Journal of Mountain Science (Monthly) http://jms.imde.ac.cn General Table of Contents (Vol. 15, 2018) 1-12 GUO Xiao-yi, ZHANG Hong-yan, WANG Ye-qiao, HE Hong-shi, WU Zheng-fang, JIN Ying-hua, ZHANG Zheng-xiang, ZHAO 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 LIU Yu-shuo, QIN Xiang, CHEN Ji-zu, LI Zhen-lin, WANG Jing, DU Wen-tao, GUO Wan-qin Variations of Laohugou Glacier No. 12 in the western Qilian Mountains, China, from 1957 to 2015 33-45 LIU Yang, LI Lan-hai, CHEN Xi, 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, South Korea 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, SUN 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, MA 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, LIU Yan-sui, LI Yu-rui, TU Wei, ZHANG Yong-xian The higher grain production, the more social deprivation? A case study of Henan province in traditional agricultural areas of China 2804 181-197 YANG Xue-ting, FANG Yi-ping, QIU Xiao-ping, ZHU Fu-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 MA Long, 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 Sichuan 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 2805 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 Shaanxi Loess Plateau 590-605 DENG Hua, SHAO Jing-an Evapotranspiration and humidity variations in response to land cover conversions in the Three Gorges Reservoir 2806 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.