1. 发表论文

2020年度，乌拉特站科研团队发表和待刊论文17篇。其中，SCI论文13篇，CSCD论文4篇。

1. Hao Qu; Xueyong Zhao; Shaokun Wang, et al. Abiotic factors affect leaf litter mass loss more strongly than initial litter traits under sand burial conditions[J]. Catena. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104900.
2. Ping Yue, Cui Xiaoqing, et al. Are annual nitrous oxide fluxes sensitive to warming and increasing precipitation in the Gurbantunggut Desert? [J]. Land Degradation & Development, 2020, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3636.
3. Mao W, Zhao X, Zhang T, et al. Divergent interactive impacts on productivity and functional diversity from fluctuated snowfall and continuous nitrogen pollution within Inner Mongolian[J]. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 704:1-8.  
4. Cheng Q, Gao L, Zhong F, et al. Spatiotemporal variations of drought in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, southwest China, during 1960–2013 and their association with large-scale circulations and historical records[J]. Ecological Indicators, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.106041.
5.  Zuo X, Cheng H, Zhao S, et al. Observational and experimental evidence for the effect of altered precipitation on desert and steppe communities[J]. Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020. 1-11.
6.  Wentao Luo, Xiaoan Zuo, Robert J. Griffin-Nolan, et al. Chronic and intense droughts differentially influence grassland carbon-nutrient dynamics along a natural aridity gradient. Plant and Soil, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04571-8.
7. Jing Zhang, Xiaoan Zuo, Xueyong Zhao et al. Effects of rainfall manipulation and nitrogen addition on plant biomass allocation in a semiarid sandy grassland, Scientific Reports, 2020,10:9026.
8. Yangchun Zhu, Lijin Wang, Xueyong Zhao, et al. Accumulation and potential sources of heavy metals in soils of the Hetao area, Inner Mongolia, China [J]. Pedosphere, 2020, 30: 244-252.
9. Min Chen, Xiaoan Zuo, Xueyong Zhao. Comparative floral characters, pollinator limitation and pollination success in different habitats of Caragana microphylla Lam. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020, 8:170.
10. Shaokun Wang,Xueyong Zhao,Balt Suvdantsetseg and Jie Lian. Isolation of efficient cellulose decomposer in sandy cropland and its application in straw turnover in agro-pasture ecotone of northern China [J]. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2020. https:// doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.528732.
11. Qu H, Zhao X, Lian J, Tang X, Wang X and Medina-Roldán E. Increasing Precipitation Interval Has More Impacts on Litter Mass Loss Than Decreasing Precipitation Amount in Desert Steppe[J]. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2020, 8:88. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.00088.
12. Xiyuan Yue, Xiaoan Zuo, Xueyong Zhao, et al. How Plant Functional Traits of Dominant Species Respond to Fencing and Water-Nitrogen Addition in Horqin Grassland, China [J]. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 2020; 29(5):3441–3449.
13. Hu Y, Zuo X, Yue P, et al. Increased Precipitation Shapes Relationship between Biochemical and Functional Traits of Stipa glareosa in Grass-Dominated Rather than Shrub-Dominated Community in a Desert Steppe[J]. Plants, 2020, 9(11), 1463; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9111463.
14. 郭新新;左小安;岳平;李香云;赵生龙;吕朋;胡亚. 内蒙古荒漠草原三种优势植物叶形态性状对水氮耦合的响应[J].中国沙漠,2021,41(01）（已接收）
15. 赵生龙,左小安,张铜会,吕朋,岳平,张晶.乌拉特荒漠草原群落物种多样性和生物量关系对放牧强度的响应[J].干旱区研究,2020,37(01):168-177.
16. 李香云, 岳平, 郭新新, 张蕊, 赵生龙, 张森溪, 王少昆, 左小安. 荒漠草原植物群落光合速率对水氮添加的响应[J].中国沙漠, 2020，40（1）：116-124.
17. 李香云,岳平,程欢,郭新新,赵生龙,张森溪,王少昆,左小安.乌拉特荒漠草原红砂生物量预测模型[J].干旱区研究,2020,37(02):462-469.

2. 获得奖励

左小安研究员获得甘肃省领军人才称号；

李香云博士获得了2019-2020年度中国科学院大学三好学生称号。