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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (4): 46-56.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2024.00040

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Spatiotemporal variation patterns of land desertification from 2000 to 2020 in the Horqin-Otindag Sandy Land

Eryan Liu1,2(), Yuanyuan Zhao1,2,3(), Die Zhou1,2, Haiyan Wu1,2, Guanglei Gao1,2,3, Guodong Ding1,2,3   

  1. 1.School of Soil and Water Conservation /, Beijing Forestry University,Beijing 100083,China
    2.Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Soil and Water Conservation /, Beijing Forestry University,Beijing 100083,China
    3.Yanchi Ecology Research Station of the Mu Us Desert, Beijing Forestry University,Beijing 100083,China
  • Received:2023-12-08 Revised:2024-03-10 Online:2024-07-20 Published:2024-08-29
  • Contact: Yuanyuan Zhao

Abstract:

The Horqin-Otindag Sandy Land is one of the areas with the most severe land desertification in China. Understanding spatiotemporal patterns of land desertification is an important foundation for scientific desertification control. The study took the Horqin-Otindag Sandy Land as the study area. Based on the MOD13Q1 NDVI data, meteorological data, socio-economic data, the spatiotemporal patterns of land desertification and their driving factors were revealed from 2000 to 2020 using Sen+Mann Kendall trend analysis, strip analysis, geographical detectors and other methods. The results showed that: (1) The land desertification intensity was much more serious in the west than that in the east. Slight desertification appeared in the junction of the Horqin Sandy Land and the Otindag Sandy Land. (2) From 2000 to 2020, land desertification in the study area showed a significant reversal trend in general. The desertification reversed area accounted for 73.59% of the total study area, which mainly distributed in the middle east of Otindag Sandy Land and the southeast of Horqin Sandy Land. The desertification area with deterioration trend accounted for 11.17%, which was scattered in the study area. (3) The annual precipitation and population density are the dominant factors affecting the spatial pattern of land desertification during the study period. The interaction of all factors shows bivariate enhancement, among which the precipitation and soil type interaction most obvious. We suggested to strengthen cross regional cooperation and coordination under the premise of scientific assessment of regional resource and environment carrying capacity, strengthen the governance of Otindag Sandy Land, optimize the industrial structure of Horqin Sandy Land, promote the coordinated development of ecology and economy, and promote the integrated protection and systematic governance of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass and sand. This study could provide a theoretical basis for the ecological restoration and sustainable utilization of desertified land in the study area.

Key words: land desertification, sandy lands, trend analysis, geographic detector model

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