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Changes in soil bacterial community characteristics in patches of different vegetation types under different stages of restoration in the desert of northern China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
In desert areas, the process of mobile sandy land changing to semi‐fixed sandy land and eventually to fixed sandy land after undergoing vegetation restoration is inevitable. The presence of shrub patches and herb patches is common in this restoration process.
Li H, Liang Y, Meng Z, Ren X, Meng R, Zhao F.   +5 more
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Effects of a nurse shrub on seed deposition and seedling recruitment of the annual Agriophyllum squarrosum [PDF]

Web Ecology, 2007
The shrub Artemisia halodendron and the annual herb Agriophyllum squarrosum, which typically co-occur in a mobile sandy habitat in eastern inner Mongolia, China, were used to determine whether the presence of A.
J.-L. Liu, Q. Wang, Z.-G. Huang, G. Li, L.-F. Kang, F.-R. Li   +5 more
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Plant exploitation and subsistence patterns of the Mesolithic in arid China: New evidence of plant macro-remains from the Pigeon Mountain site

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023
The nature of the Mesolithic in China has not been studied much due to the few well-context sites discovered and excavated during this period. The situation also restricts the understanding of human subsistence in the Mesolithic period in China ...
Xuefang Zheng, Fei Peng, Shuzhi Wang, Jialong Guo, Huiming Wang, Xing Gao, Xing Gao, Xing Gao, Zhijun Zhao   +8 more
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Sand rice, a promising future crop for desert and marginal lands in northern China

Grassland Research, Volume 2, Issue 4, Page 260-265, December 2023., 2023
Sand rice has great potential in complementary and gluten‐free food production and significance in ecological restoration. Domestication of sand rice is a win–win strategy for environmental sustainability and food diversity in desert regions. Developing elite lines with classical and mutagenesis breeding is essential for the large‐scale cultivation of ...
Pengshan Zhao, Ruilan Ran, Hong Sun, Yujie Liu, Xiaofeng Li, Changbao Wang, Xin Zhao, Guoxiong Chen   +7 more
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Soil Seed Bank Characteristics of Nitraria tangutorum Nebkhas in a Desert–Oasis Ecotone [PDF]

, 2022
Understanding soil seed banks (SSBs) of Nitraria tangutorum nebkhas is critical for vegetation restoration and ecological management in desert–oasis ecotones.
Cao, Qiqi, Li, Junran, Li, Min, Li, Xing, Miri, Abbas, Xiao, Huijie, Xin, Zhiming   +6 more
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Can remotely sensed vegetation patterns signal dryland restoration success?

Restoration Ecology, Volume 31, Issue 3, March 2023., 2023
Active restoration is frequently implemented to restore degraded drylands globally, yet predicting the overall success of these restoration projects remains challenging. Here, we aim to explore if vegetation spatial patterns can be used to monitor ecosystem recovery and anticipate the success of restoration practices. We combined field surveys and high‐
Yanning Qiu, Zhiwei Xu, Chi Xu, Milena Holmgren   +3 more
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Precipitation regulates the livestock dung seed bank through above ground vegetation productivity in the Qaidam basin

Land Degradation &Development, Volume 33, Issue 10, Page 1637-1648, June 2022., 2022
Abstract The livestock dung seed bank (DSB) plays an important role in the regeneration and sustainability of grasslands in grazing ecosystems. As global precipitation patterns change, the productivity of the above ground vegetation (AGV) in semiarid and arid regions may be substantially affected, as will both the size and composition of the livestock ...
Shu‐Lin Wang, Fu‐Jiang Hou
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The feasibility of using soil seed bank for natural regeneration of degraded sandy grasslands [PDF]

, 2022
Desertification in degraded grasslands is manifested through the development of bare sandy patches, which eventually lead to habitat fragmentation. The ability of these bare sandy patches to regenerate naturally through in-situ soil seed banks is not ...
Ala, MuSa, Chu, Lei, Lin, Jixiang, Liu, Zhimin, Qian, Jianqiang, Wang, Lixin, Wang, Yongcui, Zhou, Quanlai   +7 more
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Discriminating ecological processes affecting different dimensions of α‐ and β‐diversity in desert plant communities

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 3, March 2022., 2022
Environmental filtering mainly influenced species richness and Rao quadratic entropy; phylogenetic α‐diversity was mainly influenced by spatial factors. Species and phylogenetic β‐diversity were mainly influenced by turnover. Functional β‐diversity and its turnover component are largely determined by niche process.
Lamei Jiang, Dong Hu, Hengfang Wang, Guanghui Lv   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Active restoration efforts drive community succession and assembly in a desert during the past 53 years. [PDF]

Ecol Appl
Abstract Regreening efforts in deserts have been implemented globally to combat land degradation and desert expansion, but how they affect above‐ and belowground community succession and assembly processes remains unknown. Here, we examined variations in plant and soil microbial community attributes along a 53‐year restoration chronosequence following ...
Hou Q, Hu W, Sun Y, Morriën E, Yang Q, Aqeel M, Du Q, Xiong J, Dong L, Yao S, Peng J, Sun Y, Akram MA, Xia R, Zhang Y, Wang X, Xie S, Wang L, Zhang L, Li F, Deng Y, Luo J, Yuan J, Ma Q, Niklas KJ, Ran J, Deng J.   +26 more
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