Journal of Mountain Science (Monthly) http://jms.imde.ac.cn

General Table of Contents (Vol. 15, 2018)

1-12 GUO Xiao-yi, -yan, Ye-qiao, HE Hong-shi, WU Zheng-fang, JIN Ying-hua, ZHANG Zheng-xiang, Jian-jun Comparison of the spatio-temporal dynamics of vegetation between the Changbai Mountains of eastern Eurasia and the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America 13-24 ZHANG Mei-mei, CHEN Fang, TIAN Bang-sen An automated method for glacial lake mapping in High Mountain Asia using Landsat 8 imagery 25-32 -shuo, QIN Xiang, -zu, Zhen-lin, WANG Jing, DU Wen-tao, GUO Wan-qin Variations of Laohugou Glacier No. 12 in the western Qilian Mountains, , from 1957 to 2015 33-45 LIU , LI Lan-hai, , YANG Jin-Ming, HAO Jian-Sheng Spatial distribution of snow depth based on geographically weighted regression kriging in the Bayanbulak Basin of the Tianshan Mountains, China 46-58 HUANG Fang-fang, ZHANG Wei-qiang, GAN Xian-hua, HUANG Yu-hui, GUO Yue-dong,WEN Xiao-ying Changes in vegetation and soil properties during recovery of a subtropical forest in South China 59-67 LEE Byeong-Ju, EO SOO Hyung Metagenomic approach revealed effects of forest thinning on bacterial communities in the forest soil of Mt. Janggunbong, 68-81 Virendra Bahadur SINGH, AL. RAMANATHAN Suspended sediment dynamics in the meltwater of Chhota Shigri glacier, Chandra basin, Lahaul-Spiti valley, India 82-99 REN Zhe, WANG Kun, ZHANG Qi-shu, XU Ze-min, TANG Zheng-guang, CHEN Ji-pu, YANG Ji-qing, XU Zong-heng Earthquake dynamic response behavior of Xiangchong valley type tailings impoundment in Yunnan, China 100-113 YUAN Dong, LIU Jin-feng, YOU Yong, LIU Dao-chuan, Hao, ZHANG Li, ZHOU Wen-bing The siltation of debris flow behind check dam in the midstream of Bailong River 114-129 TUNCAY Ergün Assessments on slope instabilities triggered by engineering excavations near a small settlement (Turkey) 130-143 CUI Sheng-hua, PEI Xiang-jun, WU Hao-yu, HUANG Run-qiu Centrifuge model test of an irrigation-induced loess landslide in the Heifangtai loess platform, Northwest China 144-155 Yohan LEE, Byungdoo LEE Tradeoff between the number of firefighting resources and the level of fire ignition prevention efforts in the Republic of Korea 156-166 ZHU Xing, Shu-qi, XU Qiang, LIU Wen-de A WD-GA-LSSVM model for rainfall-triggered landslide displacement prediction 167-180 GAO Jun-bo, QIAO Wei-feng, -sui, LI Yu-rui, TU Wei, ZHANG Yong-xian The higher grain production, the more social deprivation? A case study of province in traditional agricultural areas of China

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181-197 YANG Xue-ting, -ping, QIU Xiao-ping, ZHU -biao Gradient effect of road transportation on economic development in different geomorphic regions 198-210 LI Ming, WANG Yu-kuan, XU Pei, FU Bin, TIAN Cong-shan, WANG Shan Cropland physical disturbance intensity: plot-scale measurement and its application for soil erosion reduction in mountainous areas 211-224 ZHU Lei, HUANG Run-qiu, YAN Ming, CHEN Guo-qing, WEI Wei Distribution and mechanism of gently dipping fractures subjected to river incision: A case study from Nujiang River, China 225-236 Freddy REY Role of bioengineering structures made of willow cuttings in marly sediment trapping: assessment of three real-size experiments in the Southern French Alps 237-253 Agnieszka WYPYCH, Zbigniew USTRNUL, Dirk R. SCHMATZ Long-term variability of air temperature and precipitation conditions in the Polish Carpathians 254-263 , JILILI Abuduwaili, LI Yao-ming Spatial differentiation in stable isotope compositions of surface waters and its environmental significance in the Issyk-Kul Lake region of Central Asia 264-279 Sly C. WONGCHUIG, Carlos R. MELLO, Sin C. CHOU Projections of the impacts of climate change on the water deficit and on the precipitation erosive indexes in Mantaro River Basin, Peru 280-295 CHUN Jung-Hwa, LEE Chang-Bae Diversity patterns and phylogenetic structure of vascular plants along elevational gradients in a mountain ecosystem, South Korea 296-306 Kamal HUSSAIN, Fazlul HAQ, Fazlur RAHMAN Shrinking greenery: Land use and land cover changes in Kurram Agency, Kohi Safid Mountains of north-western Pakistan 307-318 Shashi UPADHYAY, Arun K. JUGRAN, Yogesh JOSHI, Renu SUYAL, Ranbeer S. RAWAL Ecological variables influencing the diversity and distribution of macrolichens colonizing Quercus leucotrichophora in Uttarakhand forest 319-326 SHI Zhong-lin, WANG Yong-yan, WEN An-bang, YAN Dong-chun, CHEN Jia-cun Tempo-spatial variations of sediment-associated nutrients and contaminants in the Ruxi tributary of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China 327-339 WANG Jin-liang, NI Jiu-pai, CHEN Cheng-long, XIE De-ti, SHAO Jing-an, CHEN Fang-xin, LEI Ping Source-sink landscape spatial characteristics and effect on non-point source pollution in a small catchment of the Three Gorge Reservoir Region 340-356 ZHOU Xiang-yang, LEI Wen-juan Complex patterns of precipitation and extreme events during 1951-2011 in Basin, Southwestern China 357-363 NIE Xiu-qing, YANG Lu-cun, XIONG Feng, LI Chang-bin, LI FAN, ZHOU Guo-ying Aboveground biomass of the alpine shrub ecosystems in Three-River Source Region of the Tibetan Plateau 364-379 JIANG Shu, WANG Yi-feng, TANG Chuan, LIU Ke Long-term kinematics and mechanism of a deep-seated slow-moving debris slide near Wudongde hydropower station in Southwest China 380-393 HUANG Chao, LI Yu-sheng, YI Shu-jian, LIU Kai, WU Chun-hao

