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Alternative Future Vegetation Pathways Reveal Potential Transformations of Western US Ecosystems. [PDF]

open access: yesGlob Chang Biol
Hoecker TJ   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Aridity drives global convergence of desert microbiomes and biogeochemical activities

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Leung PM   +31 more
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Desert Steppe Ecosystem

2020
This chapter focuses on Chinese desert steppe ecosystems. It introduces in brief the areal extent and provincially based distribution of this ecosystem type, simply discusses the relevant physical features and climatic characteristics at a regional scale, elaborates in great detail upon the flora, fauna, and microflora composing the various desert ...
Linghao Li   +4 more
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Desert Rangeland Ecosystem

2020
This chapter focuses on Chinese desert rangeland ecosystems. It introduces in brief the areal extent and provincially based distribution of this ecosystem type; simply discusses the relevant physical features and climatic characteristics at a regional scale; elaborates in great detail upon the flora, fauna, and microflora composing the various desert ...
Linghao Li   +4 more
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Granivory in Desert Ecosystems

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 1979
Some of the most challenging questions of contemporary biology concern the diversity and stability of ecological communities. In most natural habi­ tats many coexisting species of plants, animals, and microbes interact as competitors, mutualists, predators, and prey.
James H. Brown   +2 more
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Productivity of Desert Ecosystems

BioScience, 1981
Primary production in desert ecosystems is limited by precipitation, nutrient availability (especially nitrogen), and the species' production potential. Plant biomass provides food for consumers that occupy several trophic levels. The resultant transfer of energy and nutrients is also water-limited as are rates of decomposition and activities of ...
Neil F. Hadley, Stan R. Szarek
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