An updated Vegetation Map of China (1:1000000)

Yanjun Su, Qinghua Guo, Tianyu Hu, +32

Science Bulletin

Updated Vegetation MapEngineeringBiogeographyGeomorphologyGeography +5

Woody organic amendments for retaining soil water, improving soil properties and enhancing plant growth in desertified soils of Ningxia, China

Zhigang Li, Rebecca L. Schneider, Stephen J. Morreale, +3

Geoderma

Environmental EngineeringSoil WaterSoil DegradationWoody Organic AmendmentsSoil Modification +2

Geographical, climatic, and soil factors control the altitudinal pattern of rhizosphere microbial diversity and its driving effect on root zone soil multifunctionality in mountain ecosystems

Yi Yang, Kaiyang Qiu, Yingzhong Xie, +7

The Science of The Total Environment

EngineeringSoil BiodiversityNegative EffectsMicrobial EvolutionAltitudinal Pattern +14

Ecosystem functions including soil organic carbon, total nitrogen and available potassium are crucial for vegetation recovery

Kaiyang Qiu, Yingzhong Xie, Dongmei Xu, +1

Scientific Reports

The impact of grazing intensity on soil characteristics of Stipa grandis and Stipa bungeana steppe in northern China (autonomous region of Ningxia)

Yingzhong Xie, Rüdiger Wittig

Acta Oecologica

EngineeringGeomorphologyLand UseSoil ScienceGeography +7

Assessment of soil quality indexes for different land use types in typical steppe in the loess hilly area, China

Yao Zhou, Hongbin Ma, Yingzhong Xie, +4

Ecological Indicators

Precision AgricultureEnvironmental MonitoringEngineeringGeomorphologyLand Use +14

Comparative analysis of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) seedling transcriptomes reveals genotype-specific drought tolerance mechanisms

Qiaoli Ma, Xing Xu, Wenjing Wang, +3

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

BiologyPlant GeneticsPlant StressBotanyDrought +10

Comparative metabolomic analysis of the metabolism pathways under drought stress in alfalfa leaves

Qiaoli Ma, Xing Xu, Yingzhong Xie, +4

Environmental and Experimental Botany

BiologyComparative Metabolomic AnalysisPlant StressBotanyDrought +11

Carabid community structure in northern China grassland ecosystems: Effects of local habitat on species richness, species composition and functional diversity

Noëlline Tsafack, François Rebaudo, Hui Wang, +4

PeerJ

Comparison of microbial community structures in soils with woody organic amendments and soils with traditional local organic amendments in Ningxia of Northern China

Zhigang Li, Kaiyang Qiu, Rebecca L. Schneider, +2

PeerJ