"Deserts and Desertification" ed. by Yajuan Zhu, Qinghong Luo, Yuguo Liu

This volume provides new insights into the pattern of desert ecosystems and the progress of desertification control. It is a useful resource for researchers in ecology, forestry, and land desertification control.

A desert is an ecosystem in an arid zone in which sand dunes cover the land and sandstorms often occur. Although desert vegetation is sparse, it plays an important role in ecosystem structure and function. Desertification is one of the most severe environmental problems today. Land desertification can be controlled through many measures, such as eco-villages, eco-agriculture, biodiversity conservation, and the combination of engineering and biology.

Contents
1. Bowing Sand, Dust, and Dunes, Then and Now–A North American Perspective
2. Ecological Effects of Oasis Shelterbelts in Ulan Buh Desert
3. Remote Sensing Based Quantification of Forest Cover Change in Somalia for the Period 2000 to 2019
4. Cultivation of Artificial Algal Crust and Its Effect on Soil Improvement in Sandy Area
5. Water Source of Six Woody Plants in Different Habitats on Desertified Land of Ordos Plateau, Semi-Arid China
6. Characteristic on the Stability of Haloxylon ammodendron Plantation in the Southern Fringe of Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwest China
7. Evaluation of Soil Seed Banks in Different Aged Caragana microphylla Plantation in Desert Steppe Ecosystems
8. Jojoba - The Gold of Desert
9. Role of Eco-Village Initiatives in Mitigating Desertification in Semi-Arid Areas of Tanzania
10. Desertification in Agricultural Lands: Approaches to Mitigation
11. Combating Desertification through Enhancement of Woody Floral Diversity in the Drylands of Kenya: Analysis, Milestones, and Strategies
12. Desertification and Its Control along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway


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