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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. We examined this diffusion and its effect on ecosystem productivity was examined during the growing season from 2014 to 2015 on the basis of eddy covariance measurements of
Li, Cheng, Jia, Xin, Ma, Jingyong, Liu, Peng, Yang, Ruizhi, Bai, Yujie, Hayat, Muhammad, Liu, Jinglan, Zha, Tianshan   +8 more
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Cenozoic evolution of the steppe-desert biome in Central Asia [PDF]

Science Advances, 2020
The steppe-desert is much older than previously thought, but has evolved substantially from the Paleogene to the present.
N. Barbolini, A. Woutersen, G. Dupont-Nivet, D. Silvestro, D. Tardif, P. M. C. Coster, N. Meijer, C. Chang, H.-X. Zhang, A. Licht, C. Rydin, A. Koutsodendris, F. Han, A. Rohrmann, X.-J. Liu, Y. Zhang, Y. Donnadieu, F. Fluteau, J.-B. Ladant, G. Le Hir, C. Hoorn   +20 more
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Effect of desertification on productivity in a desert steppe [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2016
AbstractDesertification, one of the most severe types of land degradation in the world, is of great importance because it is occurring, to some degree, on approximately 40% of the global land area and is affecting more than 1 billion people. In this study, we used a space-for-time method to quantify the impact of five different desertification regimes (
Zhuangsheng Tang, Hui An, Lei Deng, Yingying Wang, Guangyu Zhu, Zhouping Shangguan   +5 more
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Ecosystem responses to warming and watering in typical and desert steppes [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2016
AbstractGlobal warming is projected to continue, leading to intense fluctuations in precipitation and heat waves and thereby affecting the productivity and the relevant biological processes of grassland ecosystems. Here, we determined the functional responses to warming and altered precipitation in both typical and desert steppes.
Zhenzhu Xu, Yanhui Hou, Lihua Zhang, Tao Liu, Guangsheng Zhou   +4 more
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Capacity of grass species shoots to recovery of steppe and desert steppe zones

Mongolian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020
In this research study we determined regeneration capacity of the dominate vegetative plants and shoot formation in steppe and desert-steppe zones. To determine shoot regeneration we selected Stipa krylovii from the steppe zone and Stipa gobica, Cleistogenes songorica from desert steppe zones.
Oyunsuvd Sumiya, Undarmaa Jamsran, Narangerel Tseden-Ish, Diimaa Sangi   +3 more
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Register of stroke in the desert-steppe zones of Uzbekistan

BIO Web of Conferences, 2023
Purpose of the study: to conduct a register of stroke in the desert-steppe zones of Uzbekistan on the example of the Khorezm region and to identify the influence of a complex of weather-climatic factors on the course and outcomes of cerebral strokes. To determine the prognosis of cerebral strokes in the near future, a “Register of cerebral strokes” was
Kilichev I.A., Matyokubov M.O., Adambaev Z.I., Khudayberganov N.Yu., Mirzaeva N.S.   +4 more
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Ectoparasites on Meso-carnivores in the Desert-steppe of Mongolia

Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2018
Studying flea community structure on wild carnivores is important for identifying flea vectors for potential infectious diseases and providing information needed to design programs for human and wildlife health. We collected ectoparasites from 4 species of meso-carnivores in an arid Desert-steppe ecosystem of Mongolia.
Tserendorj Munkhzul, James D. Murdoch, Richard P. Reading   +2 more
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A comparison of relative pollen productivity from forest steppe, typical steppe and desert steppe in Inner Mongolia [PDF]

Chinese Science Bulletin, 2016
Relative pollen productivity (RPP) is the ratio of the absolute pollen productivity of a certain pollen taxon to the pollen reference taxon. It is an important parameter that can be used for quantitative reconstruction of paleovegetation at a landscape scale.
Fei HE, YiYin LI, Jing WU, YaoZhong XU
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Are there morpho‐acoustic patterns of adaptation in nonhuman primate ears? Testing the role of ecology and habitat in shaping ear morphology and function

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Analysis of the variation in the bony structures of the inner and middle ear provides critical insights into functional morphology, as well as adaptive morphology across primates. In this study, we investigated whether ear morphology patterns are related to the ecological characteristics of species and their habitats to test two acoustic ...
Myriam Marsot, Rémi Laffont, Émilie Steimetz, Patricia Balaresque, Sébastien Couette   +4 more
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Origin, evolution and biogeographic dynamics of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Southwestern Europe

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
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