• The impact of grazing on seedling patterns in degraded sparse‐elm grassland 

  Wang, Yongcui; Chu, Lei; Daryanto, Stefani; Wang, Lixin; Lin, Jixiang; MuSa, Ala (Wiley, 2018)

  Over‐grazing by livestock in semi‐arid ecosystems is one of the main causes of desertification. Although over‐grazing presents a global environmental challenge, only a few studies have investigated grazing impacts on the ...
• Stable isotope compositions (δ2H, δ18O and δ17O) of rainfall and snowfall in the central United States 

  Tian, Chao; Wang, Lixin; Kaseke, Kudzai Farai; Bird, Broxton W. (Nature Publishing group, 2018-04-30)

  Stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen (δ2H, δ18O and δ17O) can be used as natural tracers to improve our understanding of hydrological and meteorological processes. Studies of precipitation isotopes, especially 17O-excess ...
• An integrated investigation of lake storage and water level changes in the Paiku Co basin, central Himalayas 

  Lei, Yanbin; Yao, Tandong; Yang, Kun; Bird, Broxton W.; Tian, Lide; Zhang, Xiaowen; Wang, Weicai; Xiang, Yang; Dai, Yufeng; Lazhu; Zhou, Jing; Wang, Lei (Elsevier, 2018)

  Since the late 1990s, lakes in the southern Tibetan Plateau (TP) have shrunk considerably, which contrasts with the rapid expansion of lakes in the interior TP. Although these spatial trends have been well documented, the ...
• Balancing the Global Distribution of Phosphorus With a View Toward Sustainability and Equity 

  Filippelli, Gabriel M. (AGU, 2018)

  Limitations in the geological reserves of phosphate rock, the source of fertilizer phosphorus, are not currently considered in agricultural practices or global trade, a very short‐sighted approach considering that there ...
• Marine Volcaniclastic Record of Early Arc Evolution in the Eastern Ritter Range Pendant, Central Sierra Nevada, California 

  Barth, Andrew P.; Wooden, J. L.; Riggs, N. R.; Walker, J. D.; Tani, K.; Penniston-Dorland, S. C.; Jacobson, C. E.; Laughlin, Jennifer A.; Hiramatsu, Reina (Wiley, 2018)

  Marine volcaniclastic rocks in the Sierra Nevada preserve a critical record of silicic magmatism in the early Sierra Nevada volcanic arc, and this magmatic record provides precise minimum age constraints on subduction ...
• Petrogenesis of Early Cretaceous intermediate-felsic dikes in the Jiaodong Peninsula, south-eastern North China Craton: Constraints from geochronology, geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf isotopes 

  Liu, Xuefei; Deng, Jun; Liang, Yayun; Wang, Qingfei; Pan, Ruiguang; Qin, Cheng; Yang, Yi (Elsevier, 2018-08)

  Early Cretaceous dike swarms are widely developed in the Jiaodong Peninsula, NE China. In this study, we newly investigated the spatial-temporal distribution, petrography, geochronology and whole-rock geochemistry of the ...
• Impacts of increasing typhoons on the structure and function of a subtropical forest: reflections of a changing climate 

  Lin, Kuo-Chuan; Hamburg, Steven P.; Wang, Lixin; Duh, Chin-Tzer; Huang, Chu-Mei; Chang, Chung-Te; Lin, Teng-Chiu (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-07-07)

  Due to their destructive and sporadic nature, it is often difficult to evaluate and predict the effects of typhoon on forest ecosystem patterns and processes. We used a 21-yr record of litterfall rates to explore the ...
• Climate-driven changes in sedimentation rate influence phosphorus burial along continental margins of the northwestern Mediterranean 

  Cortina, Aleix; Filippelli, Gabriel; Ochoa, Diana; Sierro, Francisco Javier; Flores, José-Abel; Grimalt, Joan O. (Elsevier, 2018)

  The burial of phosphorus (P) in continental margin sediments is a critical component of the marine reactive P budget, and thus an important factor in marine biological productivity. We determined downcore records of P from ...
• Meta-Analysis of Phosphorus Loss from No-Till Soils 

  Daryanto, Stefani; Wang, Lixin; Jacinthe, Pierre André (ACSESS, 2017)

  Agriculture is a significant contributor to phosphorus (P) enrichment in aquatic ecosystems. No-till (NT) farming has been proposed as an alternative approach to conventional tillage (CT) in reducing soil P export, but ...
• Excessive Accumulation of Chinese Fir Litter Inhibits Its Own Seedling Emergence and Early Growth—A Greenhouse Perspective 

  Liu, Bo; Daryanto, Stefani; Wang, Lixin; Li, Yanjuan; Liu, Qingqing; Zhao, Chong; Wang, Zhengning (MDPI, 2017-09-11)

