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    Land Degradation & Development: Volume 32, Issue 2

    i-iii, 533-1074
    30 January 2021
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Jiangtao Hong,  Xin Xu,  Bo Pang,  Xingxing Ma,  Xiaodan Wang, 
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  • First Published: 27 January 2021
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The cover image is based on the Research Article Significant soil acidification caused by grazing exclusion across China's grasslands by Jiangtao Hong et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3722.

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Xiong-zhong Ma,  Xin-ping Wang, 
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  • First Published: 27 January 2021
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The cover image is based on the Research Article Above– and below-ground biomass and its allometry of Salsola passerina shrub in degraded steppe desert in NW China by Xiong-zhong Ma et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3772.

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Yanchun Liu,  Xiaojing Liu,  Guoyong Li,  Zhongling Yang,  Shirong Liu, 
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  • First Published: 27 January 2021
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The cover image is based on the Research Article Herbivory effects on leaf litter decomposition vary with specific leaf area in temperate mixed deciduous forest by Yanchun Liu et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3759.

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  • Pages: 533-534
  • First Published: 27 January 2021

RESEARCH ARTICLES

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Significant soil acidification caused by grazing exclusion across China’s grassland areas

Jiangtao Hong,  Xin Xu,  Bo Pang,  Xingxing Ma,  Xiaodan Wang, 
  • Pages: 535-545
  • First Published: 16 July 2020
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Exploring cultivated land evolution in mountainous areas of Southwest China, an empirical study of developments since the 1980s

Xinyuan Liang,  Xiaobin Jin,  Xuhong Yang,  Weiyi Xu,  Jinhuang Lin,  Yinkang Zhou, 
  • Pages: 546-558
  • First Published: 31 July 2020
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Assessing the degradation of grassland ecosystems based on the advanced local net production scaling method—The case of Inner Mongolia, China

Yanqing Lang,  Xiaohuan Yang,  Hongyan Cai, 
  • Pages: 559-572
  • First Published: 11 August 2020
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Temporal trends of sulfur levels in soils of northwest Ohio (USA) between 2002 and 2014

Leandro Michalovicz,  Warren A. Dick,  Cassio A. Tormena,  Marcelo M. L. Müller,  Eduardo C. Cervi, 
  • Pages: 573-582
  • First Published: 19 August 2020
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Influence of soil evolution on the heavy metal risk in three kinds of intertidal zone of the Pearl River Estuary

Jianbo Liao,  Sheng Deng,  Xinhui Liu,  Hui Lin,  Chenghao Yu,  Chaohai Wei, 
  • Pages: 583-596
  • First Published: 28 August 2020
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Estimating soil salinity with different fractional vegetation cover using remote sensing

Junrui Zhang,  Zhitao Zhang,  Junying Chen,  Haiying Chen,  Jiming Jin,  Jia Han,  Xintao Wang,  Zhishuang Song,  Guangfei Wei, 
  • Pages: 597-612
  • First Published: 09 August 2020
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Forest conversion alters the structure and functional processes of tropical forest soil microbial communities

Guoyu Lan,  Zhixiang Wu,  Chuan Yang,  Rui Sun,  Bangqian Chen,  Xicai Zhang, 
  • Pages: 613-627
  • First Published: 05 September 2020
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Runoff and sediment yield from forested catchments under varying management intensities: Insights from a subtropical region of Brazil

Matheus E. K. Ogasawara,  Gláucia R. Santos,  Carla C. Cassiano,  Beverley C. Wemple,  Silvio F. B. Ferraz, 
  • Pages: 628-639
  • First Published: 01 September 2020
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Comparing the impacts of wildfire and meteorological variability on hydrological and erosion responses in a Mediterranean catchment

Jinfeng Wu,  Jantiene E. M. Baartman,  João Pedro Nunes, 
  • Pages: 640-653
  • First Published: 29 July 2020
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Tephra deposits and carbon dynamics in peatlands of a volcanic region: Lessons from the Hekla 4 eruption

Susanne C. Möckel,  Egill Erlendsson,  Isabel Prater,  Guðrún Gísladóttir, 
  • Pages: 654-669
  • First Published: 29 July 2020
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Effects of vegetation restoration on soil nutrients, plant diversity, and its spatiotemporal heterogeneity in a desert–oasis ecotone

Chunyan Wu,  Lei Deng,  Chunbo Huang,  Yongfu Chen,  Changhui Peng, 
  • Pages: 670-683
  • First Published: 08 June 2020
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Monitoring desertification in semiarid Brazil: Using the Desertification Degree Index (DDI)

