The revegetation progress was slow and there are no methods to evaluate revegetation potentiality of sand sources in the farming-pastoral ecotone in Northern China.

• 针对北方农牧交错带沙化土地植被恢复进程缓慢和沙尘源植被恢复潜力评价困难的问题,该文采用模糊综合评判模型对北方农牧交错带沙尘源植被恢复能力进行潜力评价。