User:Octobercosmos/Desert greening/Bibliography

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Bowring, S. P. K., Miller, L. M., Ganzeveld, L., & Kleidon, A. (2013). Quantifying the “Energy-Return-on-Investment” of desert greening in the Sahara/Sahel using a Global Climate Model. Earth System Dynamics Discussions, 4(2), 717–742. https://doi-org.brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/10.5194/esdd-4-717-2013^[1]
- This is published in Earth System Dynamics Discussions, a scientific journal. It is a discussion paper which explores the impact that afforestation of the Sahara may have, it may be useful in showing future applications of desert greening and their potential benefits.
Isaifan, R. J., & Baldauf, R. W. (2020). Estimating economic and environmental benefits of urban trees in desert regions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00016 ^[2]
- This is published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, a peer-reviewed journal, making it a reliable source. The article discusses the benefits provided by three tree species in an urban desert city by measuring the reduction in air pollution, carbon sequestration, prevention of stormwater runoff and added economic benefit.
Li, Y., Li, ZL., Wu, H. et al. Biophysical impacts of earth greening can substantially mitigate regional land surface temperature warming. Nat Commun 14, 121 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35799-4^[3]
- This is published in Nature Communications, a peer-reviewed journal, making it a reliable source. It explores how greening the earth can offset temperature increases, especially in China and India.
Liu, B., Zhao, W., Liu, Z., Yang, Y., Luo, W., Zhou, H., & Zhang, Y. (2015). Changes in species diversity, aboveground biomass, and vegetation cover along an afforestation successional gradient in a semiarid desert steppe of China. Ecological Engineering, 81, 301–311. https://doi-org.brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.04.014^[4]
- This is published in the Ecological Engineering section of ScienceDirect, a database of a scientific information publisher, making it a reliable source. The article studies the impact that greening a semiarid environment has on various different species of flora and fauna in that area of China.
Liu X, Xin L (2021) China’s deserts greening and response to climate variability and human activities. PLOS ONE 16(8): e0256462. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256462^[5]
- This is published in PLOS One, a peer-reviewed journal, making it a reliable source. This study focuses on the browning and greening of Chinese deserts, utilizing the normalized difference vegetation index to examine the patterns of plant growth and biomass changes unfolding throughout the years(s).
Luo, L., Zhuang, Y., Zhao, W. et al. The hidden costs of desert development. Ambio 49, 1412–1422 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01287-7^[6]
- This is published in Ambio, a peer-reviewed journal, making it a reliable source. It focuses on the toll that expansion on the desert has been taking on depletion of groundwater sources and increased pollution.
Wang, L., Qiu, Y., Han, Z., Xu, C., Wu, S.-Y., Wang, Y., Holmgren, M., & Xu, Z. (2022). Climate, topography and anthropogenic effects on desert greening: A 40-year satellite monitoring in the Tengger desert, northern China. CATENA, 209, N.PAG. https://doi-org.brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105851^[7]
- This was published in CATENA an interdisciplinary journal, so it should be a reliable source. It discusses topographical, climate, and anthropogenic trends seen in a 40 year period of the Tengger Desert, showing that much of the vegetation was able to survive the large span of time with certain areas varying in growth due to the amount of precipitation.
Wang, Z., Xu, D., Peng, D., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Quantifying the influences of natural and human factors on the water footprint of afforestation in desert regions of northern China. Science of the Total Environment, 780, N.PAG. https://doi-org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146577^[8]
- This was published in Science of the Total Environment published by Elsevier, a peer reviewed journal publication, a reliable source. This study focuses on the use of water resources for desert afforestation and sheds light on how it can be altered to make it more sustainable.

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Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (2013-11-08). "Sabinaria , a new genus of palms (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae) from the Colombia-Panama border". Phytotaxa.
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Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
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References

^ Bowring, S. P. K.; Miller, L. M.; Ganzeveld, L.; Kleidon, A. (2013-08-08). Quantifying the "Energy-Return-on-Investment" of desert greening in the Sahara/Sahel using a Global Climate Model (PDF) (Report). Management of the Earth system: sustainability science. doi:10.5194/esdd-4-717-2013.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
^ Isaifan, Rima J.; Baldauf, Richard W. (2020-02-13). "Estimating Economic and Environmental Benefits of Urban Trees in Desert Regions". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.00016. ISSN 2296-701X. PMC 7970529. PMID 33746692.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
^ Li, Yitao; Li, Zhao-Liang; Wu, Hua; Zhou, Chenghu; Liu, Xiangyang; Leng, Pei; Yang, Peng; Wu, Wenbin; Tang, Ronglin; Shang, Guo-Fei; Ma, Lingling (2023-01-09). "Biophysical impacts of earth greening can substantially mitigate regional land surface temperature warming". Nature Communications. 14 (1). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35799-4. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 9829907. PMID 36624102.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
^ Liu, Bing; Zhao, Wenzhi; Liu, Zhiling; Yang, Yuting; Luo, Weicheng; Zhou, Hai; Zhang, Yongyong (2015-08). "Changes in species diversity, aboveground biomass, and vegetation cover along an afforestation successional gradient in a semiarid desert steppe of China". Ecological Engineering. 81: 301–311. doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.04.014. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Liu, Xiaoyu; Xin, Liangjie (2021-08-30). Forkuor, Gerald (ed.). "China's deserts greening and response to climate variability and human activities". PLOS ONE. 16 (8): e0256462. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0256462. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 8405022. PMID 34460859.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
^ Luo, Lihui; Zhuang, Yanli; Zhao, Wenzhi; Duan, Quntao; Wang, Lixin (2020-08). "The hidden costs of desert development". Ambio. 49 (8): 1412–1422. doi:10.1007/s13280-019-01287-7. ISSN 0044-7447. PMC 7239957. PMID 31749101. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
^ Wang, Li; Qiu, Yanning; Han, Zhiyong; Xu, Chi; Wu, Shuang-Ye; Wang, Yao; Holmgren, Milena; Xu, Zhiwei (2022-02). "Climate, topography and anthropogenic effects on desert greening: A 40-year satellite monitoring in the Tengger desert, northern China". CATENA. 209: 105851. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2021.105851. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Wang, Ziyu; Xu, Duanyang; Peng, Daoli; Zhang, Yue (2021-08). "Quantifying the influences of natural and human factors on the water footprint of afforestation in desert regions of northern China". Science of The Total Environment. 780: 146577. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146577. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