Jhony Vendruscolo,  Aldrin M. Perez Marin,  Evaldo dos Santos Felix,  Karoline R. Ferreira,  Wanderson C. S. Cavalheiro,  Izaias M. Fernandes, 
  • Pages: 684-698
  • First Published: 11 August 2020
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Erosion and soil and water conservation in South-Kivu (eastern DR Congo): The farmers' view

Aimé B. Heri-Kazi,  Charles L. Bielders, 
  • Pages: 699-713
  • First Published: 02 September 2020
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Aboveground and belowground biomass and its' allometry for Salsola passerina shrub in degraded steppe desert in Northwestern China

Xiong-zhong Ma,  Xin-ping Wang, 
  • Pages: 714-722
  • First Published: 17 September 2020
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Ecological restoration treatments enhanced plant and soil microbial diversity in the degraded alpine steppe in Northern Tibet

Congyan Wang,  Shu Wang,  Bingde Wu,  Mei Wei,  Xinshan Rong,  Yan Li,  Daolin Du, 
  • Pages: 723-737
  • First Published: 01 September 2020
Ecological restoration treatments enhanced plant and soil microbial diversity in the degraded alpine steppe in Northern Tibet

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Carbon contents and fine root production in tropical silvopastoral systems

Danilo E. Morales Ruiz,  Deb R. Aryal,  René Pinto Ruiz,  Francisco Guevara Hernández,  Fernando Casanova Lugo,  Gilberto Villanueva López, 
  • Pages: 738-756
  • First Published: 04 September 2020
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Herbivory effects on leaf litter decomposition vary with specific leaf area in temperate mixed deciduous forest

Yanchun Liu,  Xiaojing Liu,  Guoyong Li,  Zhongling Yang,  Shirong Liu, 
  • Pages: 757-765
  • First Published: 05 September 2020
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Spatial differences in soil microbial diversity caused by pH-driven organic phosphorus mineralization

Wenjie Wan,  Xiuli Hao,  Yonghui Xing,  Song Liu,  Xiaoyan Zhang,  Xiang Li,  Wenli Chen,  Qiaoyun Huang, 
  • Pages: 766-776
  • First Published: 29 July 2020
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Large-scale land investments, household displacement, and the effect on land degradation in semiarid agro-pastoral areas of Ethiopia

Adugna Eneyew Bekele,  Dusan Drabik,  Liesbeth Dries,  Wim Heijman, 
  • Pages: 777-791
  • First Published: 04 September 2020
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Grassland greening on the Mongolian Plateau despite higher grazing intensity

Lijuan Miao,  Zhanli Sun,  Yanjun Ren,  Florian Schierhorn,  Daniel Müller, 
  • Pages: 792-802
  • First Published: 10 September 2020
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Evaluating aggregate stability, surface properties and disintegration behaviour of bauxite residue induced by Ca/Na

Shengguo Xue,  Wenshun Ke,  Feng Zhu,  Jiarong Fan,  Qiongli Wang,  Zheng Liu,  William Hartley, 
  • Pages: 803-816
  • First Published: 28 June 2020
Evaluating aggregate stability, surface properties and disintegration behaviour of bauxite residue induced by Ca/Na

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Factors influencing the evolution of human-driven rocky desertification in karst areas

Zhenming Zhang,  Xianfei Huang,  Yunchao Zhou, 
  • Pages: 817-829
  • First Published: 27 July 2020
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The cost of restoring carbon stocks in Brazil's Atlantic Forest

Pedro H. S. Brancalion,  Joannès Guillemot,  Ricardo G. César,  Henrique S. Andrade,  Alex Mendes,  Taísi B. Sorrini,  Marisa D. C. Piccolo,  Marina C. Peluci,  Vanessa D. S. Moreno,  Gabriel Colletta,  Robin L. Chazdon, 
  • Pages: 830-841
  • First Published: 11 September 2020
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A meta-analysis of primary productivity and rain use efficiency in terrestrial grassland ecosystems

Zhongling Yang,  Scott L. Collins,  Rebecca J. Bixby,  Hongquan Song,  Dong Wang,  Rui Xiao, 
  • Pages: 842-850
  • First Published: 03 July 2020
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Straw management stabilizes the chemical composition of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC): the relationship with aggregate-associated C in a rice-rape cropping system

Kashif Ali Kubar,  Li Huang,  Bin Xue,  Xiaokun Li,  Jianwei Lu, 
  • Pages: 851-866
  • First Published: 23 July 2020
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Detecting the short term impact of soil and water conservation practices using stage as a proxy for discharge—A case-study from the Tana sub-basin, Ethiopia

