1. Drought changes and the mechanism analysis for the North American Prairie

   • Ge Yu
   • Dave Sauchyn
   • YongFei Li

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 1 - 14

2. Changes in terrestrial surface dry and wet conditions on the Loess Plateau (China) during the last half century

   • YuBi Yao
   • RunYuan Wang
   • LinChun Liu

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 15 - 24

3. Relationship between thermal anomalies in Tibetan Plateau and summer dust storm frequency over Tarim Basin, China

   • Yong Zhao
   • HongJun Li
   • MinZhong Wang

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 25 - 31

4. Observation of saltation activity at Tazhong area in Taklimakan Desert, China

   • XingHua Yang
   • Ali Mamtimin
   • Wen Huo

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 32 - 41

5. Soil exchangeable base cations along a chronosequence of Caragana microphylla plantation in a semi-arid sandy land, China

   • YuGe Zhang
   • ZhuWen Xu
   • Yong Jiang

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 42 - 50

6. Effects of emitter discharge rates on soil salinity distribution and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) yield under drip irrigation with plastic mulch in an arid region of Northwest China

   • Sulitan Danierhan
   • Abudu Shalamu
   • DongHai Guan

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 51 - 59

7. Soil water and salt distribution under furrow irrigation of saline water with plastic mulch on ridge

   • LiJuan Chen
   • Qi Feng

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 60 - 70

8. Land cover changes and the effects of cultivation on soil properties in Shelihu wetland, Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China

   • Jie Lian
   • XueYong Zhao
   • YongQing Luo

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 71 - 79

9. Spatial heterogeneity of plant species on the windward slope of active sand dunes in a semi-arid region of China

   • DeMing Jiang
   • ChunPing Miao
   • QuanLai Zhou

   OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 80 - 88

10. Vegetation fractional coverage change in a typical oasis region in Tarim River Watershed based on remote sensing

    • Fei Zhang
    • Tashpolat Tiyip
    • DongWei Gui

    OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 89 - 101

11. A spatial-explicit dynamic vegetation model that couples carbon, water, and nitrogen processes for arid and semiarid ecosystems

    • Chi Zhang
    • ChaoFan Li
    • Hua Shao

    OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 102 - 117

12. A system dynamics approach for water resources policy analysis in arid land: a model for Manas River Basin

    • ShanShan Dai
    • LanHai Li
    • XueMei Li

    OriginalPaper 04 December 2012 Pages: 118 - 131