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Characteristics and failure mechanism of an ancient earthquake-induced landslide with an extremely wide distribution area 394-405 LI Jin-tao, LIU Yan-sui, YANG Yuan-yuan Land use change and effect analysis of tideland reclamation in Hangzhou Bay 406-418 ZHU Fu-biao, FANG Yi-ping, YANG Xue-ting, QIU Xiao-ping, YU Hu Effects of altitude on county economic development in China 419-429 Sukanlaya CHOENKWAN, A. Terry RAMBO Identification of agricultural systems in the mountains of Northeast Thailand 430-443 ZHANG Shi-lin, YANG Xing-guo, ZHOU Jia-wen A theoretical model for the estimation of maximum impact force from a rockfall based on contact theory 444-446 Anthony FOWLER Comment on Malanson (2017) “Mixed signals in trends of variance in high-elevation tree ring chronologies” published in Journal of Mountain Science 447-460 MUÑOZ-SALINAS E, CASTILLO M Assessing conservation practices in Amalacaxco Gorge (Izta-Popo National Park, Central Mexico) using fallout 137Cs and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) 461-484 Elnaz SHARGHI, Vahid NOURANI, Saeed SOLEIMANI, Fahreddin SADIKOGLU Application of different clustering approaches to hydro-climatological catchment regionalization in mountainous regions, a case study in Utah State 485-494 Chia-Hsing LIN, Cheng-Ju LIU, Shih-Hsun LIN, Chjeng-Lun SHIEH Sediment control function of river notches 495-503 Bijeesh Kozhikkodan VEETTIL, WANG Shan-shan State and fate of the remaining tropical mountain glaciers in Australasia using satellite imagery 504-518 CHEN Jie, YANG Tai-bao, MATISHOV GG, VELICHKO AA, ZENG Biao, HE Yi, SHI Pei-hong Luminescence chronology and age model application for the upper part of the Chumbur-Kosa loess sequence in the Sea of Azov, Russia 519-531 MENG Chen, NIU Jian-zhi, YIN Zheng-cong, LUO Zi-teng, LIN Xing-na, JIA Jing-wei Characteristics of rock fragments in different forest stony soil and its relationship with macropore characteristics in mountain area, northern China 532-547 DU Ding-ding, ZHANG Cheng-jun, MUGHAL Muhammad Saleem, WANG Xiao-yu, BLAISE Dembele, GAO Jun-ping, MA Yuan, LUO Xin-rong Detrital apatite fission track constraints on Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China: Evidence from Cenozoic strata in Lulehe section, Northern Qaidam Basin 548-562 MEI Xue-mei, MA Lan, ZHU Qing-ke, WANG Shu, ZHANG Dong, WANG Yu Responses of soil moisture to vegetation restoration type and slope length on the loess hillslope 563-576 Shakil Ahmad ROMSHOO, Mohammd RAFIQ, Irfan RASHID Spatio-temporal variation of land surface temperature and temperature lapse rate over mountainous Kashmir Himalaya 577-589 DING Hu, NA Jia-ming, HUANG Xiao-li, TANG Guo-an, LIU Kai Stability analysis unit and spatial distribution pattern of the terrain texture in the northern Loess Plateau 590-605 , SHAO Jing-an Evapotranspiration and humidity variations in response to land cover conversions in the Three Gorges Reservoir

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Region 606-617 Zahra JABERALANSAR, Mostafa TARKESH, Mehdi BASSIRI Spatial downscaling of climate variables using three statistical methods in Central Iran 618-630 Artem A. RYBCHENKO, Alena V. KADETOVA, Elena A. KOZIREVA Relation between basin morphometric features and dynamic characteristics of debris flows – a case study in Siberia, Russia 631-644 CHEN Ying-feng，WANG Yu-kuan，FU Bin，WANG Hai-wen，WANG Wei Spatial patterns of farmland abandonment and its impact factors in the central Three Gorges Reservoir Area 645-656 WANG Lei, LIU Jia-ming, WANG Ling-en, ZHU He, LIN Jing Tourism resource assessment and spatial analysis of wine tourism development: a case study of the eastern foothills of China’s Helan Mountains 657-671 LIU Shu-guang, LI Zhu-jun, ZHANG Hong, WU Wei, ZHONG Gui-hui, LOU Sha A 3-D DDA damage analysis of brick masonry buildings under the impact of boulders in mountainous areas 672-684 CHEN Guo-qing, HUANG Run-qiu, ZHANG Feng-shou, ZHU Zhen-fei, SHI Yu-chuan, WANG Jian-chao Evaluation of the possible slip surface of a highly heterogeneous rock slope using dynamic reduction method 685-694 Muhammad ISLAM, Abdul RAZZAQ, Shamim GUL, Sarfraz AHMAD, Taj MUHAMMAD, Sawsan HASSAN, Barbara RISCHKOWSKY, M.N.M. IBRAHIM, Mounir LOUHAICHI Impact of grazing on soil, vegetation and ewe production performances in a semi-arid rangeland 695-707 ZHAO Yong-li, Stefanie D. GOLDBERG, XU Jian-chu, Rhett D. HARRISON Spatial and seasonal variation in soil respiration along a slope in a rubber plantation and a natural forest in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China 708-721 QIAN Peng, ZHENG Xiang-min, CHENG Jun, HAN Yu-jie, DONG Yan, ZHANG Jian-guo Tracing the provenance of aeolian loess in the River Delta through zircon U–Pb age and geochemical investigations 722-729 Vladimir V. KUKARSKIH, Nadezhda M. DEVI, Pavel A. MOISEEV, Andrey A. GRIGORIEV, Maksim O. BUBNOV Latitudinal and temporal shifts in the radial growth-climate response of Siberian larch in the Polar Urals 730-737 MA Hoseop, ETTAGBOR Hans Enukwa, KIM Choonsig Effects of Trichoderma harzianum YC459 and soil types on seed germination and seedling growth in rock slope restoration 738-751 KOMATSU Yoshitaka, KATO Hiroaki, ZHU Bo, , YANG Fan, RAKWAL Randeep, ONDA Yuichi Effects of slope gradient on runoff from bare-fallow purple soil in China under natural rainfall conditions 752-764 MENG Xin, XIONG Li-yang, YANG Xian-wu, YANG Bi-sheng, TANG Guo-an A terrain openness index for the extraction of karst Fenglin and Fengcong landform units from DEMs 765-778 LUO Jing, NIU Fu-jun, LIN Zhan-ju, LIU Ming-hao, YIN Guo-an Variations in the northern permafrost boundary over the last four decades in the Xidatan region, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau 779-792 CHEN Xiao-qing, CHEN Jian-gang , CUI Peng, YOU Yong, HU Kai-heng, YANG Zong-ji, ZHANG Wei-feng, LI Xin-po, WU Yong Assessment of prospective hazards resulting from the 2017 earthquake at the world heritage site Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan, China 793-807 WU Chun-hao, CUI Peng, LI Yu-sheng, Irasema Alcántara AYALA, HUANG Chao, YI Shu-jian

