A review of ecological mechanisms for management practices of protective forests

J Zhu, L Song - Journal of Forestry Research, 2021 - Springer
A protective forest, including shelterbelt, windbreak, and shelter forest as its synonyms, is
characterized by the protective functions of various forest types distributed or planted on …

Optimistic growth of marginal region plantations under climate warming: Assessing divergent drought resilience

J Li, Y Xie, JJ Camarero, A Gazol… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Given the context of significant global warming and the intensification of extreme climate
events in the last century, large‐scale reforestation and afforestation have been recognized …

防护林学研究现状与展望

朱教君 - 植物生态学报, 2013 - plant-ecology.com
防护林学是研究防护林构建及经营的理论与技术的科学, 其核心内容包括防护林构建理论与技术
, 防护林经营理论与技术和防护林效益评价. 防护林学发展的终极目的是构建与经营防护林 …

Effects of land use changes on the groundwater table and the decline of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica plantations in southern Horqin Sandy Land, Northeast China

X Zheng, JJ Zhu, QL Yan, LN Song - Agricultural Water Management, 2012 - Elsevier
Since the Three-North Shelter Forest Program was launched in 1978, more than 3.0× 105ha
of Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica, MP) plantations have been introduced to …

Soil-water deficit in deep soil layers results from the planted forest in a semi-arid sandy land: Implications for sustainable agroforestry water management

Z Huang, Y Liu, K Qiu, M López-Vicente, W Shen… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Forest planting is a common practice in semi-arid sandy land restoration, but problems may
appear associated with forest age like higher soil water consumption that threatens …

Tree characteristics and drought severity modulate the growth resilience of natural Mongolian pine to extreme drought episodes

X Zhang, Z Fan, Z Shi, L Pan, SM Kwon, X Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global climate change and the increase in the frequency and intensity of drought have led to
widespread forest decline and tree mortality. Studying the resilience components of tree …

Transpiration and canopy conductance dynamics of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica in its natural range and in an introduced region in the sandy plains of Northern …

L Song, J Zhu, X Zheng, K Wang, L Lü, X Zhang… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2020 - Elsevier
Determining changes in tree transpiration and its controlling mechanisms from regions of
natural distribution to planted introduction are significantly important for afforestation and …

Water use patterns of Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica trees of different ages in a semiarid sandy lands of Northeast China

L Song, J Zhu, M Li, J Zhang - Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2016 - Elsevier
Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) plantations in semiarid sandy lands play
an important role in the prevention and control of desertification in northern China, but …

Comparison of canopy transpiration between Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica and Pinus tabuliformis plantations in a semiarid sandy region of Northeast China

L Song, J Zhu, X Zheng, K Wang, J Zhang… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) has been introduced to vast areas of
semiarid sandy region of northern China to create plantations, and it plays an important role …

An ecohydrological perspective of reconstructed vegetation in the semi-arid region in drought seasons

Y Cheng, H Zhan, W Yang, Q Jiang, Y Wang… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Desertification has long seriously threatened the ecological security of northern China, for
which China has established the world's largest shelterbelt project. After 40 years of …