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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
45
Citations
5701
World Ranking
6557
National Ranking
663

Best Publications

  • Temporal and spatial evolution of the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) in the Loess Plateau under climate change from 2001 to 2050.

    Xuerui Gao;Qi Zhao;Xining Zhao;Pute Wu

  • EFFECTS OF LAND USE ON SOIL MOISTURE VARIATIONS IN A SEMI‐ARID CATCHMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR LAND AND AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

    X. Gao;P. Wu;X. Zhao;J. Wang

  • Identifying a suitable revegetation technique for soil restoration on water-limited and degraded land: Considering both deep soil moisture deficit and soil organic carbon sequestration

    Xiaodong Gao;Xiaodong Gao;Hongchen Li;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Wen Ma

  • Extraction and identification methods of microplastics and nanoplastics in agricultural soil: A review.

    Cao Junhao;Zhao Xining;Gao Xiaodong;Zhang Li

  • Improving/maintaining water-use efficiency and yield of wheat by deficit irrigation: A global meta-analysis

    Liuyang Yu;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Xiaodong Gao;Xiaodong Gao;Kadambot H.M. Siddique

  • Soil moisture variability along transects over a well-developed gully in the Loess Plateau, China

    Xiaodong Gao;Pute Wu;Pute Wu;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Yinguang Shi

  • Soil Quality Indicators in Relation to Land Use and Topography in a Small Catchment on the Loess Plateau of China

    X. Zhao;P. Wu;X. Gao;N. Persaud

  • Spatiotemporal exploration of ecosystem service, urbanization, and their interactive coercing relationship in the Yellow River Basin over the past 40 years.

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  • Scale effect and spatially explicit drivers of interactions between ecosystem services—A case study from the Loess Plateau

    Menghao Yang;Xiaodong Gao;Xiaodong Gao;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Pute Wu;Pute Wu

  • Changes in vegetation condition in areas with different gradients (1980–2010) on the Loess Plateau, China

    Baoqing Zhang;Pute Wu;Xining Zhao;Yubao Wang

  • The dynamic effects of pastures and crop on runoff and sediments reduction at loess slopes under simulated rainfall conditions

    Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Jun Huang;Pute Wu;Pute Wu;Xiaodong Gao;Xiaodong Gao

  • Estimating spatial mean soil water contents of sloping jujube orchards using temporal stability

    Xiaodong Gao;Pute Wu;Xining Zhao;Yinguang Shi

  • Quantification and spatially explicit driving forces of the incoordination between ecosystem service supply and social demand at a regional scale

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  • Age- and climate- related water use patterns of apple trees on China’s Loess Plateau

    Shaofei Wang;Juan An;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Xiaodong Gao;Xiaodong Gao

  • Exotic shrub species (Caragana korshinskii) is more resistant to extreme natural drought than native species (Artemisia gmelinii) in a semiarid revegetated ecosystem

    Xiaodong Gao;Xining Zhao;Hongchen Li;Liang Guo

  • Seasonal water use patterns of rainfed jujube trees in stands of different ages under semiarid Plantations in China

    Gaopeng Huo;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Xiaodong Gao;Xiaodong Gao;Shaofei Wang

  • Changes of soil hydraulic properties under early-stage natural vegetation recovering on the Loess Plateau of China

    Xining Zhao;Pute Wu;Xiaodong Gao;Lei Tian

  • Extreme natural drought enhances interspecific facilitation in semiarid agroforestry systems

    Xiaodong Gao;Xiaodong Gao;Zhipeng Liu;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Qiang Ling

  • Estimation of spatial soil moisture averages in a large gully of the Loess Plateau of China through statistical and modeling solutions

    Xiaodong Gao;Pute Wu;Pute Wu;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Jiawen Wang

  • Effects of large gullies on catchment-scale soil moisture spatial behaviors: A case study on the Loess Plateau of China

    Xiaodong Gao;Xiaodong Gao;Xining Zhao;Xining Zhao;Pute Wu;Pute Wu;Luca Brocca

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaoan Zuo
Xiaoan Zuo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Rui Zhang
Rui Zhang National University of Singapore
Kazuhiko Takeuchi
Kazuhiko Takeuchi University of Tokyo
A. Allan Degen
A. Allan Degen Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Melinda D. Smith
Melinda D. Smith Colorado State University
Mai-He Li
Mai-He Li Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Johannes M. H. Knops
Johannes M. H. Knops Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Atsushi Tsunekawa
Atsushi Tsunekawa Tottori University
Olof Andrén
Olof Andrén Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Thomas Kätterer
Thomas Kätterer Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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