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Seismogenic fault and topography control on the spatial patterns of landslides triggered by the 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake 808-824 Kanwarpreet SINGH, Virender KUMAR Hazard assessment of landslide disaster using information value method and analytical hierarchy process in highly tectonic Chamba region in bosom of Himalaya 825-844 ZHANG Zhi-chao , Ronald Y. S. PAK, CHEN Yu-min, LIU Han-long Study on the performance of the micropile-mechanically stabilized earth wall 845-858 XU Jian, WANG Zhang-quan, REN Jian-wei, WANG Song-he, JIN Long Mechanism of slope failure in loess terrains during spring thawing 859-870 YANG Bing, GAO Fu-ping, JENG Dong-sheng Failure mode and dynamic response of a double-sided slope with high water content of soil 871-881 LIU Wen-qiang, LI Qun, LU Jian, LI Chang-dong, YAO Wen-min, ZENG Jiang-bo Improved plane layout of stabilizing piles based on the piecewise function expression of the irregular driving force 882-893 JI Xiao-dong, CONG Xu, DAI Xian-qing, ZHANG Ao, CHEN Li-hua Studying the mechanical properties of the soil-root interface using the pullout test method 894-917 CHEN Xing, SHI Xian-lin Geoscience landscape division and tourism zonation in the mid-southern section of the Hengduan Mountains, eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 918-920 WANG Gong-hui, JIANG Yao Commentary on “Experimental study on the moving characteristics of fine grains in wide grading unconsolidated soil under heavy rainfall” by CUI Yi-fei, ZHOU Xiao-jun and GUO Chao-xu 921-938 Johannes WESEMANN, Mathew HERRNEGGER, Karsten SCHULZ Hydrological modelling in the anthroposphere: predicting local runoff in a heavily modified high-alpine catchment 939-947 LI Ying-kui Determining topographic shielding from digital elevation models for cosmogenic nuclide analysis: a GIS model for discrete sample sites 948-965 Kosmas PAVLOPOULOS, Aris LEONTARITIS, Constantin D. ATHANASSAS, Chara PETRAKOU, Dimitris VANDARAKIS, Kosnstantinos NIKOLAKOPOULOS, Leonidas STAMATOPOULOS, Katherina THEODORAKOPOULOU Last glacial geomorphologic records in Mt Chelmos, North Peloponnesus, Greece 966-975 Pedro S.B. REYES, Mauricio E. VALAREZO, Jenry CÓRDOVA, François A. MICHAUD, Camilo ZAPATA Quantitative morphometric analysis of the Jama River profile in a tectonically active margin (Northwestern Ecuador) 976-991 Mohammad AJAMI, Ahmad HEIDARI, Farhad KHORMALI, Manouchehr GORJI, Shamsollah AYOUBI Effects of environmental factors on classification of loess-derived soils and clay minerals variations, northern Iran 992-1005 QIN Fu-ying, JIA Gen-suo, YANG Jie, NA Yin-tai, HOU Mei-ting, Narenmandula Spatiotemporal variability of precipitation during 1961-2014 across the Mongolian Plateau 1006-1019 YANG Yong-sheng, ZHANG Li, LI Hong-qin, HE Hui-dan, WEI Ya-xi, LUO Jin, ZHANG Guang-ru, HUANG Yu-ru, LI Ying-nian, ZHOU Hua-kun Soil physicochemical properties and vegetation structure along an elevation gradient and implications for the response of alpine plant development to climate change on the northern slopes of the Qilian Mountains 1020-1034 GUO Yin-ming, NI Jian, -bin, WU Yang-yang, GUO Chun-zi, , ZHONG Qiao-lian Estimating aboveground biomass using Pléiades satellite image in a karst watershed of Province,

