| Soil erodibility and its estimation for agricultural soils in China KL Zhang, AP Shu, XL Xu, QK Yang, B Yu Journal of arid environments 72 (6), 1002-1011, 2008 | 298 | 2008 |
| Local and global factors controlling water‐energy balances within the Budyko framework X Xu, W Liu, BR Scanlon, L Zhang, M Pan Geophysical Research Letters 40, 6123–6129, 2013 | 252 | 2013 |
| Monthly streamflow forecasting using Gaussian process regression AY Sun, D Wang, X Xu Journal of Hydrology 511, 72-81, 2014 | 235 | 2014 |
| Estimation of water provision service for monsoon catchments of South China: Applicability of the InVEST model D Yang, W Liu, L Tang, L Chen, X Li, X Xu Landscape and Urban Planning 182, 133-143, 2019 | 204 | 2019 |
| Towards spatial geochemical modelling: use of geographically weighted regression for mapping soil organic carbon contents in Ireland C Zhang, Y Tang, X Xu, G Kiely Applied Geochemistry 26 (7), 1239-1248, 2011 | 161 | 2011 |
| Quantifying the impacts of climate and human activities on water and sediment discharge in a karst region of southwest China Z Li, X Xu, B Yu, C Xu, M Liu, K Wang Journal of Hydrology 542, 836-849, 2016 | 158 | 2016 |
| Is southwestern China experiencing more frequent precipitation extremes? M Liu, X Xu, AY Sun, K Wang, W Liu, X Zhang Environmental Research Letters 9 (6), 064002, 2014 | 157 | 2014 |
| Effects of vegetation restoration on soil quality in degraded karst landscapes of southwest China Y Zhang, X Xu, Z Li, M Liu, C Xu, R Zhang, W Luo Science of the Total Environment 650, 2657-2665, 2019 | 151 | 2019 |
| Relationships between vegetation and soil and topography in a dry warm river valley, SW China XL Xu, KM Ma, BJ Fu, CJ Song, W Liu Catena 75 (2), 138-145, 2008 | 116 | 2008 |
| 植被与水土流失关系研究进展 徐宪立， 马克明， 傅伯杰， 刘宪春， 黄勇， 祁建 生态学报 26 (009), 3137-3143, 2006 | 113 | 2006 |
| Modeling the change in soil organic carbon of grassland in response to climate change: Effects of measured versus modelled carbon pools for initializing the Rothamsted Carbon model X Xu, W Liu, G Kiely Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 140 (3-4), 372-381, 2011 | 109 | 2011 |
| Spatial variability of hydraulic conductivity and bulk density along a blanket peatland hillslope C Lewis, J Albertson, X Xu, G Kiely Hydrological Processes 26 (10), 1527-1537, 2012 | 105 | 2012 |
| Karst catchments exhibited higher degradation stress from climate change than the non-karst catchments in southwest China: An ecohydrological perspective M Liu, X Xu, D Wang, AY Sun, K Wang Journal of Hydrology 535, 173-180, 2016 | 104 | 2016 |
| Relative importance of climate and land surface changes on hydrologic changes in the US Midwest since the 1930s: Implications for biofuel production X Xu, BR Scanlon, K Schilling, A Sun Journal of Hydrology 497 (8), 110-120, 2013 | 102 | 2013 |
| Runoff and water erosion on road side-slopes: Effects of rainfall characteristics and slope length XL Xu, W Liu, YP Kong, KL Zhang, B Yu, JD Chen Transportation research part D: transport and environment 14 (7), 497-501, 2009 | 98 | 2009 |
| Interactive effects of water, nitrogen and phosphorus on the growth, biomass partitioning and water-use efficiency of Bauhinia faberi seedlings CJ Song, KM Ma, LY Qu, Y Liu, XL Xu, BJ Fu, JF Zhong Journal of arid environments 74 (9), 1003-1012, 2010 | 90 | 2010 |
| Effectiveness of erosion control measures along the Qinghai–Tibet highway, Tibetan plateau, China X Xu, K Zhang, Y Kong, J Chen, B Yu Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 11 (4), 302-309, 2006 | 90 | 2006 |
| Construction and optimization strategy of ecological security pattern in a rapidly urbanizing region: A case study in central-south China M Ding, W Liu, L Xiao, F Zhong, N Lu, J Zhang, Z Zhang, X Xu, K Wang Ecological Indicators 136, 108604, 2022 | 82 | 2022 |
| A new drought index that considers the joint effects of climate and land surface change M Liu, X Xu, C Xu, AY Sun, K Wang, BR Scanlon, L Zhang Water Resources Research 53 (4), 3262-3278, 2017 | 71 | 2017 |
| UAV based soil moisture remote sensing in a karst mountainous catchment W Luo, X Xu, W Liu, M Liu, Z Li, T Peng, C Xu, Y Zhang, R Zhang Catena 174, 478-489, 2019 | 70 | 2019 |
John AlbertsonProfessor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell UniversityVerified email at cornell.edu
