In the Qaidam Basin, Soil Nutrients Directly or Indirectly Affect Desert Ecosystem Stability under Drought Stress through Plant Nutrients [PDF]
PlantsThe low nutrient content of soil in desert ecosystems results in unique physiological and ecological characteristics of plants under long-term water and nutrient stress, which is the basis for the productivity and stability maintenance of the desert ...
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The Relationship and Influencing Factors between Endangered Plant Tetraena mongolica and Soil Microorganisms in West Ordos Desert Ecosystem, Northern China. [PDF]
Plants (Basel), 2023 Soil microorganisms play crucial roles in improving nutrient cycling, maintaining soil fertility in desert ecosystems such as the West Ordos desert ecosystem in Northern China, which is home to a variety of endangered plants.
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Impacts of plant and soil stoichiometry on species diversity in a desert ecosystem. [PDF]
AoB Plants, 2022 Plant and soil stoichiometric ratios can be used to explain changes in the structural and functional characteristics of plant communities. Exploring the relationships between the stoichiometric ratios and plant diversity is helpful to further elucidate ...
Ji S, Jiang L, Hu D, Lv G.
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Different contributions of plant diversity and soil properties to the community stability in the arid desert ecosystem. [PDF]
Front Plant Sci, 2022 As a one of the focuses of ecological research, understanding the regulation of plant diversity on community stability is helpful to reveal the adaption of plant to environmental changes.
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The responses to long-term nitrogen addition of soil bacterial, fungal, and archaeal communities in a desert ecosystem. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2022 Nitrogen (N) deposition is a worldwide issue caused by human activity. Long-term deposition of N strongly influences plant productivity and community composition.
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The Responses to Long-Term Water Addition of Soil Bacterial, Archaeal, and Fungal Communities in A Desert Ecosystem. [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2021 The response of microbial communities to continual and prolonged water exposure provides useful insight when facing global climate changes that cause increased and uneven precipitation and extreme rainfall events.
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Fungal Endophytic Community and Diversity Associated with Desert Shrubs Driven by Plant Identity and Organ Differentiation in Extremely Arid Desert Ecosystem. [PDF]
J Fungi (Basel), 2021 Despite desert ecosystem being crucial to our understanding of natural geography, species evolution and global climate change, there is limited information on the dynamics of their composition and the diversity of endophytic fungi communities driven by ...
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Different Responses of Growing Season Ecosystem CO2 Fluxes to Rain Addition in a Desert Ecosystem [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Desert ecosystem CO2 exchange may play an important role in global carbon cycling. However, it is still not clear how the CO2 fluxes of shrub-dominated desert ecosystems respond to precipitation changes.
Xiaotian Xu +9 more
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Accounting of value of ecosystem services in the desert: an example of the Kubuqi Desert ecosystem
Frontiers in Earth ScienceEcological products and ecosystem services are essential for human survival and development. Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP) is a method to combine the value of ecosystem services and can reflect the status of ecosystem and ecological conservation and ...
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Salinity Is a Key Determinant for Soil Microbial Communities in a Desert Ecosystem. [PDF]
mSystems, 2019 Belowground microorganisms are indispensable components for nutrient cycling in desert ecosystems, and understanding how they respond to increased salinity is essential for managing and ameliorating salinization.
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