Rangeland management and climate hazards in drylands: dust storms, desertification and the overgrazing debate

Asian dust effect on cause-specific mortality in five cities across South Korea and Japan

(2016) Saori Kashima et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Multiple afforestation programs accelerate the greenness in the ‘Three North’ region of China from 1982 to 2013

(2016) Yao Zhang et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Social Outcomes of Community-based Rangeland Management in Mongolian Steppe Ecosystems

(2016) Tungalag Ulambayar et al.   Conservation Letters

China's Grassland Contract Policy and its Impacts on Herder Ability to Benefit in Inner Mongolia: Tragic Feedbacks

(2016) Wenjun Li et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Applying the social–ecological systems framework to the evaluation and design of payment for ecosystem service schemes in the Eurasian steppe

(2015) J. Addison et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Aeolian transportation of sand and dust in the Aral Sea region

(2015) G. Issanova et al.   International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Mongolian rangelands at a tipping point? Biomass and cover are stable but composition shifts and richness declines after 20 years of grazing and increasing temperatures

(2015) J. Khishigbayar et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Long-term livestock exclusion facilitates native woody plant encroachment in a sandy semiarid rangeland

(2015) Hua Su et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Contraction of the Gobi Desert, 2000–2012

(2015) Troy Sternberg et al.   Remote Sensing

Biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands: a synthesis

(2014) Jürgen Dengler et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Dynamics and Resilience of Rangelands and Pastoral Peoples Around the Globe

(2014) Robin S. Reid et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Chemical characteristics and source apportionment of PM10 during Asian dust storm and non-dust storm days in Beijing

(2014) Qingyang Liu et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Explaining spatial variations in climate hazard impacts in western Mongolia

(2014) Nick Middleton et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Earlier vegetation green-up has reduced spring dust storms

(2014) Bihang Fan et al.   Scientific Reports

Climate hazards in drylands: A review

(2013) N.J. Middleton et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Increasing terrestrial vegetation activity of ecological restoration program in the Beijing–Tianjin Sand Source Region of China

(2013) Zhitao Wu et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Satellite observed widespread decline in Mongolian grasslands largely due to overgrazing

(2013) Thomas Hilker et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Do pasture user groups lead to improved rangeland condition in the Mongolian Gobi Desert?

(2013) J. Addison et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

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

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

Changing Climate and Overgrazing Are Decimating Mongolian Steppes

(2013) Yi Y. Liu et al.   PLoS One

Cross-boundary and cross-level dynamics increase vulnerability to severe winter disasters (dzud) in Mongolia

(2012) María E. Fernández-Giménez et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Effects of the grain-for-green program on soil erosion in China

(2012) Lei DENG et al.   International Journal of Sediment Research

Pastoral nomadism in the forest-steppe of the Mongolian Altai under a changing economy and a warming climate

(2012) D. Lkhagvadorj et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Comprehensive evaluation and indicator system of land desertification in the Heihe River Basin

(2012) Feng Qi et al.   NATURAL HAZARDS

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

(2012) J. Addison et al.   RANGELAND JOURNAL

Recent increasing trend in dust frequency over Mongolia and Inner Mongolia regions and its association with climate and surface condition change

(2011) Eun-Hee Lee et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

A synthetic review of feedbacks and drivers of shrub encroachment in arid grasslands

(2011) Paolo D'Odorico et al.   Ecohydrology

What caused a recent increase in dust outbreaks over East Asia?

(2011) Yasunori Kurosaki et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Browning in desert boundaries in Asia in recent decades

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

Temperate grasslands as a dust source: Knowledge, uncertainties, and challenges

(2011) M. Shinoda et al.   Aeolian Research

China’s Largest Scale Ecological Migration in the Three-River Headwater Region

(2010) Zongming Wang et al.   AMBIO

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

Transport routes and source regions of Asian dust observed in Korea during the past 40 years (1965–2004)

(2008) Jiyoung Kim   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Desertification in China: An assessment

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

Why Large-Scale Afforestation Efforts in China Have Failed To Solve the Desertification Problem

(2008) Shixiong Cao   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Deflation in the dustiest place on Earth: The Bodélé Depression, Chad

(2008) Charlie S. Bristow et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Why do dust storms decrease in northern China concurrently with the recent global warming?

(2008) Congwen Zhu et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

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

Effects of grazing and topography on dust flux and deposition in the Xilingele grassland, Inner Mongolia

(2007) C. Hoffmann et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS