Reconstruction of Human-Induced Forest Loss in China during 1900–2000 by Yanwen Zhang, Jiaqi Ding, Yueyao Wang, Yajuan Zhang, Yinglu Liu, Lijin Zhang, Muhadaisi Ariken, Tuya Wulan, Wenli Huang, Yan Li, Shuangcheng Li

“…Additionally, there was significant spatial heterogeneity, showing a decreasing trend from east to west and from south to north. The forest loss in China can be divided into two stages: (1) the stable stage from 1900 to 1949; and (2) the fluctuating stage from 1950 to 1999. …”
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Quantifying the effects of climate and anthropogenic change on regional species loss in China. by Jinxing He, Chuan Yan, Marcel Holyoak, Xinru Wan, Guoyu Ren, Yangfang Hou, Yan Xie, Zhibin Zhang

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Spatiotemporal variations of cropland carbon sequestration and water loss across China by Shouzheng Jiang, Jie Wu, Zhihui Wang, Ziling He, Mingjun Wang, Weiwei Yao, Yu Feng

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Identifying the critical factors of transmission efficiency loss in China’s natural gas network by Xiaolin Wang, Xiaolin Wang, Xiangyi Lu, Xianfeng Zhang, Weijing Zeng, Zhankun Liu, Xiangping Hu

“…Our results show that there is transmission efficiency loss of China’s gas network from the shortage of geospatial gas supply and the invisible segmentation of gas network due to interdicted cost of pipeline, bottleneck of pipeline capacity and economic radius of gas supply chains to transport gas. …”
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The burden of heatwave-related preterm births and associated human capital losses in China by Yali Zhang, Shakoor Hajat, Liang Zhao, Huiqi Chen, Liangliang Cheng, Meng Ren, Kuiying Gu, John S. Ji, Wannian Liang, Cunrui Huang

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Trend Analysis and Spatial Distribution of Meteorological Disaster Losses in China, 2004–2015 by Qian Qi, Baofa Jiang, Wei Ma, Gifty Marley

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Annual, seasonal, and monthly baseflow trend in an arid area in Loss Plateau, China by Yanwei Sun, Cundong Xu, Mingwei Ma, Xuemei Liu, Lei Liu, Furong Yu

“…To reveal the changes in baseflow in an arid area, Loss Plateau, China, we analyzed the annual, seasonal, and monthly baseflow fluctuations in 1981–1990 and 2006–2010. …”
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Climate effects of stringent air pollution controls mitigate future maize losses in China by Tianyi Zhang, Xu Yue, Tao Li, Nadine Unger, Xiaoguang Yang

“…Our results suggest that stringent aerosol pollution regulations can help mitigate maize yield losses in China due to the future climate warming.…”
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Shifting of the Migration Route of White-Naped Crane (<i>Antigone vipio</i>) Due to Wetland Loss in China by Yifei Jia, Yunzhu Liu, Shengwu Jiao, Jia Guo, Cai Lu, Yan Zhou, Yuyu Wang, Guangchun Lei, Li Wen, Xunqiang Mo

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Smart Communities to Reduce Earthquake Damage: A Case Study in Xinheyuan, China by Tao Fan, Zhigao Chen

“…Earthquakes frequently cause serious casualties and property loss in China. Building smart communities is an effective means of preventing damage and reducing disastrous outcomes from earthquakes. …”
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Fighting wheat rusts in China: a look back and into the future by Jie Zhao, Zhensheng Kang

“…Abstract Wheat rusts, including stripe, leaf, and stem rusts, are severe wheat diseases and cause huge yield loss in China annually. Benefiting from utilizing the genetic resistance wheat varieties, wheat stem rust has been effectively controlled since the 1970s; however, the wheat stripe and leaf rusts are still threating the wheat production in China due to lack of effective agricultural regulations. …”
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Spatial difference of Chinese public awareness of soil and water conservation and perception of information construction by Yubao Wang, Xiaoyan Qian, Yang Zhou, Xiding Chen

