(Recent papers from Naiman Station of CAREERI – sorted by author – just examples – incomplete – v. Epub20121120) Doctor Li Yuqiang Li Yuqiang, Zhao Halin, Zhao Xueyong, et al. Biomass Energy, Carbon and Nitrogen Stores in Different Habitats along a Desertification Gradient in the Semiarid Horqin Sandy Land. Arid Land Research and Management, 2006, 20: 43–60 Li Yuqiang, Zhao Halin Zhao, Zhang Tonghui, et al. Carbon and nitrogen mineralization in soils along a desertification gradient in the semiarid Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions. 2010, 2(1): 0021–0030 Li Yuqiang, Zhao Halin, Zhao Xueyong, et al. Effects of grazing and livestock exclusion on soil physical and chemical properties in desertified sandy grassland, Inner Mongolia, northern China. Environ Earth Science. 2011, 63:771–783 Li Yuqiang, Zhou Xinhua, Brandle, James R, et al. Temporal progress in improving carbon and nitrogen storage by grazing exclosure practice in a degraded land area of China’s Horqin Sandy Grassland. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 2012, 159: 55-61 Li Yuqiang, Awada Tala, Zhou Xinhua, et al. Mongolian pine plantations enhance soil physico-chemical properties and carbon and nitrogen capacities in semi-arid degraded sandy land in China. Applied Soil Ecology. 2012, 56: 1-9 Doctor Yao Shuxia Yao Shuxia, Zhang Tonghui, Zhao Chuancheng. Closure properties of mixture degradation model [J]. 2011 Seventh International Conference on Natural Computation, 2011, 953-957 (EI). Shuxia Yao, Tonghui Zhang. Study of soil saturated hydraulic conductivity in sand dune of the Horqin Sand Land. Advanced Materials Research (ICEESD), 2013, 2959-2962 (EI). Doctor Zuo Xiaoan Xiaoan Zuo, Xueyong Zhao, Shaokun Wang, Yuqiang LI, Jie Lian, Xin Zhou. 2012. Influence of dune stabilization on relationship between plant diversity and productivity in Horqin Sand Land, Northern China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 67:1547–1556. X. A. Zuo, J. M. H. Knops, X. Y. Zhao, H. L. Zhao, T. H. Zhang, Y. Q. Li and Y. R. Guo. 2012. Indirect drivers of plant diversity-productivity relationship in semiarid sandy grasslands. Biogeosciences, 9, 1277-1289. Xiaoan Zuo, Xueyong Zhao, Halin Zhao, Tonghui Zhang, Yulin LI, Shaokun Wang, Wenjin Li, Raeann Powers. 2012. Scale dependent effects of environmental factors on vegetation pattern and composition in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China. Geoderma, 173: 1-9. Xiaoan Zuo, Shaokun Wang, Xueyong Zhao Wenjin Li, Johannes Knops, Amy Kochsiek. 2012. Effect of spatial scale and topography on spatial heterogeneity of soil seed banks under grazing disturbance in a sandy grassland of Horqin Sand Land, Northern China. Journal of Arid Land, 4(2): 151-160. X. A. Zuo, X.Y. Zhao, H.L. Zhao, Y.R. Guo, T.H. Zhang, J.Y. Cui. 2010. Spatial pattern and heterogeneity of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in sand dunes related to vegetation change and geomorphic position in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 164(1-4):29-42. Xiaoan Zuo, Xueyong Zhao, Halin Zhao, Tonghui Zhang, Yirui Guo, Yuqiang Li, Yingxin Huang. 2009. Spatial heterogeneity of soil properties and vegetation-soil relationships following vegetation restoration of mobile dunes in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China. Plant and Soil, 318:153–167. Xiaoan Zuo, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao, Yirui Guo, Jianying Yun, Shaokun Wang, Takafumi Miyasaka. 2009. Vegetation pattern variation, soil degradation and their relationship along a grassland desertification gradient in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China. Environmental Geology, 58:1227–1337. Xiaoan Zuo, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao, Tonghui Zhang, Yirui Guo, Shaokun Wang, Sam Drake. 2008. Spatial pattern and heterogeneity of soil properties in sand dunes under grazing and restoration in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China, Soil and Tillage Research, 99, 202-212. Xiaoan Zuo, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao, Yirui Guo, Yulin Li, Yayong Luo. 2008. Plant distribution at the mobile dune scale and its relevance to soil properties and topographic features. Environmental Geology, 54, 1111-1120. X. A. Zuo, X.Y. Zhao, H. L. Zhao, Y. R. Guo, T. H. Zhang, L. Y. Li, S. K. Wang. 2008. Spatial pattern and variability of vegetation in degradation processes of sand grassland in Horqin Sandy Land. In 2008 Proceeding of Informational Technology and Environmental System Science: ITESS 2008, VOL 1, 662-667. Zuo X.A., Zhao X.Y, Zhao H.L, Guo Y.R, Wang S.K. 2007. Soil properties and their spatial pattern of mobile dune under the grazing and restoration process in Horqin Sand Land, northern China. In abstracts of EcoSummit 