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A Real-Time Multiplexed Microbial Growth Intervalometer for Capturing High-Resolution Growth Curves

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Batch cultures are a low maintenance and routine culturing method in microbiology. Automated tools that measure growth curves from microorganisms grown in traditional laboratory glassware, such as Balch-type tubes, are not commercially available.
David C. Vuono, Bruce Lipp, Carl Staub, Evan Loney, Zoë R. Harrold, Joseph J. Grzymski   +5 more
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Drought Sensitivity and Trends of Riparian Vegetation Vigor in Nevada, USA (1985–2018)

Remote Sensing, 2020
Dryland riparian areas are under increasing stress due to expanding human water demands and a warming climate. Quantifying responses of dryland riparian vegetation to these pressures is complicated by high climatic variability, which can create strong ...
Christine M. Albano, Kenneth C. McGwire, Mark B. Hausner, Daniel J. McEvoy, Charles G. Morton, Justin L. Huntington   +5 more
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Forgotten Biodiversity in Desert Ecosystems

Science, 2012
As the world's governments congregate for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), we call on them to address one of the greatest oversights in conservation in recent years: the neglect of desert ecosystems.
H. El Alqamy, Christine Breitenmoser, F. Lamarque, P. Gerngross, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, Luigi Boitani, Farid Belbachir, Farid Belbachir, C. Ransom, S. Samaïla, Rosie Woodroffe, P. Chardonnet, Abdoulkarim Samna, Tim Wacher, Sultana Bashir, M. Beddiaf, B. Haddane, M. Hadjeloum, Amel Belbachir-Bazi, F. Cuzin, K. Minkowski, B. E. Ngakoutou, M. R. Stanley Price, A. Jebali, A. A. Berbash, John Newby, R. Beudels-Jamar, Gianetta Purchase, Gianetta Purchase, P. De Ornellas, Mohanad Abdelgadir, Andrew P. Jacobson, Teresa Abáigar, Ben Collen, William A. Cornforth, David Mallon, Jonathan E. M. Baillie, B. Niagate, Nathalie Pettorelli, Sarah M. Durant, Sarah M. Durant, Alaaeldin Soultan, Steven L. Monfort, B. Ndoassal, M. Cano   +44 more
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Biosolids in a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem [PDF]

Rangelands, 2003
Biosolids, formerly called "sewage sludge," are a byproduct of waste water treatment. The U.S. produced 7.6 million tons of biosolids in 1998, and annual biosolids production is expected to increase to 9 million tons by 20 10. Land-based disposal methods include incineration, land-filling, pelletization, composting, and land application.
David B. Wester, Ronald E. Sosebee, Richard E. Zartman, Ernest B. Fish, J. Carlos Villalobos   +4 more
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Analysis of desertification combating needs based on potential vegetation NDVI—A case in the Hotan Oasis

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Combating desertification is vital for arresting land degradation and ensuring sustainable development of the global ecological environment. This study has analyzed the current desertification status and determined its control needs based on the ...
Lei Zhang, Lei Zhang, Lei Zhang, Jia Qu, Dongwei Gui, Dongwei Gui, Qi Liu, Zeeshan Ahmed, Zeeshan Ahmed, Yi Liu, Yi Liu, Zhiming Qi   +11 more
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Soil Bacterial Community Structure and Co-occurrence Pattern during Vegetation Restoration in Karst Rocky Desertification Area

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Vegetation restoration has been widely used in karst rocky desertification (KRD) areas of southwestern China, but the response of microbial community to revegetation has not been well characterized.
Liang Xue, Liang Xue, Huadong Ren, Huadong Ren, Sheng Li, Sheng Li, Xiuhui Leng, Xiuhui Leng, Xiaohua Yao, Xiaohua Yao   +9 more
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Factors driving the biomass and species richness of desert plants in northern Xinjiang China.

PLoS ONE, 2022
The desert ecosystem is an important part of the terrestrial ecosystem. Accurate estimations of the biomass and species richness of desert plants are of great value for maintaining ecosystem stability; however, current assessments remain a challenge due ...
Cheng Fei, Yi Qiang Dong, Sha Zhou An
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Hyperspectral Reflectance and Chemical Composition of Pre- and Post-Fire Soils from Three 2021 Western USA Megafires

Fire, 2023
Over the past two decades, wildfire activity in the western USA has increased, especially in California. Wildfires not only affect air quality but also the environment at large, including chemical and physical properties of fire-affected soils, which are
Yasaman Raeofy, Vera Samburova, Markus Berli, Brad Sion, Hans Moosmüller   +4 more
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Propagation phenological phase and fruiting habits of the Nitraria tangutorum in the lower reaches of Shiyang River

Xibei zhiwu xuebao
[Objective] Fruiting habits was the basis for the selection of plant varieties and scientific management, and the investigation of Nitraria tangutorum in the lower reaches of Shiyang River determined the propagation phenological phase and ...
LIU Hujun, LIU Yun, LIU Shujuan, ZHAO Peng, QI Fujun, LIU Kailin   +5 more
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Relationship between species distribution of sandy alpine grasslands and microtopography in the source regions of Yangtze river

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Dynamic of sandy alpine grasslands affect the progress and reversal of desertification in source regions of the Yangtse Rivers. To understand geomorphic driving mechanism of species distribution pattern, we examined the species compositions and ...
Peng Zhao, Peng Zhao, Peng Zhao, Xianying Xu, Xianying Xu, Jinnian Tang, Shengxiu Jiang   +6 more
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