Large carpenter bees show high dispersal in a tropical semi‐arid region susceptible to desertification
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70085
Abstract: Abstract Desertification is a major threat to biodiversity in arid areas of the world, partly because many organisms in these regions already exist at or near the limits of their movement and physiology. Here, we… read more here.
Keywords: desertification; large carpenter; carpenter bees; dispersal ... See more keywords
The Spatiotemporal Evolution of Ecosystem Health and Its Driving Factors in Karst Rocky Desertification Areas A Case Study of Guizhou Province, China
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.71374
Abstract: ABSTRACT Understanding the health status and drivers of ecosystems in karst desertification areas is crucial for sustainable development. Using the “Pressure‐State‐Response (PSR)” framework, this study assessed the ecosystem health levels in Guizhou Province, a typical… read more here.
Keywords: ecosystem health; health; guizhou province; desertification ... See more keywords
Desertification susceptibility over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, based on aridity indices and geoprocessing
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DOI: 10.1002/joc.6869
Abstract: Desertification is a serious threat to human development and sustainability. This process is characterized by land degradation over areas with dry sub‐humid, semi‐arid and arid climate. In this work, climate susceptibility to desertification was identified… read more here.
Keywords: climate; susceptibility; aridity indices; rio janeiro ... See more keywords
Prioritizing policies and strategies for desertification risk management using MCDM–DPSIR approach in northeastern Iran
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DOI: 10.1007/s10668-020-00684-3
Abstract: Sustainable ecosystem management is an effective approach to prevent and tackle desertification on local and global scales. This study aims to determine and prioritize the main driving forces of desertification in northeastern Iran and to… read more here.
Keywords: driving forces; desertification; management; policies strategies ... See more keywords
Understanding Rangeland Desertification at the Village Level: A Comparative Study with a Social-Ecological Systems Perspective in Namibia
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DOI: 10.1007/s10745-025-00574-0
Abstract: Desertification poses significant environmental and socio-economic threats to pastoral systems within the drylands of sub-Saharan Africa. However, there remains a paucity of interdisciplinary studies delving into the anthropogenic drivers of desertification at the local level… read more here.
Keywords: desertification; desertification village; level; ecological systems ... See more keywords
Long-term dynamic characterization of aeolian desertification in northwest Shanxi, China
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9397-3
Abstract: Northwest Shanxi is located on the farming-pastoral ecotone of northern China, where aeolian desertification is one of the most serious environmental and socioeconomic issues. The remote sensing image and geostatistical approach were implemented to estimate… read more here.
Keywords: northwest shanxi; adl; long term; aeolian desertification ... See more keywords
Desertification reversion alters soil greenhouse gas emissions in the eastern Hobq Desert, China
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08117-4
Abstract: Deserts cover more than 41% of the world’s total land area and are significant in the terrestrial carbon cycle. The impact of desertification reversion and revegetation on the physical and chemical properties of soil is… read more here.
Keywords: carbon; hobq desert; desertification; desertification reversion ... See more keywords
A remote sensing monitoring method for alpine grasslands desertification in the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
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DOI: 10.1007/s11629-020-5986-6
Abstract: Alpine grassland is the typical vegetation in the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, which has important ecological service functions, and also supports the development of alpine stock farming. In recent years, under both the natural and human… read more here.
Keywords: desertification; alpine grasslands; tibetan plateau; qinghai tibetan ... See more keywords
Assessing desertification by using soil indices
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DOI: 10.1007/s12517-017-3054-5
Abstract: Desertification generally refers to land degradation in arid, semiarid, and dry semi-humid climatic zones. It involves five principal processes: vegetation degradation, water erosion, wind erosion, salinization and waterlogging, and soil crusting and compaction. The aim… read more here.
Keywords: desertification using; desertification; soil indices; assessing desertification ... See more keywords
Study of the desertification index based on the albedo-MSAVI feature space for semi-arid steppe region
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DOI: 10.1007/s12665-019-8111-9
Abstract: Desertification has been listed as the top of ten major problems affecting global environmental changes, and represents one of the important reasons of semi-arid grassland degradation. It is therefore crucial to understand ecological environment of… read more here.
Keywords: index; feature space; desertification; semi arid ... See more keywords
Desertification in the south Junggar Basin, 2000–2009: Part II. Model development and trend analysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2018.04.028
Abstract: Abstract The substantial objective of desertification monitoring is to derive its development trend, which facilitates pre-making policies to handle its potential influences. Aiming at this extreme goal, previous studies have proposed a large number of… read more here.
Keywords: model; desertification; part; development trend ... See more keywords