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Xian Xue is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, specializing in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work focuses on various subfields including Ecology, Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Soil Science.

The main topics of Xian Xue's research include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport

Xian Xue frequently publishes in scientific venues such as:

  • Climate Research
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geoderma
  • Land Degradation and Development
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Some notable recent papers authored by or involving Xian Xue include:

  • "Spatial and Temporal Differences in Alpine Meadow, Alpine Steppe and All Vegetation of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Their Responses to Climate Change," 2021, Remote Sensing
  • "Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) and Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPR) Inoculations on Elaeagnus angustifolia L. in Saline Soil," 2020, Applied Sciences
  • "Mobilization of soil phosphate after 8 years of warming is linked to plant phosphorus-acquisition strategies in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau," 2021, Global Change Biology
  • "Plant community of alpine steppe shows stronger association with soil properties than alpine meadow alongside degradation," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "The patterns and mechanisms of precipitation use efficiency in alpine grasslands on the Tibetan Plateau," 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Xian Xue has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Quangang You
  • Fei Peng
  • Cuihua Huang
  • Jie Liao
  • Chengyang Li

Best Publications

  • The effect of climate warming and permafrost thaw on desertification in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

    Xian Xue;Jian Guo;Bangshuai Han;Qingwei Sun

  • Combating Aeolian Desertification in Northern China

    T. Wang;X. Xue;L. Zhou;J. Guo

  • Characterizing changes in soil bacterial community structure in response to short-term warming.

    Jinbo Xiong;Jinbo Xiong;Huaibo Sun;Fei Peng;Huayong Zhang

  • Dust sources in arid and semiarid China and southern Mongolia: Impacts of geomorphological setting and surface materials

    Xunming Wang;Xunming Wang;Dunsheng Xia;Tao Wang;Xian Xue

  • Spatial and Temporal Differences in Alpine Meadow, Alpine Steppe and All Vegetation of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Their Responses to Climate Change

    Hanchen Duan;Xian Xue;Tao Wang;Wenping Kang

  • Divergent Responses of Soil Fungi Functional Groups to Short-term Warming

    Jinbo Xiong;Fei Peng;Huaibo Sun;Xian Xue

  • Surface water and heat exchange comparison between alpine meadow and bare land in a permafrost region of the Tibetan Plateau

    Quangang You;Xian Xue;Fei Peng;Siyang Dong

  • Assessment of wind and water erosion risk in the watershed of the Ningxia-Inner Mongolia Reach of the Yellow River, China

    Heqiang Du;Shentang Dou;Xiaohong Deng;Xian Xue

  • The Growth Promotion of Two Salt-Tolerant Plant Groups with PGPR Inoculation: A Meta-Analysis

    Jing Pan;Fei Peng;Xian Xue;Quangang You

  • Changes of soil properties regulate the soil organic carbon loss with grassland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    Fei Peng;Fei Peng;Xian Xue;Xian Xue;Quangang You;Cuihua Huang

  • Meta-analysis of the effects of grassland degradation on plant and soil properties in the alpine meadows of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Wenjuan Zhang;Xian Xue;Fei Peng;Fei Peng;Quangang You

  • Dynamic monitoring of aeolian desertification based on multiple indicators in Horqin Sandy Land, China.

    Hanchen Duan;Tao Wang;Xian Xue;Changzhen Yan

  • Study of spatial distribution of sandy desertification in North China in recent 10 years

    Tao Wang;Wei Wu;Xian Xue;Qingwei Sun

  • Mobilization of soil phosphate after 8 years of warming is linked to plant phosphorus-acquisition strategies in an alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

    Jun Zhou;Xiao Long Li;Fei Peng;Fei Peng;Chengyang Li

  • Effects of warming and clipping on ecosystem carbon fluxes across two hydrologically contrasting years in an alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    Fei Peng;Quangang You;Manhou Xu;Jian Guo

  • Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) and Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPR) Inoculations on Elaeagnus angustifolia L. in Saline Soil

    Jing Pan;Cuihua Huang;Fei Peng;Wenjuan Zhang

  • Change in the trade-off between aboveground and belowground biomass of alpine grassland: Implications for the land degradation process

    Fei Peng;Fei Peng;Xian Xue;Quangang You;Jian Sun

  • Comparison of ecosystem characteristics between degraded and intact alpine meadow in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

    QuanGang You;Xian Xue;Fei Peng;Manhou Xu

  • Productivity and Quality of Alpine Grassland Vary With Soil Water Availability Under Experimental Warming.

    Chengyang Li;Fei Peng;Fei Peng;Xian Xue;Quangang You

  • Effects of rodent-induced land degradation on ecosystem carbon fluxes in an alpine meadow in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China

    F. Peng;Y. Quangang;X. Xue;J. Guo

  • Wind erosion changes induced by different grazing intensities in the desert steppe, Northern China.

    Heqiang Du;Xiaoan Zuo;Sen Li;Tao Wang

  • Effects of experimental warming on soil respiration and its components in an alpine meadow in the permafrost region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    F. Peng;Q. G. You;M. H. Xu;X. H. Zhou

  • Assessment of wind-erosion risk in the watershed of the Ningxia-Inner Mongolia Reach of the Yellow River, northern China

    Heqiang Du;Xian Xue;Tao Wang;Xiaohong Deng

  • Effects of saline water irrigation on soil properties in northwest China

    Cui Hua Huang;Xian Xue;Tao Wang;Roberto De Mascellis

Frequent Co-Authors

Atsushi Tsunekawa
Atsushi Tsunekawa Tottori University
Jinbo Xiong
Jinbo Xiong Ningbo University
Xuhui Zhou
Xuhui Zhou Northeast Forestry University
Yiqi Luo
Yiqi Luo Cornell University
Tao Wang
Tao Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian Sun
Jian Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sean M. Gibbons
Sean M. Gibbons University of Washington
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
Raffaella Balestrini
Raffaella Balestrini National Research Council (CNR)
Hans Lambers
Hans Lambers University of Western Australia

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