Liya Weldegebriel,  Mikaela Kruskopf,  Sally Elizabeth Thompson,  Kibret Tebeje, 
  • Pages: 867-880
  • First Published: 27 August 2020
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Secondary enrichment of soil by alkaline emissions: The specific form of anthropo-geogenic soil degradation near magnesite processing factories and possibilities of land management

Nora Polláková,  Ján Hamar,  Vladimír Šimanský,  Agata Bartkowiak,  Joanna Lemanowicz, 
  • Pages: 881-895
  • First Published: 16 September 2020
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Land degradation assessment in the dust hotspot of Southeastern Ahvaz, Iran

Narges Poornazari,  Bijan Khalilimoghadam,  Zeinab Hazbavi,  Mohsen Bagheri Bodaghabadi, 
  • Pages: 896-913
  • First Published: 24 August 2020
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The impact of concentrated flow and slope on unpaved loess-road erosion on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Wenzhao Guo,  Yun Bai,  Zhiqiang Cui,  Wenlong Wang,  Jianming Li,  Zhengan Su, 
  • Pages: 914-925
  • First Published: 17 September 2020
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Inferring the potential impact of human activities on evapotranspiration in the Tumen River Basin based on LANDSAT imagery and historical statistics

Hangnan Yu,  Woo-Kyun Lee,  Lan Li,  Ri Jin,  Weihong Zhu,  Zhen Xu,  Guishan Cui, 
  • Pages: 926-935
  • First Published: 17 September 2020
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Bioclimate and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regulate continental biogeographic variations in effect of nitrogen deposition on the temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition

Qingkui Wang,  Xuechao Zhao,  Peng Tian,  Shengen Liu,  Zhaolin Sun, 
  • Pages: 936-945
  • First Published: 08 May 2020
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Which impacts more seriously on natural habitat loss and degradation? Cropland expansion or urban expansion?

Lanping Tang,  Xinli Ke,  Yuanyuan Chen,  Liye Wang,  Qiushi Zhou,  Weiwei Zheng,  Bangyong Xiao, 
  • Pages: 946-964
  • First Published: 16 September 2020
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Adoption of environmentally friendly agricultural technologies among smallholder farmers: The case of rocket barn technology in flue-cured tobacco curing in Uganda

Henry Omara,  Walter Odongo,  Enos K. Kule, 
  • Pages: 965-974
  • First Published: 10 September 2020
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Impacts of soil use and management on water quality in agricultural watersheds in Southern Brazil

Aline F. Martíni,  Nerilde Favaretto,  Fabiano D. De Bona,  Matheus F. Durães,  Luiz C. de Paula Souza,  Gabriel D. Goularte, 
  • Pages: 975-992
  • First Published: 23 September 2020
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Environmental change and human land-use over the past 200 years in the Great Hinggan Mountains, Northeastern China

Lydia L. Mackenzie,  Kunshan Bao,  Steve Pratte,  Anna-Marie Klamt,  Rongqin Liu,  Marco A. Aquino-López,  Atun Zawadzki,  Bahman Jabbarian Amiri,  Ji Shen,  Gaël Le Roux, 
  • Pages: 993-1007
  • First Published: 27 August 2020
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Effects of perennial aromatic grass species richness and microbial consortium on soil properties of marginal lands and on biomass production

Pawan K. Maddhesiya,  Kripal Singh,  Rana P. Singh, 
  • Pages: 1008-1021
  • First Published: 13 August 2020
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Interpolyelectrolyte complexes as effective structure-forming agents for Chernozem soil

Irina G. Panova,  Valeriy V. Demidov,  Pavel S. Shulga,  Leonid O. Ilyasov,  Marina А. Butilkina,  Alexander A. Yaroslavov, 
  • Pages: 1022-1033
  • First Published: 16 August 2020
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Native woodland establishment improves soil hydrological functioning in UK upland pastoral catchments

Thomas R. Murphy,  Mick E. Hanley,  Jon S. Ellis,  Paul H. Lunt, 
  • Pages: 1034-1045
  • First Published: 09 September 2020
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Factors governing soil water repellency under tillage management: The role of pore structure and hydrophobic substances

Shengping Li,  Jinjing Lu,  Guopeng Liang,  Xueping Wu,  Mengni Zhang,  Erwan Plougonven,  Yunfei Wang,  Lili Gao,  Ahmed Ali Abdelrhman,  Xiaojun Song,  Xiaotong Liu,  Aurore Degré, 
  • Pages: 1046-1059
  • First Published: 23 September 2020
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Multi-scenario simulation of desertification in North China for 2030

Duanyang Xu,  Xiaoyu Zhang, 
  • Pages: 1060-1074
  • First Published: 19 August 2020