| QTP | Qinghai-Tibet Plateau |
| ND | None desertified rangeland |
| LD | Lightly desertified rangeland |
| MD | Medium desertified rangeland |
| SD | Severely desertified rangeland |
| ED | Extremely desertified rangeland |
| CE | The treatment of checkerboard protection planted with Elymus nutans |
| CM | The treatment of checkerboard protection planted with Medicago sativa |
| S | The treatment of shrub vegetation planting method |
| CK | The treatment of control |
| BD | Soil bulk density |
| SW | Soil water content |
| PSDs | Soil particle size distributions |