1. 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

   • Samia S. Cortés
   • Juan I. Whitworth-Hulse
   • Patricio N. Magliano

   Research article 20 August 2020 Pages: 717 - 729

2. Endophytic bacteria associated with halophyte Seidlitzia rosmarinus Ehrenb. ex Boiss. from saline soil of Uzbekistan and their plant beneficial traits

   • Vyacheslav Shurigin
   • Dilfuza Egamberdieva
   • Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath-Kimura

   Research article 06 October 2020 Pages: 730 - 740

3. Ecological stoichiometry and biomass responses of Agropyron michnoi under simulated N deposition in a sandy grassland, China

   • Xiaoming Jin
   • Xiaogang Yang
   • Runfang Liang

   Research article 19 October 2020 Pages: 741 - 751

4. Rapid loss of leguminous species in the semi-arid grasslands of northern China under climate change and mowing from 1982 to 2011

   • Bo Xu
   • Minggagud Hugjiltu
   • Zhiying Liu

   Research article 02 November 2020 Pages: 752 - 765

5. Biomass and carbon stocks in three types of Persian oak (Quercus brantii var. persica) of Zagros forests in a semi-arid area, Iran

   • Ali Mahdavi
   • Soghra Saidi
   • Mostafa Naderi

   Research article 24 October 2020 Pages: 766 - 774

6. Impacts of snow on seed germination are independent of seed traits and plant ecological characteristics in a temperate desert of Central Asia

   • Anlifeire Anniwaer
   • Yangui Su
   • Yuanming Zhang

   Research article 06 October 2020 Pages: 775 - 790

7. Responses of Amygdalus pedunculata Pall. in the sandy and loamy soils to water stress

   • Yanwu Pei
   • Laiming Huang
   • Yinglong Zhang

   Research article 13 November 2020 Pages: 791 - 805

8. Degradation leads to dramatic decrease in topsoil but not subsoil root biomass in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau, China

   • Zhenchao Zhang
   • Miao Liu
   • Tianxing Wei

   Research article 13 November 2020 Pages: 806 - 818

9. Effects of biodegradable mulch on soil water and heat conditions, yield and quality of processing tomatoes by drip irrigation

   • Hao Jia
   • Zhenhua Wang
   • Qin Wang

   Research article 18 November 2020 Pages: 819 - 836

10. Can climate change influence agricultural GTFP in arid and semi-arid regions of Northwest China?

    • Jian Feng
    • Lingdi Zhao
    • Yang Yu

    Research article 14 October 2020 Pages: 837 - 853

11. Precipitation forecasting by large-scale climate indices and machine learning techniques

    • Mehdi Gholami Rostam
    • Seyyed Javad Sadatinejad
    • Arash Malekian

    Research article 18 November 2020 Pages: 854 - 864

12. Assessing the effects of vegetation and precipitation on soil erosion in the Three-River Headwaters Region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

    • Qian He
    • Xiao’ai Dai
    • Shiqi Chen

    Research article 27 November 2020 Pages: 865 - 886

13. Morphological characteristics and dynamic changes of seif dunes in the eastern margin of the Kumtagh Desert, China

    • Yingjun Pang
    • Bo Wu
    • Shengbo Xie

    Research article 23 December 2020 Pages: 887 - 902