Typical Rhizomatous Clonal Grass Psammochloa villosa Changes Resource Allocation During Clonal Expansion to Fit Arid Sandy Habitats [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionRhizomatous plants forming patchy expansions show high potential for sand fixation in mobile dunes with heterogeneous resources, yet resource allocation strategies among different plant parts and reproductive methods during patch expansion remain poorly ...
Heng Ren +4 more
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Impacts of plant root traits and microbial functional attributes on soil respiration components in the desert-oasis ecotone [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceDividing soil respiration (Rs) into autotrophic respiration (Ra) and heterotrophic respiration (Rh) represents a pivotal step in deciphering how Rs responds to environmental perturbations.
Jinlong Wang +17 more
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Historic and Simulated Desert-Oasis Ecotone Changes in the Arid Tarim River Basin, China [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2021 The desert-oasis ecotone, as a crucial natural barrier, maintains the stability of oasis agricultural production and protects oasis habitat security. This paper investigates the dynamic evolution of the desert-oasis ecotone in the Tarim River Basin and ...
Fan Sun +6 more
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Dynamics of Soil Water Content Across Different Landscapes in a Typical Desert-Oasis Ecotone [PDF]
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2020 An understanding of soil water content dynamics is important for vegetation restoration in an arid desert-oasis ecotone under different landscapes. In this study, the dynamics of soil water content under three typical landscapes (i.e., desert, sand ...
Guohua Wang +6 more
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Estimating Advance of Built-Up Area in Desert-Oasis Ecotone of Cholistan Desert Using Landsat
Land, 2023 There have been few attempts to estimate the effects of land use and land cover (LULC) on ecosystem services in desert-oasis ecotones, which are recognized as critical ecological barriers and buffers that prevent deserts from expanding into oases.
Sami Ullah +4 more
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Effects of Textural Layering on Water Regimes in Sandy Soils in a Desert-Oasis Ecotone, Northwestern China [PDF]
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Textural layering of soil plays an important role in distributing and regulating resources for plants in many semiarid and arid landscapes. However, the spatial patterns of textural layering and the potential effects on soil hydrology and water regimes ...
Chengpeng Sun +9 more
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Diversity, 2023 The relationship between the spatial structure of shelter forests and the diversity of understory herbaceous plants in desert–oasis ecotones is important for maintaining biodiversity indices and protecting the oasis ecosystem.
Yan Yang +5 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2021 Questions: Differences in the vertical structures of communities, nutrient cycling, multiple diversity attributes, and environmental factors are important forces driving ecosystem multifunctionality.
Hengfang Wang +5 more
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Groundwater Depth Affects Phosphorus But Not Carbon and Nitrogen Concentrations of a Desert Phreatophyte in Northwest China [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 Ecological stoichiometry is an important aspect in the analysis of the changes in ecological system composition, structure, and function and understanding of plant adaptation in habitats.
Bo Zhang +29 more
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Estimating Deep Drainage Using Deep Soil Moisture Data under Young Irrigated Cropland in a Desert-Oasis Ecotone, Northwest China [PDF]
Vadose Zone Journal, 2019 Deep drainage reduces agricultural water productivity under cropland recently converted from native desert soils (i.e., young cropland) and increases the risks of nutrient and pesticide leaching into groundwater in the desert-oasis ecotone.
Yongyong Zhang +5 more
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