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The influence of biological soil crusts on dew deposition in Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China [PDF]

, 2009
Dew is an important source of moisture for plants, biological soil crusts, invertebrates and small vertebrates in desert environments. In this paper, measurements were taken to investigate the effects of three different types of biological soil crusts ...
Alison, Cheng Jun-hui, Downing, Zhang Bing-chang, Zhang Jing, Zhang Yuan-ming, Zhang, YM, Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog, Key Lab Biogeog & Bioresource Arid Land, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China, Zhou Xiao-bing   +7 more
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Typical Rhizomatous Clonal Grass Psammochloa villosa Changes Resource Allocation During Clonal Expansion to Fit Arid Sandy Habitats

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 11, November 2025.
Resource allocation of Psammochloa villosa changes with clonal expansion in dunes. Growth of plant height, leaf area and rhizome length increase with patch size, and allocation shifts toward aboveground relative to the rhizome at a certain size. Sexual ramets occurs only in sufficiently size at the expense of rhizome growth, highlighting the needs of ...
Heng Ren, Wen Wang, Wenzhi Zhao, Zhibin He, Jun Du   +4 more
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The Effects of Different Desertification Control Measures on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Enzyme Activities in Sand Blocking and Fixation Zone

Shuitu Baochi Xuebao
［Objective］ To explore the effects of different sand control measures on soil physicochemical properties and enzyme activity in sand blocking and stabilization zones, and their relationships, in order to provide technical support for measure selection ...
TIAN Yongsheng, MA Rui, LIU Teng, MA Yanjun   +3 more
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Changes in utilization of canal crossing structures by desert mammal communities during the COVID‐19 lockdown

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 6, Issue 4, October–December 2025.
We investigated desert mammals' utilization of canal wildlife crossing structures (WCSs) in Xinjiang, China, employing COVID‐19 lockdowns as a natural experiment to evaluate anthropogenic disturbance effects. Camera trap data for four focal species revealed shifts in encounter rates, activity patterns, and predator‐prey interactions across pandemic ...
Weibo Wang, Zhixin Wen, Jilong Cheng, Tian Tian, Yu Zhang, Yaqian Cui, Yanhua Qu, Deyan Ge, Lin Xia, Qisen Yang   +9 more
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Responses to precipitation treatment for Haloxylon ammodendron growing on contrasting textured soils [PDF]

, 2010
The responses to precipitation of Haloxylon ammodendron (C.A. Mey.) Bunge (Chenopodiaceae), a small xerophilous tree growing on contrasting textured soils, were evaluated under no, natural, and double precipitation treatments during the entire growing ...
Gui-Qing, Hao, Li, Li, Y, Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog, Fukang Stn Desert Ecol, 40-3 S Beijing Rd, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, Peoples R China, Ting, Xu, Yan, Zou   +7 more
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Indigenous knowledge for plant species diversity: a case study of wild plants' folk names used by the Mongolians in Ejina desert area, Inner Mongolia, P. R. China [PDF]

, 2008
Folk names of plants are the roots of traditional plant biodiversity knowledge. This paper mainly records and analyses the wild plant folk names of the Mongolians in the Ejina desert area based on a field survey for collection and identification of ...
Khasbagan, , Soyolt, , B Berlin, B Berlin, B Berlin, B Berlin, Khasbagan, Khasbagan, Khasbagan, RF Dasmann, SJ Pei, AZ Liu, SJ Pei, Investigation group of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for Inner Mongolia and Ningxia, YQ Ma, YL Zhang, ZY Zhu, GX Wang, GX Wang, GX Wang, GX Wang, CZ Liang, GJ Martin   +22 more
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Advancing phylogenomics in Amaranthaceae sensu stricto: Development and application of a new nuclear target enrichment bait set

Applications in Plant Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 5, September-October 2025.
Abstract Premise Current phylogenies of Amaranthaceae sensu stricto (s.s.) are inadequately sampled and resolved to reflect the entire evolutionary history of the lineage, which is likely complex due to at least three whole‐genome duplication events, occasionally followed by subsequent additional polyploidization events and rapid diversification of ...
Tina Kiedaisch, Gudrun Kadereit, Anže Žerdoner Čalasan, Diego F. Morales‐Briones   +3 more
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Abiotic regulators of soil respiration in desert ecosystems [PDF]

, 2009
Soil temperature and soil moisture are the most important environmental factors controlling soil respiration in mesic ecosystems. However, soil respiration and associated abiotic regulators have been poorly studied in desert ecosystems.
Chen, Yaning, Chen, YI, Chinese Acad Sci, Xinjiang Inst Ecol & Geog, Key Lab Oasis Ecol & Desert Environm, Urumqi 830011, Peoples R China, Li, Weihong, Zhang, Lihua, Zhao, Ruifeng   +4 more
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Forage Crop Research in the Modern Age

Advanced Science, Volume 12, Issue 27, July 17, 2025.
Forage crops are increasingly vital to sustainable agriculture, yet urgent demands for transformative innovations create unprecedented opportunities and challenges. This review synthesizes the latest advances in forage research, spotlighting cutting‐edge breeding technologies and their transformative potential.
Qikun Liu, Gai Huang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Zhelong Lin, Xian Deng, Xueming Dong, Zhipeng Liu, Zan Wang, Yingjun Zhang, Hai‐chun Jing, Kang Chong, Xiaofeng Cao   +11 more
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Study interaction of plants and fungi in drained bed of Aral sea in Kazakhstan [PDF]

, 2015
The purpose of this research was the study interaction of plans and fungi in the zone of weak salinization in the ...
Borisenko, E. V., Kolesnichenko, Yu. S., Meshkov, V. V.   +2 more
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