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Southwestern China 1035-1045 WU Xiao-bo Diurnal and seasonal variation of glacier meltwater hydrochemistry in Qiyi glacierized catchment in Qilian Mountains, Northwest China: implication for chemical weathering 1046-1056 GU Zhen-kui, SHI Chang-xing Dynamical characteristics of geomorphologic evolution of the basins covered by Pisha-sandstone in the eastern wing of the Ordos Plateau, China 1057-1070 HE Li Application of numerical model in evaluating the effects of a planned reservoir on reach-scale bankfull discharge of the lower Wei River 1071-1089 XIA Chun-chen, LI Ji, Zhi-xian, -quan, HU Kai-heng A quasi single-phase model for debris flows and its comparison with a two-phase model 1090-1100 SUN Zhi-zhong, MA Wei, ZHANG Shu-juan, MU Yan-hu, YUN Han-bo, WANG Hong-lei Characteristics of thawed interlayer and its effect on embankment settlement along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in permafrost regions 1101-1114 KAN Ai-ke, LI Guo-qing, YANG Xiao, ZENG Ye-long, TESREN Luobu, HE Jie Ecological vulnerability analysis of Tibetan towns with tourism-based economy: a case study of the Bayi District 1115-1128 DONG Chun-liang, ZHAO Guang-ming, LU Xiao-yu, MENG Xiang-rui, LI Ying-ming, CHENG Xiang Similar simulation device for unloading effect of deep roadway excavation and its application 1129-1136 PEI Hua-fu, ZHANG Si-qi, BORANA Lalit, YUAN Bing Development of a preliminary slope stability calculation method based on internal horizontal displacements 1137-1152 -cong, FU Xiao, WANG Zhi-jia, ZHOU Yong-yi, -cheng, ZHANG Jian-jing Seismic responses of the steel-strip reinforced soil retaining wall with full-height rigid facing from shaking table test 1153-1170 KRTIČKA Luděk, TOMČÍKOVÁ Ivana, RAKYTOVÁ Iveta Development versus conservation: evaluation of landscape structure changes in Demänovská Valley, Slovakia 1171-1185 CHERNYSHEVA Elena, KHOMUTOVA Tatiana, FORNASIER Flavio, KUZNETSOVA Tatiana, BORISOV Alexandr Effects of long-term medieval agriculture on soil properties: A case study from the Kislovodsk basin, Northern Caucasus, Russia 1186-1198 Prímula Viana CAMPOS, Pedro Manuel VILLA, Jaquelina Alves NUNES, Carlos E. G. R. SCHAEFER, Stefan POREMBSKI, Andreza Viana NERI Plant diversity and community structure of Brazilian Páramos 1199-1208 GARG Siddhi, SHUKLA Aparna, MEHTA Manish, KUMAR Vinit, SAMUEL Shruti Anna, BARTARYA S. K, SHUKLA Uma Kant Field evidences showing rapid frontal degeneration of the Kangriz glacier, western Himalayas, Jammu & Kashmir 1209-1228 Sahar GHAFARI, Ardavan GHORBANI, Mehdi MOAMERI, Raoof MOSTAFAZADEH, Mahmood BIDARLORD Composition and structure of species along altitude gradient in Moghan-Sabalan rangelands, Iran 1229-1240 QING Wen-wu, HAN Chun-tan, LIU Jun-feng Surface energy balance of Bayi Ice Cap in the middle of Qilian Mountains, China 1241-1253 Asif Marazi, Shakil A. Romshoo Streamflow response to shrinking glaciers under changing climate in the Lidder Valley, Kashmir Himalayas 1254-1267 YUE Dong-xia, ZENG Jian-jun, YANG Chao, ZOU Ming-liang, LI Kai, CHEN Guan-guang, GUO Jian-jun, Xu

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Xiao-feng, Meng Xing-min Ecological risk assessment of the Gannan Plateau, northeastern Tibetan Plateau 1268-1282 CHEN An-an, WANG Ning-lian, GUO Zhong-ming, WU Yu-wei, WU Hong-bo Glacier variations and rising temperature in the Mt. Kenya since the Last Glacial Maximum 1283-1298 WANG Xue-mei, YAN Bang-guo, ZHAO Guang, ZHAO Ji-xia, -tao, LIU Gang-cai Responses of Dodonaea viscosa growth and soil biological properties to nitrogen and phosphorus additions in Yuanmou dry-hot valley 1299-1318 TORIZIN Jewgenij, WANG Li-chao, FUCHS Michael, TONG Bin, BALZER Dirk, -qin, KUHN Dirk, LI Ang, CHEN Liang Statistical landslide susceptibility assessment in a dynamic environment: A case study for Lanzhou City, Province, NW China 1319-1330 PEI Xiang-jun, GUO Bin, CUI Sheng-hua, WANG Dong-po, Xu Qiang, LI Tian-tao On the initiation, movement and deposition of a large landslide in Maoxian County, China 1331-1341 SU Li-jun, SUN Chang-ning, YU Fang-wei, ALI Sarfraz Seismic stability analysis of slopes with pre-existing slip surfaces 1342-1353 LI Ming-li, JIANG Yuan-jun, YANG Tao, HUANG Qiang-bing, QIAO Jian-ping, YANG Zong-ji Early warning model for slope debris flow initiation 1354-1370 Alam Sher BACHA, Muhammad SHAFIQUE, Harald van der WERFF Landslide inventory and susceptibility modelling using geospatial tools, in Hunza-Nagar valley, northern Pakistan 1371-1382 GAO Mei-ben, LI Tian-bin, MENG Lu-bo, MA Chun-chi, XING Hui-lin Identifying crack initiation stress threshold in brittle rocks using axial strain stiffness characteristics 1383-1396 LEI Yu, CUI Peng, Amar Deep REGMI, Virginia MURRAY, Alessandro PASUTO, Giacomo TITTI, Muhammad SHAFIQUE, Tilak PRIYADARSHANA D. G. An international program on Disaster Risk Reduction – a Belt and Road initiative (2016-2020) 1397-1411 HAO Jian-sheng, HUANG Fa-rong, LIU Yang, Amobichukwu Chukwudi AMANAMBU, LI Lan-hai Avalanche activity and characteristics of its triggering factors in the western Tianshan Mountains, China 1412-1428 WANG Jiao, JIN Wen, CUI Yi-fei, ZHANG Wei-feng, WU Chun-hao, Alessandro PASUTO Earthquake-triggered landslides affecting a UNESCO Natural Site: the 2017 Jiuzhaigou Earthquake in the World National Park, China 1429-1445 Nikolas M. KATSOULAKOS, Dimitris C. KALIAMPAKOS The energy identity of mountainous areas: the example of Greece 1446-1459 YUAN Ling-ling, WANG Shi-jin Recreational value of glacier tourism resources: A travel cost analysis for Yulong Snow Mountain 1460-1470 XIE Jia-li, LI Yong-shu, CAI Guo-lin, , LI He-chao An improved Mahalanobis distance-based colour segmentation method for rural building recognition 1471-1480 Tijana VULEVIĆ, Mirjana TODOSIJEVIĆ, Nada DRAGOVIĆ, Miodrag ZLATIĆ Land use optimization for sustainable development of mountain regions of western Serbia 1481-1497 Kiyoumars ROUSHANGAR, Farhad ALIZADEH A multiscale spatio-temporal framework to regionalize annual precipitation using k-means and self-organizing map technique 1498-1509 ZHONG Rong-hua, HU Jin-ming, BAO Yu-hai, Wang Fei, HE Xiu-bin Soil nutrients in relation to vertical roots distribution in the riparian zone of Three Gorges Reservoir, China

