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Xianli Xu, Wen Liu, Rashad Rafique, Kelin Wang.Revisiting Continental U.S. Hydrologic Change in the Latter Half of the 20th Century.Water Resource Management. DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0411-3 .

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X Xu, BR Scanlon, K Schilling, A Sun.Relative importance of climate and land surface changes on hydrologic changes in the US Midwest since the 1930s: Implications for biofuel production. Journal of Hydrology 497 (8), 110-120.
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BD Wolaver, CE Cook, DL Sunding, SF Hamilton, BR Scanlon, MH Young, X Xu, et al.. Potential Economic Impacts of Environmental Flows for Central Texas Freshwater Mussels.
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X Xu, C Lewis, W Liu, JD Albertson, G Kiely. Analysis of single-ring infiltrometer data for soil hydraulic properties estimation: Comparison of BEST and Wu methods.Agricultural Water Management 107, 34-41.
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W Liu, X Xu, G Kiely. Spatial variability of remotely sensed soil moisture in a temperate‐humid grassland catchment.Ecohydrology 5 (5), 668-676.
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C Lewis, J Albertson, T Zi, X Xu, G Kiely.How does afforestation affect the hydrology of a blanket peatland? A modelling study.Hydrological Processes. DOI:?10.1002/hyp.9486.
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X Xu, W Liu, C Zhang, G Kiely.Estimation of soil organic carbon stock and its spatial distribution in the Republic of Ireland.Soil Use and Management 27 (2), 156-162.
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X Xu, W Liu, G Kiely.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.Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 140 (3), 372-381.
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C Zhang, Y Tang, X Xu, G Kiely.Towards spatial geochemical modelling: Use of geographically weighted regression for mapping soil organic carbon contents in Ireland.Applied Geochemistry 26 (7), 1239-1248.
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X Xu, C Lewis, W Liu, JD Albertson, G Kiely.Analysis of single-ring infiltrometer data: comparison of BEST and Wu method.EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 12, 9627.
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CJ Song, KM Ma, LY Qu, Y Liu, XL Xu, BJ Fu, JF Zhong.Interactive effects of water, nitrogen and phosphorus on the growth, biomass partitioning and water-use efficiency of< i> Bauhinia faberi</i> seedlings.Journal of Arid Environments 74 (9), 1003-1012.
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W Liu, X Xu, C Lewis, JD Albertson, G Kiely.Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Soil Moisture Estimation from ENVISAT ASAR Wide Swath Data for Grassland in Ireland.EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 12, 10010.
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CJ Song, KM Ma, BJ Fu, LY Qu, XL Xu, Y Liu, JF Zhong.Distribution patterns of shrubby N-fixers and non-N fixers in an arid valley in Southwest China: implications for ecological restoration.Ecological research 25 (3), 553-564.
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G Kiely, N McGoff, J Eaton, P Leahy, X Xu, O Carton.SoilC–Measuring and Modelling of Soil Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes in Irish Soils.Dublin, Ireland: EPA.

G Kiely, NM McGoff, J Eaton, X Xu, P Leahy, O Carton.SoilC–Measurement and Modelling of Soil Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes in Irish Soils.EPA: Johnstown Castle, Wexford.

X Xu, G Kiely, C Lewis.Estimation and analysis of soil hydraulic properties through infiltration experiments: comparison of BEST and DL fitting methods.Soil Use and Management 25 (4), 354-361. 
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XL Xu, W Liu, YP Kong, KL Zhang, B Yu, JD Chen.Runoff and water erosion on road side-slopes: Effects of rainfall characteristics and slope length.Transportation research part D: transport and environment 14 (7), 497-501. 
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W Liu, X Xu, J Luo, Z Shen, Q Zhong.Spatial distribution of land cover and vegetation activity along topographic gradient in an arid river valley, SW China.Journal of Mountain Science 6 (3), 274-285. 
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X Xu, G Kiely.Stock and distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) in the Republic of Ireland: Estimate based on geostatistics and GIS techniques.Pedometrics 2009 Conference, 47.

C Lewis, X Xu, J Albertson, G Kiely.The Application of GEOtop for catchment scale hydrology in Ireland.EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 11, 9401.
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G Kiely, X Xu, CI Hsieh, P Leahy, M Sottocornola, A Laine, M Mishurovel et.. CELTICFLUX: measurement and modelling of GHG fluxes from grasslands and a Peatland in Ireland.AsiaFlux Newsletter.
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XL Xu, KM Ma, BJ Fu, W Liu, CJ Song. Soil and water erosion under different plant species in a semiarid river valley, SW China: the effects of plant morphology. Ecological research 24 (1), 37-46.
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XL Xu, KM Ma, BJ Fu, CJ Song, W Liu. Relationships between vegetation and soil and topography in a dry warm river valley, SW China. Catena 75 (2), 138-145.
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XL Xu, KM Ma, BJ Fu, CJ Song, W Liu.Influence of three plant species with different morphologies on water runoff and soil loss in a dry-warm river valley, SW China.Forest Ecology and Management 256 (4), 656-663.
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KL Zhang, AP Shu, XL Xu, QK Yang, B Yu.Soil erodibility and its estimation for agricultural soils in China.Journal of Arid Environments 72 (6), 1002-1011
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X Xu, K Zhang, Y Kong, J Chen, B Yu.Effectiveness of erosion control measures along the Qinghai–Tibet highway, Tibetan plateau, China.Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 11 (4), 302-309.
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