Soil Hydrological Processes in Desert Regions / / edited by Jianguo Zhang, Jianhua Si, Ying Zhao.

• TeilnehmendeR: Zhao, Ying,; Si, Jianhua,; Zhang, Jianguo ,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,, 2003.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (178 pages)

This reprint highlights the current understanding of the soil hydrological processes in desert regions, as well as the plant responses to soil water. Likewise, this reprint will not present all the aspects, such as the challenges of soil hydrological process research and its opportunities in the desert regions. It only provides notable highlights to help understand the soil hydrological processes and their application in desertification control, particularly regarding the ecological engineering approach. In this context, we especially hope this reprint will enrich soil hydrology in the desert regions for advancing Critical Zone science in the Anthropocene.

Table of Contents

Preface to "Soil Hydrological Processes in Desert Regions" vii -- Special Issue: Soil Hydrological Processes in Desert Regions: Soil Water Dynamics, Driving -- Factors, and Practices 1 -- Water Use Characteristics of Two Dominant Species in the Mega-Dunes of the Badain Jaran Desert 5 -- Photosynthetic Responses of Two Woody Halophyte Species to Saline Groundwater Irrigation in the Taklimakan Desert 23 -- Effects of Irrigation Regimes on Soil Water Dynamics of Two Typical Woody Halophyte Species -- in Taklimakan Desert Highway Shelterbelt 37 -- Effect of Shelterbelt Construction on Soil Water Characteristic Curves in an Extreme Arid Shifting Desert 49 -- Spatial Heterogeneity and Driving Factors of Soil Moisture in Alpine Desert Using the Geographical Detector Method 65 -- Soil Moisture and Salinity Inversion Based on New Remote Sensing Index and Neural Network at a SaIina-Alkaline Wetland 81 -- A Characterization of the Hydrochemistry and Main Controlling Factors of Lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert, China 99 -- Topsoil Nutrients Drive Leaf Carbon and Nitrogen Concentrations of a Desert Phreatophyte in Habitats with Different Shallow Groundwater Depths 115 -- Water Supply Increases N Acquisition and N Resorption from Old Branches in the Leafless Shrub CaUigonum caput-medusae at the Taklimakan Desert Margin 127 -- Study on Dynamic Changes of Soil Erosion in the North and South Mountains of Lanzhou 141 An Artificial Oasis in a Deadly Desert: Practices and Enlightenments 157.