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1510-1519 HAN Fang, ZHANG Bai-ping, ZHAO Fang, GUO Bing, LIANG Tian Estimation of mass elevation effect and its annual variation based on MODIS and NECP data in the Tibetan Plateau 1520-1531 LI Qian-yu, -lu, ZHAO Zhong-hua, SAKIEV Kadyrbek Organochlorine pesticides in soils from the Issyk-Kul region in the western Tian Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan: Implication for spatial distribution, source apportionment and ecological risk assessment 1532-1545 LIU Ya-bin, ZHANG Ying, FU Jiang-tao, YU Dong-mei, HU Xia-song, LI Xi-lai, QI Zhao-xin, LI Shu-xia Variable hydrological effects of herbs and shrubs in the arid northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China 1546-1558 WU Han, XIONG Dong-hong, XIAO Liang, ZHANG Su, YUAN Yong, SU Zheng-an, -jun, YANG Dan Effects of vegetation coverage and seasonal change on soil microbial biomass and community structure in the dry-hot valley region 1559-1571 SAHOO Pragyan Pradatta, SHUKLA Sanjay Kumar, MOHYEDDIN Alireza Analytical expressions for determining the stability of cohesionless soil slope under generalized seismic conditions 1572-1584 WANG Sheng, WANG Jing-fei, YUAN Chao-peng, CHEN Li-yi, XU Shi-tong, GUO Kai-bin Development of the nano-composite cement: Application in regulating grouting in complex ground conditions 1585-1596 LI Xiang-hui, ZHANG Qing-song, ZHANG Xiao, LAN Xiong-dong, DUAN Chong-hao, LIU Jian-guo Detection and treatment of water inflow in karst tunnel: A case study in Daba tunnel 1597-1614 -lei, JIANG Guan-lu, SU Li-jun, Liu Wei-ming, ZHOU Gong-dan Effect of dry density on the liquefaction behaviour of Quaternary silt 1615-1632 HRNČIAROVÁ Tatiana, KENDERESSY Pavol, ŠPULEROVÁ Jana, VLACHOVIČOVÁ Miriam, PISCOVÁ Veronika, DOBROVODSKÁ Marta Status and outlook of hiking trails in the central part of the Low Tatra Mountains in Slovakia between 1980–1981 and 2013–2014 1633-1641 Tatiana G. ELUMEEVA, Vladimir G. ONIPCHENKO, Asem A. AKHMETZHANOVA, Mikhail I. MAKAROV, Joost A. KEUSKAMP Stabilization versus decomposition in alpine ecosystems of the Northwestern Caucasus: The results of a tea bag burial experiment 1642-1657 XIE Wan-li, LI Ping, ZHANG Mao-sheng, CHENG Tian-e, WANG Yong Collapse behavior and microstructural evolution of loess soils from the Loess Plateau of China 1658-1670 KUMAR Pankaj, HUSAIN Arif, SINGH Ram Babu, KUMAR Manish Impact of land cover change on land surface temperature: A case study of Spiti Valley 1671-1681 CHENG Gen-wei, LU Xu-yang, WANG Xiao-dan, Rebirth after death: forest succession dynamics in response to climate change on Gongga Mountain, Southwest China 1682-1692 QIN Xiao-jing, HONG Jiang-tao, MA Xing-xing, WANG Xiao-dan Global patterns in above-ground net primary production and precipitation-use efficiency in grasslands 1693-1710 Carlos R. AGUILAR-GÓMEZ, Sergio FRANCO-MAASS, Tizbe T. ARTEAGA-REYES Differentiated payments for environmental services schemes: A methodology proposal 1711-1727 GU Xiao-ping, Bernard J. LEWIS, NIU Li-jun, YU Da-pao, ZHOU Li, ZHOU Wang-ming, GONG Zhen-cai, TAI Zhi-juan, DAI Li-min Segmentation by domestic visitor motivation: Changbai Mountain Biosphere Reserve, China 1728-1740 XIAO Chi-wei, , FENG Zhi-ming Re-delineating mountainous areas with three topographic parameters in Mainland Southeast Asia using ASTER

