Geographical distribution, genetic diversity, and environmental adaptations of dromedary camel breeds in Saudi Arabia [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceThe dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) in Saudi Arabia exhibits significant genetic diversity, driven by adaptation to diverse ecological niches such as deserts, mountains, and coastal areas.
Mohanad A. Ibrahim +9 more
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Species composition and vegetation structure of coastal and desert habitats in a hyper-arid environment [PDF]
Scientific ReportsEnvironmental changes and anthropogenic activities have significantly altered plant species distributions and biodiversity in various regions of Egypt, contributing to habitat fragmentation and a decline in plant populations.
Abdelraouf A. Moustafa +2 more
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Hydraulic Safety Mechanisms Override Traditional Wood Economics in Hyper-Arid Environments [PDF]
PlantsEnvironmental stress drives plant communities toward conservative ecological strategies through increased wood density (WD) within the Wood Economics Spectrum (WES). However, hyper-arid regions like the Coastal Atacama Desert (CAD) challenge this pattern,
Rodrigo S. Rios +3 more
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Karyotype analysis of Aeluropus species (Poaceae)
Turczaninowia, 2021 Aeluropus, a member of Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae, includes six species, three of which occur in Iran. They are perennial halophytes of deserts and coastal marshlands of Iran.
Марьям Кешаварзи +2 more
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The fruticose genera in the Ramalinaceae (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes): their diversity and evolutionary history [PDF]
MycoKeys, 2020 We present phylogenetic analyses of the fruticose Ramalinaceae based on extensive collections from many parts of the world, with a special focus on the Vizcaíno deserts in north-western Mexico and the coastal desert in Namibia.
Richard Spjut +4 more
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Analysis of climate hazards in relation to urban designing in Iran [PDF]
Advances in Science and Research, 2011 In order to study the climate hazards, daily rainfall and temperature data of 61 weather stations over the country were obtained from the Meteorological Organization of Iran for the 1951–2007 period. The following indices are defined as indications
S. Alijani, B. Alijani
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Coastal Long Term Ecological Research: Introduction to the Special Issue [PDF]
Oceanography, 2013 The US National Science Foundation's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) network was established in 1980 to provide the scientific expertise, research platforms, and long-term data sets necessary to document and analyze environmental change (http://www ...
Karen McGlathery +2 more
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Landscape Modifications Ascribed to El Niño Events in Late Pre-Hispanic Coastal Peru
Land, 2022 Coastal Peru, one of the driest deserts in the world, is a key region to investigate the connection between climate processes and Earth surface responses.
Marco Delle Rose
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Tools for Optimizing Management of a Spatially Variable Organic Field
Agronomy, 2015 Geostatistical tools were used to estimate spatial relations between wheat yield and soil parameters under organic farming field conditions. Thematic maps of each factor were created as raster images in R software using kriging.
Thomas Panagopoulos +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Deserts in general, and Indian deserts in particular, are less attended for microbial diversity. The Little Rann of Kutch (LRK), a coastal saline desert, is characterized by a unique combination of both dry and wet features.
Hitarth B. Bhatt, Satya P. Singh
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