荒漠植被是河西走廊绿洲生态安全防护的重要屏障，研究荒漠植被组成及土壤养分分布特征对于荒漠—绿洲过渡带荒漠植被建设及管理有重要意义。本研究基于大量野外调查，并使用传统统计学与地统计学方法，研究了河西走廊中段及巴丹吉林沙漠南缘荒漠植被组成及土壤养分特征，并解析了其与环境因子的相关关系。结果表明：河西走廊中段及巴丹吉林沙漠西南缘荒漠区植物组成单一，多样性较低，且植物种类集中在少数科中，出现频度高的植物均为红砂（Reaumuria songarica）和白刺（Nitraria tangutorum）等典型荒漠植物。草本植物分布与年均降水量有较强相关性，研究区最南端的山丹县草本生物量达到108.01 g·m^-2，在一定年降水量区间，灌木生物量随降水增加而增加，最高值出现在靠近祁连山北坡的肃州区，为134.03 g·m^-2；降水量的增加，会显著促进草本植物的生长。研究区表层土壤有机碳、总氮、总磷含量最高，其平均值分别为2.12 g·kg^-1、0.25 g·kg^-1、0.41 g·kg^-1，且离散程度较底层土壤更高；水平方向上三种土壤养分变异程度高，空间自相关性弱，最高值出现在张掖绿洲附近，分别达到11.22 g·kg^-1、1.30 g·kg^-1、0.73 g·kg^-1。主成分分析显示，造成研究区生境差异的首要因素是土壤属性，其次是降水，但不同环境因子之间也会互相影响，共同驱动了荒漠植被组成及分布。

Desert vegetation is an important ecological protection barrier for oasis ecosystems in the Hexi Corridor. Studying the composition of desert vegetation and the spatial distribution of soil nutrients is important to the construction and management of desert-oasis transition zone vegetation. This study is based on several field surveys. Traditional statistical and geostatistical methods were used to investigate the composition of desert vegetation and soil nutrient characteristics in the middle section of the Hexi Corridor and the southern fringe of the Badain Jaran Desert, and their correlation with environmental factors were analyzed. Results indicated that the plant composition in the desert areas of the middle section of the Hexi Corridor and the southwestern fringe of the Badain Jaran Desert was single and had low diversity, with plant species concentrated in a few families. Typical desert plants such as Reaumuria songarica and Nitraria tangutorum were frequently found in the study area. The distribution of herbaceous plants was strongly correlated with the average annual precipitation. In Shandan County, which is located in the southern part of the study area, the biomass of herbaceous plants reached 108.01 g·m^-2. Within a certain range of annual precipitation, the biomass of shrubs increased with the increase of precipitation, with the highest value occurring in Suzhou County, near the northern slope of the Qilian Mountains, at 134.03 g·m^-2. Increasing precipitation significantly promoted the growth of herbaceous plants. The surface soil had the highest organic carbon, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus contents in the study area, with average values of 2.12, 0.25, and 0.41 g·kg^-1, respectively, and higher levels of variability than those in the soil subsurface. In the horizontal direction, the three types of soil nutrients had high variability and weak spatial autocorrelation, with maximum values of 11.22, 1.30, and 0.73 g·kg^-1 near Zhangye Oasis. Principal component analysis showed that soil properties and precipitation were the primary factors causing habitat differences in the study area. However, different environmental factors interacted with one another to jointly drive desert vegetation composition and distribution.