“…In this study, a survey was conducted in 10 provinces with varying degrees of soil and water loss in China, and 1021 valid samples were obtained. …”
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Mechanisms of <i>Trichoderma longibrachiatum</i> T6 Fermentation against <i>Valsa mali</i> through Inhibiting Its Growth and Reproduction, Pathogenicity and Gene Expression by Na Zhu, Jing-Jiang Zhou, Shu-Wu Zhang, Bing-Liang Xu

“…Apple Valsa canker is one of the most serious diseases, having caused significant apple yield and economic loss in China. However, there is still no effective biological methods for controlling this disease. …”
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Proclamation of the PRC: Reaction of the American Press by Ya. A. Levin

“…The topic of the reaction of the American press to the actual failure or, as he later said, was dubbed by numerous experts and publicists who wrote about China — the “loss of China” is an interesting marker of how socio-political thought developed in the American media. …”
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A NADC30-like PRRSV causes serious intestinal infections and tropism in piglets by Xin Ma, PeiXin Wang, RiTeng Zhang, Yongxin Zhao, Yifan Wu, Chen Luo, Basit Zeshan, Zengqi Yang, Li Qiu, Yefei Zhou, Xinglong Wang

“…Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes huge economic loss to China's swine industry. Currently, a novel type 2 PRRSV, called the NADC30-like strain, is epidemic in numerous provinces of China. …”
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Multi-scale spatiotemporal wetland loss and its critical influencing factors in China determined using innovative grid-based GWR by Aohua Tian, Tingting Xu, Jay Gao, Chang Liu, Letao Han

“…Therefore, the main causes of wetland loss in China are attributed to human socioeconomic activities. …”
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Changes in Gene Expression of Whiteflies, Bemisia tabaci MED Feeding on Tomato Plants Infected by One of the Criniviruses, Tomato Chlorosis Virus through Transcriptome Analysis by Jing Zhao, Xiaoan Sun, Huijie Dai, Xianping Zhang, Dezhen Zhang, Xiaoping Zhu

“…Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV), transmitted by the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius; Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) has been continuously emerging on tomato plants and causing a significant economic loss throughout China. In the current study, RNA-Seq analysis was used to explore the gene expression profiles of B. tabaci Mediterranean (MED) that fed on both ToCV-infected and -uninfected tomato plants for 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours, respectively. …”
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NITROGEN USE AND MANAGEMENT IN ORCHARDS AND VEGETABLE FIELDS IN CHINA: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS by Xueqiang ZHU, Peng ZHOU, Peng MIAO, Haoying WANG, Xinlu BAI, Zhujun CHEN, Jianbin ZHOU

“…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/ItemContent&gt;&lt;/ListItem&gt; &lt;ListItem&gt;&lt;ItemContent&gt;&lt;p&gt;● Long-term excessive application of N fertilizers has made OVFs hotspots for N surplus and loss in China.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/ItemContent&gt;&lt;/ListItem&gt; &lt;ListItem&gt;&lt;ItemContent&gt;&lt;p&gt;● Nitrate accumulation in the soil profile is the main fate of N fertilizers in OVF systems.…”
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Economic Loss Assessment and Spatial–Temporal Distribution Characteristics of Forest Fires: Empirical Evidence from China by Zhixuan Han, Guangjie Geng, Zhen Yan, Xi Chen

“…Therefore, based on the forest fire data from 2006 to 2018, this paper establishes a forest fire economic loss evaluation system to calculate the economic losses in China and analyzes the spatial distribution characteristics and change trends of the forest fire economic losses in each province through thermal mapping. …”
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Metatranscriptomic Analysis Reveals an Imbalance of Hepatopancreatic Flora of Chinese Mitten Crab <i>Eriocheir sinensis</i> with Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease by Zeen Shen, Dhiraj Kumar, Xunmeng Liu, Bingyu Yan, Ping Fang, Yuchao Gu, Manyun Li, Meiping Xie, Rui Yuan, Yongjie Feng, Xiaolong Hu, Guangli Cao, Renyu Xue, Hui Chen, Xiaohan Liu, Chengliang Gong

“…Hepatopancreas necrosis disease (HPND) of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis causes huge economic loss in China. However, the pathogenic factors and pathogenesis are still a matter of dissension. …”
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