2007, ecological complexity and sustainability: challenges and opportunity for 21st century’s ecology, in, Beijing, p: 400. Xiaoan Zuo, Xueyong Zhao, Yirui Guo,Tonghui Zhang, Wei Mao. 2009. Species diversity of degraded vegetation in the different restoration age in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China. In abstract of 19 th Conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration International, in Perth of Western Australia, Australia, p: 122. Doctor Pan Chenchen ChengChen PAN1, LinDe LIU, HaLin ZHAO, JiLiang LIU, YueLi HOU, Li ZHANG. Reproduction of Hedysarum scoparium (Fabaceae) in patched habitat is pollen limited, but not just pollinator limited. Journal of Arid Land, 2012, 4 (1): 19-28. (SCI) Cheng Chen Pan, Lin De Liu, Ha Lin Zhao, Xue Yong Zhao, Yue Li Hou, Li Zhang, Ji Liang Liu. Pollen Biology of Calligonum mongolicum in the Middle Reaches of Heihe River. Advanced Materials Research, 2012, 356-360: 2917-2920. (Ei) Cheng Chen Pan, Lin De Liu, Ha Lin Zhao, Xue Yong Zhao, Li Zhang, Li Juan Wang, Xing Jun Jia. Pollen Biology of Robinia pseudoacacia on Zhen Mountain in Yantai. Advanced Materials Research, 2012, 356-360: 2748-2751. (Ei) Chengchen Pan, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao, Jiliang Liu, Linde Liu, Yueli Hou, Li Zhang. Pollination ecology and breeding system of Elaeagnus angustifolia. 2011 International Conference on Multimedia Technology (ICMT 2011), 5: 4507-4509.(Ei) Doctor Liu Rentao Rentao Liu, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao. 2013. Soil macro-faunal communities along a cultivated cropland chronosequence in semi-arid agro-pastoral ecosystems, northern China. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 22(4). (Accepted) Rentao Liu, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao. 2012. Changes in soil macrofaunal community composition under selective afforestation in shifting sand lands in Horqin of Inner Mongolia, northern China. Ecological Research, 2012, DOI: 10.1007/s11284-012-0982-0. Rentao Liu, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao. 2012. Influences of grazing exclusion on soil macro-invertebrate diversity in degraded sandy grassland (Inner Mongolia, China). Polish Journal of Ecology, 60:375-385 (SCI) Rentao Liu, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao, Sam Drake. 2011. Facilitative effects of shrubs in shifting sand on soil macro-faunal community in Horqin Sand Land of Inner Mongolia, Northern China. European Journal of Soil Biology, 47(5):316-321 (SCI) Rentao Liu, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao. 2011. Desertification impact on macro-invertebrate diversity in grassland soil in Horqin, northern China. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 10:1401-1409 (EI) Rentao Liu, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao, Sam Drake. 2009. Soil macrofaunal response to sand dune conversion from mobile dune to fixed dune in Horqin Sandy Land, North China. European Journal of Soil Biology, 45, 417-422 (SCI) Rentao Liu, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao. 2009. Effect of vegetation restoration on ant nest-building activities following dune stabilization in Horqin Sandy Land, North China. Land Degradation and Development, 20: 562-571 (SCI) Doctor Qu Hao Hao Qu, Xueyong Zhao, Halin Zhao, Xiaoan Zuo, Shaokun Wang, Xinyuan Wang, Barron J. Orr. Litter decomposition rates in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China: effects of habitats and litter quality. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. 2011.20 (12a):3304-3312 . Hao Qu, Halin Zhao , Xueyong Zhao, Shaokun Wang, Jie Lian. Effects of sand burial on survival and yield of mung bean. Journal of Food, Agriculture & Environment. 2012. 10 (2): 687-689. Hao Qu, Halin Zhao, Ruilian Zhou, Xiaoan Zuo, Jin Wang, Jin Li, Barron J. Orr. Effects of sand burial stress on maize (Zea mays L.) growth and physiological responses. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 2012. 6(5): 869-876. Hao Qu, Halin Zhao, Ruilian Zhou, Xiaoan Zuo, Yayong Luo, Jin Wang, Barron J.Orr. Effects of sand burial on the survival and physiology of three annuals of Northern China. African Journal of Biotechnology. 2012. 11 (20): 4518-4529 Hao Qu, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao, Ruilian Zhou, Shaokun Wang, Mei Zhao, Xueyun Zhang. Effects of different sand burial depths on seedling growth of three annuals. 2011 International Conference on International Multimedia Technology (ICMT):1037-1042. Hao Qu, Halin Zhao, Xueyong Zhao, Ruilian Zhou, Xia Tang, Mei Zhao, Xueyun Zhang. Effects of different sand burial depths on growth of two shrub seedlings. 2011 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Management Science and Electronic Commerce (AIMSEC):6624-6627.