Spatiotemporal variability of soil salinity and the driving factors of cultivated land in Xinjiang, China
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Key words: soil salinization; spatial-temporal variation; driving factors; Xinjiang
DOI: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20251802.9486
Citation: Zhang Y, Ye H C, Liu R H, Nie C J, Tang M Y, Huang Y F, et al. Spatiotemporal variability of soil salinity and the driving factors of cultivated land in Xinjiang, China. Int J Agric & Biol Eng, 2025; 18(2): 197–207.
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