  Litter accumulation can strongly influence plants’ natural regeneration via both physical and chemical mechanisms, but the relative influence of each mechanism on seedling establishment remains to be elucidated. Chinese ...
• Impacts of no-tillage management on nitrate loss from corn, soybean and wheat cultivation: A meta-analysis 

  Daryanto, Stefani; Wang, Lixin; Jacinthe, Pierre-André (Nature Publishing group, 2017-09-21)

  Although no-till (NT) has been promoted as an alternative land management practice to conventional tillage (CT), its impact on water quality, especially nitrate (NO3 −) loss remain controversial. We conducted a meta-analysis ...
• The use of dithiothreitol for the quantitative analysis of elemental sulfur concentrations and isotopes in environmental samples 

  Kurek, Martin R.; Gilhooly, William P., III; Druschel, Gregory K.; O'Beirne, Molly D.; Werne, Josef P. (Elsevier, 2018)

  Determining the concentration and isotopic composition of elemental sulfur in modern and ancient environments is essential to improved interpretation of the mechanisms and pathways of sulfur utilization in biogeochemical ...
• The impact of fog on soil moisture dynamics in the Namib Desert 

  Li, Bonan; Wang, Lixin; Kaseke, Kudzai F.; Vogt, Roland; Li, Lin; Seely, Mary (Elsevier, 2018-03)

  Soil moisture is a crucial component supporting vegetation dynamics in drylands. Despite increasing attention on fog in dryland ecosystems, the statistical characterization of fog distribution and how fog affects soil ...
• Monitoring the Invasion of Spartina alterniflora Using Multi-source High-resolution Imagery in the Zhangjiang Estuary, China 

  Liu, Mingyue; Li, Huiying; Li, Lin; Man, Weidong; Jia, Mingming; Wang, Zongming; Lu, Chunyan (MDPI, 2017-06)

  Spartina alterniflora (S. alterniflora) is one of the most harmful invasive plants in China. Google Earth (GE), as a free software, hosts high-resolution imagery for many areas of the world. To explore the use of GE imagery ...
• Can ridge-furrow plastic mulching replace irrigation in dryland wheat and maize cropping systems? 

  Daryanto, Stefani; Wang, Lixin; Jacinthe, Pierre-André (Elsevier, 2017-08)

  Dryland crop production requires significant water investments, but problems associated with irrigation have been observed in many dryland regions (e.g., China, Australia and the Mediterranean basin). A key strategy for ...
• Late-Holocene Indian summer monsoon variability revealed from a 3300-year-long lake sediment record from Nir’pa Co, southeastern Tibet 

  Bird, Broxton W.; Lei, Yanbin; Perello, Melanie; Polissar, Pratigya J.; Yao, Tandong; Finney, Bruce; Bain, Daniel; Pompeani, David; Thompson, Lonnie G. (Sage, 2017-04)

  Sedimentological and geochemical results from Nir’pa Co, an alpine lake on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau, detail late-Holocene Indian summer monsoon (ISM) hydroclimate during the last 3300 years. Constrained by modern ...
• Hydro-geomorphic controls of greenhouse gas fluxes in riparian buffers of the White River watershed, IN (USA) 

  Jacinthe, Pierre-André; Vidon, P. (Elsevier, 2017-09)

  Riparian ecosystems are defined by the nature and regularity of the interactions between a given river system and its floodplains, and past studies have often presented vegetation cover as the exclusive expression of these ...
• Soil phosphorus budget in global grasslands and implications for management 

  Zhou, Quanlai; Daryanto, Stefani; Xin, Zhiming; Liu, Zhimin; Liu, Minghu; Cui, Xue; Wang, Lixin (Elsevier, 2017-09)

  Grasslands, accounting for one third of the world terrestrial land surface, are important in determining phosphorus (P) cycle at a global scale. Understanding the impacts of management on P inputs and outputs in grassland ...
• The spatial distribution and temporal variation of desert riparian forests and their influencing factors in the downstream Heihe River basin, China 

  Ding, Jingyi; Zhao, Wenwu; Daryanto, Stefani; Wang, Lixin; Fan, Hao; Feng, Qiang; Wang, Yaping (2017)

  Desert riparian forests are the main restored vegetation community in Heihe River basin. They provide critical habitats and a variety of ecosystem services in this arid environment. Since desert riparian forests are also ...
• Stable isotopes of river water and groundwater along altitudinal gradients in the High Himalayas and the Eastern Nyainqentanghla Mountains 

  Florea, Lee; Bird, Broxton; Lau, Jamie K.; Wang, Lixin; Lei, Yanbin; Yao, Tandong; Thompson, Lonnie G. (Elsevier, 2017-12-01)

  Study Region This study considers river water and groundwater in seeps and springs collected from the non-monsoon season in the valleys of the Dudh Koshi River in eastern Nepal and the Niyang River of eastern Tibet, both ...

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