1. Assessment of desertification in Eritrea: land degradation based on Landsat images

   • Mihretab G. Ghebrezgabher
   • Taibao Yang
   • Congqiang Wang

   OriginalPaper 05 July 2019 Pages: 319 - 331

2. Hyper-spectral characteristics of rolled-leaf desert vegetation in the Hexi Corridor, China

   • Huaidong Wei
   • Xuemei Yang
   • Fang Chen

   OriginalPaper 05 July 2019 Pages: 332 - 344

3. Effects of land use and cover change on surface wind speed in China

   • Yupeng Li
   • Yaning Chen
   • Zhi Li

   OriginalPaper 05 July 2019 Pages: 345 - 356

4. Morphological variation of star dune and implications for dune management: a case study at the Crescent Moon Spring scenic spot of Dunhuang, China

   • Weimin Zhang
   • Lihai Tan
   • Qinghe Niu

   OriginalPaper 05 July 2019 Pages: 357 - 370

5. Actual evapotranspiration of subalpine meadows in the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China

   • Yunfei Gao
   • Chuanyan Zhao
   • Wenbin Wang

   OriginalPaper 05 July 2019 Pages: 371 - 384

6. Multi-scale spatial relationships between soil total nitrogen and influencing factors in a basin landscape based on multivariate empirical mode decomposition

   • Hongfen Zhu
   • Yi Cao
   • Wude Yang

   OriginalPaper 05 July 2019 Pages: 385 - 399

7. A cultivated area forecasting approach in artificial oases under climate change and human activities

   • Shaobo Zhang
   • Fulong Chen
   • Aihua Long

   OriginalPaper 05 July 2019 Pages: 400 - 418

8. Low soil temperature reducing the yield of drip irrigated rice in arid area by influencing anther development and pollination

   • Jun Zhang
   • Peng Dong
   • Changzhou Wei

   OriginalPaper 05 July 2019 Pages: 419 - 430

9. Leaf gas exchange and photosynthesis curves of Elymus nutans and Potentilla anserina under fencing and grazing conditions in the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China

   • Junjie Liu
   • Xiaoping Wang
   • Chuanyan Zhao

   OriginalPaper 05 July 2019 Pages: 431 - 445

10. Effect of pruning intensity on soil moisture and water use efficiency in jujube (Ziziphus jujube Mill.) plantations in the hilly Loess Plateau Region, China

    • Shanshan Jin
    • Youke Wang
    • Leigang Shi

    OriginalPaper 05 July 2019 Pages: 446 - 460

11. Desert vegetation distribution and species-environment relationships in an oasis-desert ecotone of northwestern China

    • Peng Zhao
    • Jianjun Qu
    • Heran Zhao

    OriginalPaper 05 July 2019 Pages: 461 - 476