Soil Hydrological Processes in Desert Regions

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning; aeolian sandy soil; Alhagi sparsifolia; alpine dunes; Badain Jaran Desert; biomass; BP neural network; Calligonum caput-medusae; controlling factors; desert plant; desertification control; drip irrigation; drought stress; Ebinur Lake Basin; ecological protection; ecological stoichiometry; erosion intensity; evaporation-crystallization; extremely arid region; geographical detector; groundwater table; hydrochemical characteristics; ion exchange; irrigation amount; irrigation periods; Iso-source model; land desertification; model fitting; multispectral remote sensing; N resorption; n/a; North and South Mountains of Lanzhou; photosynthesis; physiochemical properties; Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; RUSLE model; salina-alkaline wetland; saline water irrigation; saline-tolerant plant; shelterbelt; soil erosion; soil hydrological processes; soil inorganic N; soil moisture; soil moisture and salinity; soil salt; soil water storage; soil water-holding capacity; spatial heterogeneity; stable isotopes; Taklimakan Desert; Taklimakan Desert Highway shelterbelt; water addition; water sources; water use efficiency; woody halophyte
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (178 p.)
• ISBN: 9783036563114; 9783036563121; books978-3-0365-6311-4
• Access: Open Access

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.