JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2017, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (05): 161-168.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-2006.201609054

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Soil quality in wind erosion desertified regions: a review

LIU Yundong1,2, GAO Guanglei1,2*, DING Guodong1,2, LONG Aihua3, ZHAO Yuanyuan1,2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation & Desertification Combating, Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China; 2.Yanchi Ecology Research Station of the Mu Us Desert, Yanchi 751500, China; 3. State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Water Cycle in River Basin, Water Resources Department, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
  • Online:2017-10-18 Published:2017-10-18

Abstract: Abstract: Soil is the material basis for the living animals and plants, and also an important link to holdtogetherthe energy and material circulation of the ecosystem. At present, the restoration of soil quality has been paid close attention in the process of ecological environment reconstruction in wind-induced desertified regions.The ever-growing body of research on soil quality characteristics in desertified regions indicates that great success has been achieved in this field.However, these studies are always summarized from the perspective of soil physical, chemical and biological properties, and lack a comprehensive consideration, or a systematic design, from the perspective of causative factors. Therefore, in this paper, we conduct a systematic analysis of the basic process changes in soil quality characteristics in desertified regions. We summarize the studies of soil quality characteristics in desertified regions both at home and abroad in the following four categories: wind erosion, desert vegetation, desert animals, and anthropogenic activities.Besides, we summarize the related research progress at home and abroad, make clear the shortcomings of existing research, and explore the future direction of development. Both basic process and mechanism of soil quality and coupling relationship between matter and energy cycle in desert ecosystem in soil quality need deep expansion research.

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