Meet the editors

Yajaun Zhu received her Ph.D. from the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007. She is currently an associate professor at the Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry. She has published sixty-four articles on desert ecology and land desertification control. She has published two books on desert plants and ecosystem management.

Qinghong Luo received her Ph.D. degree from Xinjiang Ecology and Geography Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2018. She is currently a professor at Xinjiang Academy of Forestry, China. She has published fifteen articles and three books on land desertification control.

Yuguo Liu received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013. He is currently an associate professor at the Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry. He has published twelve articles on restoration ecology and land desertification control.

Contents

**Section 1**

Perspective

*and Huaiyuan Liu*

for the Period 2000 to 2019

*by Jinchao Feng, Wei Li and Linna Ma*

Land of Ordos Plateau, Semi-Arid China

*by Qinghong Luo, Qimin Chen, Miao He and Na Li*

**Section 2**

in Sandy Area

*by Yajuan Zhu*

*by Peter Hyde and Alex Mahalov*

**Preface XI**

Sand Dune and Sand Storm **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 29**

Desert Vegetation **45**

**Chapter 3 47**

**Chapter 4 61**

**Chapter 5 75**

**Chapter 6 91**

Remote Sensing Based Quantification of Forest Cover Change in Somalia

*by Sylus Kipngeno Musei, Justine Muhoro Nyaga and Abdi Zeila Dubow*

Cultivation of Artificial Algal Crust and Its Effect on Soil Improvement

Water Source of Six Woody Plants in Different Habitats on Desertified

Characteristic on the Stability of *Haloxylon ammodendron* Plantation in the Southern Fringe of Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwest China

Bowing Sand, Dust, and Dunes, Then and Now–A North American

Ecological Effects of Oasis Shelterbelts in Ulan Buh Desert *by Fengmin Luo, Zhiming Xin, Junliang Gao, Yuan Ma, Xing Li* 
