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Landscape Sustainability in a Sonoran Desert City

open access: yesCities and the Environment, 2008
The objective of this paper is to discuss concepts of landscape sustainability in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Phoenix is situated in the greater Salt River Valley of the lower Sonoran Desert in the southwest United States.
Chris A. Martin
doaj  

Plant Biotic Interactions in the Sonoran Desert: Conservation Challenges and Future Directions

open access: yes, 2015
Biotic interactions are vital to ecosystem functioning. Interactions among individuals lie at the core of population and community dynamics, and therefore play a central role in the existence and persistence of species.
Brigitte Marazzi   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

New combinations for Sonoran Desert plants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
We provide new nomenclatural combinations for three Sonoran Desert plants: Opuntia engelmannii var. laevis (J.M. Coulter) Felger, Verrier, & Carnahan, comb. nov.; Parkinsonia florida subsp. peninsulare (Rose) Hawkins & Felger, comb.
Davis Carnahan, S   +3 more
core  

Root microbiome diversity and structure of the Sonoran desert buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare L.). [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2023
Jara-Servin A   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Invasive buffelgrass detection using high‐resolution satellite and UAV imagery on Google Earth Engine

open access: yesRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2019
Methods to detect and monitor the spread of invasive grasses are critical to avoid ecosystem transformations and large economic costs. The rapid spread of non‐native buffelgrass(Pennisetum ciliare) has intensified fire risk and is replacing fire ...
Kaitlyn Elkind   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microstructure and Hydrophobicity of the External Surface of a Sonoran Desert Beetle. [PDF]

open access: yesBiomimetics (Basel), 2022
Tellechea-Robles LE   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Large scale 20mm photography for range resources analysis in the Western United States [PDF]

open access: yes
Large scale 70mm aerial photography is a valuable supplementary tool for rangeland studies. A wide assortment of applications were developed varying from vegetation mapping to assessing environmental impact on rangelands.
Tueller, P. T.
core   +1 more source

Survival of microorganisms in desert soil exposed to five years of continuous very high vacuum [PDF]

open access: yes
Microorganism survivability in desert algal soil crust under continuous very high ...
Cameron, R. E.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The Hexane Fraction of A Gray Induces p21-Mediated Antiproliferative and Proapoptotic Effects in Human Cancer–Derived Cell Lines

open access: yesIntegrative Cancer Therapies, 2017
Bursera microphylla (BM), one of the common elephant trees, is widely distributed in the Sonoran desert in Mexico. The Seri ethnic group in the Sonoran desert uses BM as an anti-inflammatory and painkiller drug for the treatment of sore throat, herpes ...
Sabrina Adorisio PhD   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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