1. Assessing the impacts of human activities and climate variations on grassland productivity by partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM)

   • Zongyao Sha
   • Yichun Xie
   • Xuefeng Liu

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 473 - 488

2. Modelling the impact of climate change on rangeland forage production using a generalized regression neural network: a case study in Isfahan Province, Central Iran

   • Zahra Jaberalansar
   • Mostafa Tarkesh
   • Saeid Pourmanafi

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 489 - 503

3. Responses of water productivity to irrigation and N supply for hybrid maize seed production in an arid region of Northwest China

   • Hui Ran
   • Shaozhong Kang
   • Ling Tong

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 504 - 514

4. Time lag characteristics of sap flow in seed-maize and their implications for modeling transpiration in an arid region of Northwest China

   • Xiaodong Bo
   • Taisheng Du
   • Louise Comas

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 515 - 529

5. A proposed surface resistance model for the Penman-Monteith formula to estimate evapotranspiration in a solar greenhouse

   • Xuewen Gong
   • Hao Liu
   • Wanning Wang

   OriginalPaper 24 May 2017 Pages: 530 - 546

6. Dew measurement and estimation of rain-fed jujube (Zizyphus jujube Mill) in a semi-arid loess hilly region of China

   • Xing Wang
   • Zhiyong Gao
   • Shanshan Jin

   OriginalPaper 08 June 2017 Pages: 547 - 557

7. Relative importance of climate factors and human activities in impacting vegetation dynamics during 2000–2015 in the Otindag Sandy Land, northern China

   • Wenyong Ma
   • Xunming Wang
   • Linlin Jiao

   OriginalPaper 14 June 2017 Pages: 558 - 567

8. Diurnal dynamics of soil respiration and the influencing factors for three land-cover types in the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert, China

   • Fan Yang
   • Mamtimin Ali
   • Shaoming Wang

   OriginalPaper 13 June 2017 Pages: 568 - 579

9. An experimental study on the influences of wind erosion on water erosion

   • Huimin Yang
   • Yuan Gao
   • Peijun Shi

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 580 - 590

10. Numerical simulations of flow and sediment transport within the Ning-Meng reach of the Yellow River, northern China

    • Shentang Dou
    • Xin Yu
    • Fangxiu Zhang

    OriginalPaper 07 June 2017 Pages: 591 - 608

11. Streamflow responses to climate change and LUCC in a semi-arid watershed of Chinese Loess Plateau

    • Qingyun Li
    • Yanwei Sun
    • Fang Wan

    OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 609 - 621

12. Climate change in the Tianshan and northern Kunlun Mountains based on GCM simulation ensemble with Bayesian model averaging

    • Jing Yang
    • Gonghuan Fang
    • Philippe De-Maeyer

    OriginalPaper 30 June 2017 Pages: 622 - 634

13. Erratum to: Endophytic bacteria associated with endangered plant Ferula sinkiangensis K. M. Shen in an arid land: diversity and plant growth-promoting traits

    • Yonghong Liu
    • Jianwei Guo
    • Wenjun Li

    Erratum 30 June 2017 Pages: 635 - 635