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Articles | Volume 22, issue 10
Articles | Volume 22, issue 10
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28 May 2025
Research article |  | 28 May 2025

Expanding grassland coverage to maintain ecohydrological sustainability in the agro-pastoral ecotone of northwest China

Yuzuo Zhu and Xuefeng Xu

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China's vegetation restoration projects plan to expand grassland coverage to 60 %. Excessive vegetation restoration undermined soil drying in the agro-pastoral ecotone of northwest China (APENWC). The potential impacts of future land use and cover change (LUCC) are unclear. Future scenarios with varying proportions of cropland and bare land indicate that increasing grassland coverage to 60 % by 2035 supports ecohydrological sustainability without introducing drying.
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