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global digital elevation model data 1741-1756 Mohammad Wasim IQBAL, Somchai DONJADEE, Bancha KWANYUEN, LIU Shi-yin Farmers’ perceptions to and adaptations to drought in Herat Province, Afghanistan 1757-1776 ZHOU Chun-mei, SHAO Wei, YIN Kun-long, YANG Zong-ji Estimating the properties of weathered bedrock and pile-rock interaction from the geological strength index 1777-1788 JIN Jian-hui, LI Zhi-zhong, CHENG Yan, XU Xiao-lin, LI Zhi-xing, LIU Xiao-ju Late Pleistocene aeolian activity in Haitan Island, Southeast China: Insights from optically stimulated luminescence dating of coastal dunes on marine terraces 1789-1806 ZHANG Chong-lei, JIANG Guan-lu, SU Li-jun, LIU Wei-ming Dynamic behaviour of weathered red mudstone in Sichuan (China) under triaxial cyclic loading 1807-1824 RAY Ram L, JACOBS Jennifer M, DOUGLAS Ellen M Modeling regional landslide susceptibility using dynamic soil moisture profiles 1825-1835 WANG Ling-ling, YAO Wen-yi, TANG Jia-liang, WANG Wen-long, HOU Xin-xin Identifying the driving factors of sediment delivery ratio on individual flood events in a long-term monitoring headwater basin 1836-1850 LI Ming, TIAN Cong-shan, WANG Yu-kuan, LIU Qin, LU Ya-feng, WANG Shan Impacts of future climate change (2030-2059) on debris flow hazard: A case study in the Upper Minjiang River basin, China 1851-1867 Katharina TELTSCHER, Fabian Ewald FASSNACHT Using multispectral landsat and sentinel-2 satellite data to investigate vegetation change at Mount St. Helens since the great volcanic eruption in 1980 1868-1880 Costanza DI STEFANO, Vito FERRO Modelling sediment delivery using connectivity components at the experimental SPA2 basin, Sicily (Italy) 1881-1891 BAIG Siddique Ullah, TAHIR Adnan Ahmad, DIN Ahmad, KHAN Humaira Hypsometric properties of mountain landscape of Hunza River Basin of the Karakoram Himalaya 1892-1908 SONG Chang-shun, JI Hong-bing, Howard Omar BECKFORD, CHU Hua-shuo, ZHANG Kun, WANG Shi-jie Features of soil redistribution and major element migration in a karst hillslope of Southwest China 1909-1919 -bin, FANG Shu, CHEN Long-fei, DU Jun, ZHU Xi, LIN Peng-fei Spatial patterns in natural Picea crassifolia forests of northwestern China, as basis for close-to-nature forestry 1920-1935 ZHANG Jian-feng, ZHAO Ting-ning, SUN Bao-ping, SONG Shuang-shuang, GUO Hu-bo, SHEN Hao-jie, WU Yi Effects of biofertilizers and super absorbent polymers on plant growth and soil fertility in the arid mining area of Inner Mongolia, China 1936-1949 CHANDRA Sudeep, SINGH Ankit, SINGH C. P., NAUTIYAL M. C., RAWAT L.S. Vascular plants distribution in relation to topography and environmental variables in alpine zone of Kedarnath Wild Life Sanctuary, West Himalaya 1950-1960 DU Wen-tao, KANG Shi-chang, QIN Xiang, SUN Wei-jun, -lan, LIU Yu-shuo, CHEN Ji-zu Review of pre-processing technologies for ice cores 1961-1971 Harsh MEHTA, Raj KUMAR, M Ayub DAR, GP JUYAL, Sridhar PATRA, Sneha DOBHAL, AC RATHORE, Rajesh KAUSHAL, PK MISHRA Effect of geojute technique on density, diversity and carbon stock of plant species in landslide site of North West Himalaya 1972-1986 WANG Xiao-guo, LUO Yong

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Crop residue incorporation and nitrogen fertilizer effects on greenhouse gas emissions from a subtropical rice system in Southwest China 1987-2000 YUE Xi-liu, WU Shao-hong, HUANG Mei, GAO Jiang-bo, YIN Yun-he, FENG Ai-qing, GU Xiao-ping Spatial association between landslides and environmental factors over Guizhou Karst Plateau, China 2001-2012 SUN Hao, YOU Yong, LIU Jin-feng Experimental study on characteristics of trapping and regulating sediment with an open-type check dam in debris flow hazard mitigation 2013-2026 Fatemeh ADINEH, Baharak MOTAMEDVAZIRI, Hasan AHMDI, Abolfazl MOEINI Landslide susceptibility mapping using Genetic Algorithm for the Rule Set Production (GARP) model 2027-2042 WANG Fang, XU Yi-yi, ZHAO Ye, ZHU Xiao-hua Belt or network? The spatial structure and shaping mechanism of the Great Wall cultural belt in 2043-2054 XI Chang-bai, QIAN Tian-lu, CHI Yao, CHEN Jie, WANG Jie-chen Relationship between settlements and topographical factors: An example from Sichuan Province, China 2055-2067 XU Ding-de, CAO Sha, WANG Xu-xi, LIU Shao-quan Influences of labor migration on rural household land transfer: A case study of Sichuan Province, China 2068-2088 DU Ding-ding, MUGHAL Muhammad Saleem, ZHANG Cheng-jun Petrography, geochemistry and provenance of the sediments of the Early Cretaceous Yanguoxia Formation, Lanzhou-Minhe Basin, Northwest China 2089-2102 Juraj KAPUSTA, František PETROVIČ, Juraj HREŠKO Monitoring open water area changes in a small tarn using historical orthophotomaps and a historical bathymetric map: a case study of the Litworowy Staw lake, the High Tatras 2103-2119 Luis LOPES, Marc OLIVA, Marcelo FERNANDES, Paulo PEREIRA, Pedro PALMA, Jesús RUIZ-FERNÁNDEZ Spatial distribution of morphometric parameters of glacial cirques in the Central Pyrenees (Aran and Boí valleys) 2120-2135 Verónica Guadalupe LIRA-CABALLERO, Mario Roberto MARTÍNEZ-MENEZ, Angélica ROMERO-MANZANARES, Edmundo GARCÍA-MOYA Initial floristic composition of rehabilitated gullies through bioengineering in the Mixteca Region, Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico 2136-2147 Edgar G. LEIJA-LOREDO, Numa P. PAVÓN, Arturo SÁNCHEZ-GONZÁLEZ, Rodrigo RODRIGUEZ-LAGUNA, Gregorio ÁNGELES-PÉREZ Land cover change and carbon stores in a tropical montane cloud forest in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico 2148-2158 LIU Xiu-ping, ZHANG Wan-jun, CAO Jian-sheng, YANG Bai, -jiang Carbon sequestration of plantation in Beijing- sand source areas 2159-2171 Hossein PIRI SAHRAGARD, Majid AJORLO, Peyman KARAMI Modeling habitat suitability of range plant species using random forest method in arid mountainous rangelands 2172-2181 AN Zhi-shan, ZHANG Ke-cun, TAN Li-hai, ZHANG Hu, NIU Bai-cheng Dune dynamics in the southern edge of Dunhuang Oasis and implications for the oasis protection 2182-2191 SHEN Hai-ou, WEN Lei-lei, HE Yun-feng, HU Wei, LI Hong-li, CHE Xiao-cui, LI Xin Rainfall and inflow effects on soil erosion for hillslopes dominated by sheet erosion or rill erosion in the Chinese Mollisol region 2192-2206 ZHANG Shu-juan, TANG Qiang, BAO Yu-hai, HE Xiu-bin, -xia, LÜ Fa-you, WANG Ming-feng, Raheel ANJUM Effects of seasonal water-level fluctuation on soil pore structure in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

