Plant species-specific rhizobiome assembly in the hyper-arid Atacama Desert [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThe hyper-arid core of the Atacama Desert represents one of the oldest and driest regions of the world and is characterized by high aridity (precipitation <2 mm y−1), hypersaline soil conditions, extremes in temperature (−5 °C to 50 °C), intense UV ...
J. Fortt +11 more
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Desert mycobiome of Saudi Arabia is driven by vegetation patterns [PDF]
MycoKeysDeserts are home to diverse microbial communities important in many ecological processes and strategies for responding to a changing climate. We recorded the biodiversity of soil-inhabiting fungi and their predictors in Saudi Arabia via metabarcoding ...
Israel Mani +3 more
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Mass decomposition dynamics and soil microbial community changes during the photodegradation process of leaf litter from three plant species in hyper-arid deserts [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe significance of photodegradation in litter decomposition has gained recognition in arid and semi-arid terrestrial ecosystems. However, few studies have directly examined the effects of photodegradation in hyper-arid regions (annual precipitation
Linjie Fan, Lisha Lin, Xiangyi Li
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Relationship between meteoric 10Be and NO3− concentrations in soils along Shackleton Glacier, Antarctica [PDF]
Earth Surface Dynamics, 2021 Outlet glaciers that flow through the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) experienced changes in ice thickness greater than other coastal regions of Antarctica during glacial maxima. As a result, ice-free areas that are currently exposed may have been covered
M. A. Diaz +11 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Turpan Basin located in the eastern Xinjiang is a typical arid inland basin with extremely scarce water resources and a fragile ecosystem. Prokaryotic communities with unique genetic and physiological modifications can survive and function in such harsh ...
Zhidong Zhang +6 more
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Water, 2023 In hyper-arid regions, soil moisture’s role in ecohydrological processes can differ significantly from that in arid or semi-arid ecosystems. We investigated the spatial–temporal dynamics of soil moisture and its relationship with groundwater depths in a 200 m × 300 m phreatophytic tamarisk stand in the lower basin of the Tarim River, a hyper-arid zone ...
Xiaobo Yi +9 more
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Effects of agroforestry on grain yield of maize (Zea mays L.)—A global meta-analysis
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 Maize cropping systems, the world's most important cropping systems in terms of production volume, are responsible for many environmental problems, such as soil degradation and erosion.
Clara Baier +3 more
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Organohalogen emissions from saline environments – spatial extrapolation using remote sensing as most promising tool [PDF]
Biogeosciences, 2012 Due to their negative water budget most recent semi-/arid regions are characterized by vast evaporates (salt lakes and salty soils). We recently identified those hyper-saline environments as additional sources for a multitude of volatile halogenated ...
I. Mulder +5 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 The soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica are an extreme polar desert, inhabited exclusively by microscopic taxa. This region is on the threshold of anticipated climate change, with glacial melt, permafrost thaw, and the melting of massive buried ...
Heather N Buelow +6 more
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The contribution of soil biogenic NO emissions from a managed hyper-arid ecosystem to the regional NO 2 emissions during growing season [PDF]
, 2015 Abstract. A study was carried out to understand the contributions of soil biogenic NO emissions from managed (fertilized and irrigated) hyper-arid ecosystem in NW-China to the regional NO2 emissions during growing season. Soil biogenic NO emissions were quantified by laboratory incubation of corresponding soil samples.
B. Mamtimin +4 more
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