Analyzing spatiotemporal characteristics of soil salinity in arid irrigated agro-ecosystems using integrated approaches

Soil salinization is one of the most common land degradation processes that impacts agricultural production, environmental health, and economic welfare. The first task in managing soil salinity is to understand its spatiotemporal characteristics, causal factors and influences, both over large regions and within individual fields. In this study, a typical irrigated agro-ecosystem located in the upper Yellow River basin, suffering from long-term...