Outline of proposed changes

Provide a clear and concise definition of desert greening.
Update the methods section. Revise the content and provide an overview of the various ways it can be carried out. Insert relevant examples under the relevant methods.
Discuss the impact on biodiversity due to afforestation of deserts.
Discuss how desert greening can impact urban environments in terms of pollution reduction, improvement of air quality, economic benefit etc.
Explore positive and negative aspects of desert greening.
Add a section about climate change and the impact desert greening can have on it.
Provide further detail about large scale desert greening projects, try to include both successful and unsuccessful attempts. Include images relevant to the projects.
Consider giving the subsections more suitable headings.
Expand on the section currently titled 'Importance of Trees.'
Revise and update all sections.
Consider adding a section about the future of desert greening.

Now that you have compiled a bibliography, it's time to plan out how you'll improve your assigned article.

In this section, write up a concise outline of how the sources you've identified will add relevant information to your chosen article. Be sure to discuss what content gap your additions tackle and how these additions will improve the article's quality.

Consider other changes you'll make to the article, including possible deletions of irrelevant, outdated, or incorrect information, restructuring of the article to improve its readability or any other change you plan on making. This is your chance to really think about how your proposed additions will improve your chosen article and to vet your sources even further.

Note: This is not a draft. This is an outline/plan where you can think about how the sources you've identified will fill in a content gap.

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[1] Bowring, S. P. K.; Miller, L. M.; Ganzeveld, L.; Kleidon, A. (2013-08-08). Quantifying the "Energy-Return-on-Investment" of desert greening in the Sahara/Sahel using a Global Climate Model (PDF) (Report). Management of the Earth system: sustainability science. doi:10.5194/esdd-4-717-2013.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

[2] Isaifan, Rima J.; Baldauf, Richard W. (2020-02-13). "Estimating Economic and Environmental Benefits of Urban Trees in Desert Regions". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.00016. ISSN 2296-701X. PMC 7970529. PMID 33746692.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

[3] Li, Yitao; Li, Zhao-Liang; Wu, Hua; Zhou, Chenghu; Liu, Xiangyang; Leng, Pei; Yang, Peng; Wu, Wenbin; Tang, Ronglin; Shang, Guo-Fei; Ma, Lingling (2023-01-09). "Biophysical impacts of earth greening can substantially mitigate regional land surface temperature warming". Nature Communications. 14 (1). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-35799-4. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 9829907. PMID 36624102.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)

[4] Liu, Bing; Zhao, Wenzhi; Liu, Zhiling; Yang, Yuting; Luo, Weicheng; Zhou, Hai; Zhang, Yongyong (2015-08). "Changes in species diversity, aboveground biomass, and vegetation cover along an afforestation successional gradient in a semiarid desert steppe of China". Ecological Engineering. 81: 301–311. doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.04.014. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[5] Liu, Xiaoyu; Xin, Liangjie (2021-08-30). Forkuor, Gerald (ed.). "China's deserts greening and response to climate variability and human activities". PLOS ONE. 16 (8): e0256462. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0256462. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 8405022. PMID 34460859.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

[6] Luo, Lihui; Zhuang, Yanli; Zhao, Wenzhi; Duan, Quntao; Wang, Lixin (2020-08). "The hidden costs of desert development". Ambio. 49 (8): 1412–1422. doi:10.1007/s13280-019-01287-7. ISSN 0044-7447. PMC 7239957. PMID 31749101. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: PMC format (link)

[7] Wang, Li; Qiu, Yanning; Han, Zhiyong; Xu, Chi; Wu, Shuang-Ye; Wang, Yao; Holmgren, Milena; Xu, Zhiwei (2022-02). "Climate, topography and anthropogenic effects on desert greening: A 40-year satellite monitoring in the Tengger desert, northern China". CATENA. 209: 105851. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2021.105851. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[8] Wang, Ziyu; Xu, Duanyang; Peng, Daoli; Zhang, Yue (2021-08). "Quantifying the influences of natural and human factors on the water footprint of afforestation in desert regions of northern China". Science of The Total Environment. 780: 146577. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146577. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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