Contraction of the Gobi Desert, 2000–2012

Contribution of semi-arid ecosystems to interannual variability of the global carbon cycle

(2014) Benjamin Poulter et al.   NATURE

Fluctuation of farming-pastoral ecotone in association with changing East Asia monsoon climate

(2013) Wei Lu et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Do vegetation indices provide a reliable indication of vegetation degradation? A case study in the Mongolian pastures

(2013) A. Karnieli et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Effects of grassland restoration programs on ecosystems in arid and semiarid China

(2013) Lin Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Global desertification: Drivers and feedbacks

(2012) Paolo D’Odorico et al.   ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES

Seasonal dynamics of vegetation over the past 100 years inferred from tree rings and climate in Hulunbei'er steppe, northern China

(2012) Z.-J. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

A new approach for reconstruction of the Holocene climate in the Mongolian Altai: The high-resolution δ13C records of TOC and pollen complexes in Hoton-Nur Lake sediments

(2012) Natalia Rudaya et al.   JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES

Impact of vegetation on land-atmosphere coupling strength and its implication for desertification mitigation over East Asia

(2012) Boksoon Myoung et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

IDENTIFYING DESERT THRESHOLDS BY MAPPING INVERSE ERODIBILITY AND RECOVERY POTENTIALS IN PATCH PATTERNS USING SPECTRAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL ALGORITHMS

(2012) M. Shoshany   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Hominins, deserts, and the colonisation and settlement of continental Asia

(2012) Robin Dennell   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

A critical review of degradation assumptions applied to Mongolia's Gobi Desert

(2012) J. Addison et al.   RANGELAND JOURNAL

The spatial and temporal analysis of dry spells in the Yellow River basin, China

(2012) Dunxian She et al.   STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT

Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis

(2011) David J. Eldridge et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Vegetation NDVI Linked to Temperature and Precipitation in the Upper Catchments of Yellow River

(2011) Fanghua Hao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING & ASSESSMENT

Browning in desert boundaries in Asia in recent decades

(2011) Su-Jong Jeong et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Excessive reliance on afforestation in China's arid and semi-arid regions: Lessons in ecological restoration

(2010) Shixiong Cao et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Drought dynamics on the Mongolian steppe, 1970-2006

(2010) Troy Sternberg et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Inter-annual rainfall variability in Central Asia – A contribution to the discussion on the importance of environmental stochasticity in drylands

(2010) Henrik von Wehrden et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Dangerous levels of climate change for agricultural production in China

(2010) Fulu Tao et al.   Regional Environmental Change

Drought under global warming: a review

(2010) Aiguo Dai   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change

Has the Three Norths Forest Shelterbelt Program solved the desertification and dust storm problems in arid and semiarid China?

(2009) X.M. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Desertification in China: An assessment

(2008) Xunming Wang et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Assessing Mongolian snow disaster risk using livestock and satellite data

(2008) K. Tachiiri et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Rangeland degradation and restoration management in China

(2008) J. G. Han et al.   RANGELAND JOURNAL

Contributions of sandy lands and stony deserts to long-distance dust emission in China and Mongolia during 2000–2006

(2007) Baolin Zhang et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE