risks associated with the use of sludge. A pot experiment was performed wherein four gradients (0, 5, 15, and 20 g/[kg dry sludge]) were established corresponding to different PAM concentrations to
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Wildfires and carbon budget of certain seasonally dry forests in India Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-19 Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Lalji Singh, Shalini Toppo
Globally, the increasing fire events in addition to climate change due to the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) as well as other greenhouse gases exerts huge pressure on natural resources and their management. This phenomenon is more severe in the tropical region due to increasing population, urbanization, industrialization, existing pressures, and limiting conditions. In the present study, carbon (C)
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The comprehensive effects of future multi-scenario land use change and climate change on water conservation in Northwest China Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Pingping Zhou, Hao Wu, Xiaoyan Song, Wenyi Sun, Yi Li, Jun Zhai, Zhengjia Liu
Water conservation is an important ecosystem service, which is crucial to the fragile ecological environment and serious soil erosion in Northwest China. However, water conservation has been affected by climate change and human disturbance, and its future spatial and temporal changes are still unclear. This study employed the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade-offs (InVEST) model
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Soil erosion‐induced decline in aggregate stability and soil organic carbon reduces aggregate‐associated microbial diversity and multifunctionality of agricultural slope in the Mollisol region Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Qingsong Yang, Jue Peng, Shimin Ni, Chenyang Zhang, Junguang Wang, Chongfa Cai
Soil erosion has become a serious ecological problem hindering the agricultural and economic development in Northeast China. Soil aggregates are basic units that regulate soil fertility and microbial activity. However, there have been few reports on the role of soil erosion in regulating the microbial diversity, multiple ecosystem services, and functions (multifunctionality) of soil aggregates. In
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The windbreak effects of organic fence made from branches of Salix psammophila in Hobq Desert Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Chao Zhang, Wanjiao Li, Jian Cui, Peng Wang, Xiaoning Tian, Yuchen Dai, Yong Gao, Guo Yu Qiu
Salix sand barriers have been widely used in arid and semi‐arid regions of northern China as an environmentally friendly approach to control wind erosion. However, the inherent variability in length and thickness of Salix branches complicates achieving the desired fence porosity, typically resulting in an error of approximately 10% or more. This defect affects the fence's wind protection, thereby limiting
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Ameliorating saline-sodic soils: A global meta-analysis of field studies on the influence of exogenous amendments on crop yield Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Xiao Wang, Jianli Ding, Jinjie Wang, Lijing Han, Jiao Tan, Xiangyu Ge
As the demand for food continues to rise, soil salinization and sodification pose an increasingly pressing challenge. Currently, there is a knowledge gap regarding how to effectively improve saline-sodic soils to support sustainable agricultural production, especially the lack of systematic analysis on the effects of different amendments at a global scale. To address this gap, this study aims to explore
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SiO2 nanoparticle attenuates phytotoxicity of graphene quantum dots in Zea mays (L.) plants Land Degrad. Dev. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-12 Ruifeng Yan, Yanfeng Zhang, Hongyan Tian, Yuan Hao, Haifeng Sun
The tremendous potential of graphene quantum dots (gqds) in biomedical applications has raised increasing concerns about their risks to ecosystem and human beings. silicon dioxide nanoparticles (sio2 nps) serve as promising nanofertilizers in enhancing plant tolerance against abiotic stresses, but the knowledge of their role in regulating crop responses to gqd stress is far from sufficient in depth
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