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2207-2217 JIA Wen-xiong, MA Xing-gang, XU Xiu-ting, YUAN Rui-feng, DING Dan, ZHU Guo-feng Composition of stable isotope in precipitation and its influences by different vapor sources in the eastern Qilian Mountains 2218-2235 Ayaz Fateh ALI, XIAO Cun-de, ZHANG Xiao-peng, Muhammad ADNAN, Mudassar IQBAL, Garee KHAN Projection of future streamflow of the Hunza River Basin, Karakoram Range (Pakistan) using HBV hydrological model 2236-2246 Shipika SUNDRIYAL, Tanuj SHUKLA, Lekhendra TRIPATHEE, Dwarika Prashad DOBHAL, Sameer Kumar TIWARI, Uday BHAN Deposition of atmospheric pollutant and their chemical characterization in snow pit profile at Dokriani Glacier, Central Himalaya 2247-2265 QIAO Cheng, OU Guo-qiang, PAN Hua-li, OUYANG Chao-jun, JIA Yang Long runout mechanism of the Shenzhen 2015 landslide: insights from a two-phase flow viewpoint 2266-2275 YI Shu-jian, WU Chun-hao, LI Yu-sheng, HUANG Chao Source tectonic dynamics features of Jiuzhaigou Ms 7.0 earthquake in Sichuan Province, China 2276-2291 Sangeeta SUNDRIYAL, Vijay SHRIDHAR, Sandeep MADHWAL, Kamal PANDEY, Vikram SHARMA Impacts of tourism development on the physical environment of Mussoorie, a hill station in the lower Himalayan range of India 2292-2306 LI Bing-dong, ZHANG Xin-hua, TANG Han-song, TSUBAKI Ryota Influence of deflection angles on flow behaviours in open-channel bends 2307-2319 Serhat DAĞ Determining the degree of saturation of rocks as a function of time: A case study from mountainous area of Turkey 2320-2334 CHEN Ning-sheng, GAO Yan-chao, Yang Cheng-lin, HU Gui-sheng Effect of clay content to the strength of gravel soil in the source region of debris flow 2335-2346 RADECKI-PAWLIK Artur, PLESIŃSKI Karol, RADECKI-PAWLIK, KUBOŃ Piotr, MANSON Russell Hydrodynamic parameters in a flood impacted boulder block ramp: Krzczonówka mountain stream, Polish Carpathians 2347-2364 WANG Hai-zhou, Xu Ze-xing, Yu Hai-ti, WANG Xie-kang Flow variability along a vegetated natural stream under various sediment transport rates 2365-2377 ZHENG Qin, CHEN Ren-sheng, HAN Chun-tan, LIU Jun-feng, SONG Yao-xuan, -wen, YANG Yong, WANG Lei, WANG Xi-qiang, LIU Xiao-jiao, GUO Shu-hai, LIU Guo-hua Adjusting precipitation measurements from the TRwS204 automatic weighing gauge in the Qilian Mountains, China 2378-2397 Elena BABUSHKINA, Liliana BELOKOPYTOVA, Dina ZHIRNOVA, Anna BARABANTSOVA, Eugene VAGANOV Divergent growth trends and climatic response of Picea obovata along elevational gradient in Western Sayan mountains, Siberia 2398-2408 GUO Fu-sheng, CHEN Liu-qin, XU Huan, LIU Xin Origin of beaded tafoni in cliffs of Danxia landscapes, Longhushan Global Geopark, South China 2409-2421 JÓZEFOWSKA Agnieszka, ZALESKI Tomasz, ZARZYCKI Jan, FRĄCZEK Krzysztof Do mowing regimes affect plant and soil biological activity in the mountain meadows of Southern Poland? 2422-2432 Kamae P. ANACIOCO, Judy Ann L. GORIO, Mary Relia S. PADSICO, Roscinto Ian C. LUMBRES, Nova D. DOYOG, Young Jin LEE Fitting and evaluation of height-diameter models for Alnus japonica in La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines 2433-2444 WANG Jian-jun, MENG Jing-hui

