Mapping evapotranspiration variability over a complex oasis-desert ecosystem based on automated calibration of Landsat 7 ETM+ data in SEBAL [PDF]
GIScience & Remote Sensing, 2019 Fragmented ecosystems of the desiccated Aral Sea seek answers to the profound local hydrologically- and water-related problems. Particularly, in the Small Aral Sea Basin (SASB), these problems are associated with low precipitation, increased temperature,
Cao, Liangzhong +6 more
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Burrowing detritivores regulate nutrient cycling in a desert ecosystem. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2019 Nutrient cycling in most terrestrial ecosystems is controlled by moisture-dependent decomposer activity. In arid ecosystems, plant litter cycling exceeds rates predicted based on precipitation amounts, suggesting that additional factors are involved ...
Sagi N, Grünzweig JM, Hawlena D.
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Linking diffuse radiation and ecosystem productivity of a desert steppe ecosystem [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Radiation components have distinct effects on photosynthesis. In the desert steppe ecosystem, the influence of diffuse radiation on carbon fixation has not been thoroughly explored.
Cheng Li +8 more
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Spatial heterogeneity of soil factors enhances intraspecific variation in plant functional traits in a desert ecosystem [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionFunctional traits of desert plants exhibit remarkable responsiveness, adaptability and plasticity to environmental heterogeneity.MethodsIn this study, we measured six crucial plant functional traits (leaf carbon, leaf nitrogen, leaf ...
Yong-chang Wang +20 more
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Influence of aridity and salinity on plant nutrients scales up from species to community level in a desert ecosystem. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 Soil moisture and salt play key roles in regulating desert plant nutrient cycles on a local scale. However, information on the response of plant nutrient stoichiometric patterns to soil water and salt gradients is limited.
Gong Y, Lv G, Guo Z, Chen Y, Cao J.
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Ecological Indicators, 2023 Global climate change has greatly altered plant community composition and affected ecosystem carbon exchange of grasslands. However, the influences of long-term increasing temperature and precipitation on the composition of plant community and the ...
Guangyi Lv +4 more
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Probabilistic model predicts dynamics of vegetation biomass in a desert ecosystem in NW China. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2017 Wang XP +3 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Shrubs are the main species in desert ecosystems. Better understanding shrubs fine root dynamics and its contribution to soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks can improve the accuracy of carbon sequestration estimation and provide basic data for the ...
Qingxue Li +8 more
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Leaf–Root–Soil Stoichiometric Characteristics in Different Shrub Ages of Ammopiptanthus mongolicus
Plants, 2023 The ecological indicators for the growth and restoration of A. mongolicus populations are important for grasping the regulatory mechanisms of the biogeochemistry cycle, and for providing basic data for the prediction and evaluation of the evolution ...
Xue Dong +5 more
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Microclimate and Wind Regime of Three Typical Landscapes in the Northeastern Ulan Buh Desert
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Knowledge of the microclimate and wind regimes of different land landscapes can be used to support natural resource development and agricultural productivity in desert areas.
Fengmin Luo +8 more
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