Table 4 Ranking of soil composite indices for different vegetation communities under three desertification control models.

From: Integrated photovoltaic-agriculture systems enhance soil health in desert ecosystems: evidence from microbial biomass and nutrient synergies

Desertification control models

Vegetation community

Score

Ranking

The integrated photovoltaic-agriculture model (PV-Ag)

Natural restoration community of Artemisia ordosica (PV-Ag (AO))

2.37

1

Artificially planted potato (PV-Ag(Po))

1.62

3

Artificially planted watermelon (PV-Ag (Wm))

1.69

2

The artificial shrub aerial seeding model (ASS)

Artificially aerial-seeded Hedysarum mongolicum shrubland (ASS (HM))

0.96

4

Artificially aerial-seeded Salix psammophila shrubland (ASS(SP))

0.61

5

The bare sand with photovoltaic panels model (BS-PV)

Bare sand site with photovoltaic panels (BS-PV(BS))

0.21

6

Shifting sand dune (LS)

Shifting sand dune (LS)

0.002

7