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Identifying indigenous tree species for land reforestation, forest restoration, and plantation transformation on Island, China 2445-2452 PU Yang, CAO Ji-cheng, JIA Ji-hong, SHAO Xiao-hua, HAN Yue Unusual hydrocarbon waxes detected in Salix oritrepha leaf from Nianbaoyeze Mountains, eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 2453-2465 Anudip GOGOI, Uttam Kumar SAHOO Impact of anthropogenic disturbance on species diversity and vegetation structure of a lowland tropical rainforest of eastern Himalaya, India 2466-2479 Muhammad BASHARAT, Masood QASIM, Muhammad SHAFIQUE, Nasir HAMEED, Muhammad Tayyib RIAZ, Muhammad Rustam KHAN Regolith thickness modeling using a GIS approach for landslide distribution analysis, NW Himalayas 2480-2491 LIU Gang, TONG Fu-guo, ZHAO Yi-tong, TIAN Bin A force transfer mechanism for triggering landslides during rainfall infiltration 2492-2504 WEI Li, HU Kai-heng, HU Xu-dong Rainfall occurrence and its relation to flood damage in China from 2000 to 2015 2505-2516 LÓPEZ Iván, PARDO Mercedes Tourism versus nature conservation: reconciliation of common interests and objectives – an analysis through Picos de Europa National Park 2517-2530 ZHANG Sheng-rui, WANG Ying-jie, JU Hong-run, ZHANG Tong-yan, LI Dai-chao, FANG Lei, WANG Ying-ying Spatial patterns of interprovincial mountain geographical names in China and implications for regional governance 2531-2551 Sareth NHEM, Young Jin LEE, Sopheap PHIN Policy implications for community-managed forestry in Cambodia from experts’ assessments and case studies of community forestry practice 2552-2560 DONG Jun-gui, LV Hai-bo, WU Wei Development and application of an instrument for simulating wetting-drying cycles of expansive soils under loads 2561-2578 Rafał KROCZAK, Joanna FIDELUS-ORZECHOWSKA, Anna BUCAŁA-HRABIA, Tomasz BRYNDAL Land use and land cover changes in small Carpathian catchments between the mid-19th and early 21st centuries and their record on the land surface 2579-2589 Viacheslav I. KHARUK, Sergei T. IM, Il’ya A. PETROV Warming hiatus and evergreen conifers in Altay-Sayan Region, Siberia 2590-2602 LIU Han-chu, FAN Jie, ZENG Yu-xi, WANG Wen-zhao The evolution of tea spatial agglomeration in China: An analysis based on different geographical scales 2603-2613 SIZONENKO Tatyana Alexandrovna, DUBROVSKIY Yuriy Alexandrovich Ectomycorrhiza of Larix sibirica Ledeb. along the gradients of main ecological factors and elevation at the Northern and Subpolar Urals 2614-2621 Wojciech PUSZ, Anna BATURO-CIEŚNIEWSKA, Tomasz ZWIJACZ-KOZICA The mycobiota of discoloured needles of the Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra L.) in the Tatra Mountains (Poland) 2622-2636 ZHAO Jing-yi, CHEN Ji, WU Qing-bai, HOU Xin Snow cover influences the thermal regime of active layer in Urumqi River Source, Tianshan Mountains, China 2637-2650 ZHU Hong-chun, ZHAO Yi-peng, XU Yue-xue, LIU Hai-ying Hierarchy structure characteristics analysis for the China Loess watersheds based on gully node calibration 2651-2665 HAN Fang, ZHANG Bai-ping, ZHAO Fang, WAN Li, TAN Jing, LIANG Tian

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Characterizing the mass elevation effect across the Tibetan Plateau 2666-2675 XU Jun-ping, SUN Mei, WANG Hang, ZHANG Yun, ZHANG Xiao-tang, TIAN Kun Photosynthetic response of Scirpus validus and Typha orientalis to elevated temperatures in Dianchi Lake, Southwestern China 2676-2692 MA Ze-zhong, RAY Ram L, HE Yi-ping Assessing the spatiotemporal distributions of evapotranspiration in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region of China using remote sensing data 2693-2702 WANG Fang-ping, WANG Xin-chuan, YAO Bu-qing, ZHANG Zhong-hua, SHI Guo-xi, MA Zhen, CHEN Zhi, ZHOU Hua-kun Effects of land-use types on soil organic carbon stocks: a case study across an altitudinal gradient within a farm-pastoral area on the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China 2703-2720 Tuyen Danh VU, Thanh Tien NGUYEN Spatio-temporal changes of underground coal fires during 2008-2016 in Khanh Hoa coal field (North-east of Viet Nam) using Landsat time-series data 2721-2729 TANG Jin-bo, HU Kai-heng A debris-flow impact pressure model combining material characteristics and flow dynamic parameters 2730-2740 WANG Yao, ZHANG Mao-sheng, XUE Qiang, WU Si-duo Risk-based evaluation on geological environment carrying capacity of mountain city - A case study in Suide County, Shaanxi Province, China 2741-2751 XIAO Chi-wei, FENG Zhi-ming, LI Peng, YOU Zhen, TENG Jia-kun Evaluating the suitability of different terrains for sustaining human settlements according to the local elevation range in China using the ASTER GDEM 2752-2765 HUANG Xiao-rong, -yun, YANG Peng-peng, XI Yuan-yuan Cumulative impact of dam constructions on streamflow and sediment regime in lower reaches of the Jinsha River, China 2766-2780 Rana ACHARYYA, Arindam DEY Assessment of bearing capacity of interfering strip footings located near sloping surface considering artificial neural network technique

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