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Carbon sink response of terrestrial vegetation ecosystems in the Yangtze River Delta and its driving mechanism
The carbon cycle of terrestrial ecosystems is influenced by global climate change and human activities. Using remote sensing data and land cover...
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Plant community dynamics in arid lands: the role of desert ants
Ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) play an important role in seed bank, seedling establishment and plant composition of arid ecosystems. Thus, knowing...
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Estimation of aboveground biomass of arboreal species in the semi-arid region of Brazil using SAR (synthetic aperture radar) images
The Caatinga biome is an important ecosystem in the semi-arid region of Brazil. It has significantly degraded due to human activities and is...
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Host plant traits play a crucial role in sha** the composition of epiphytic microbiota in the arid desert, Northwest China
Phyllosphere microorganisms are a crucial component of environmental microorganisms, highly influenced by host characteristics, and play a...
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Intensified risk to ecosystem productivity under climate change in the arid/humid transition zone in northern China
Assessing the climate change risk faced by the ecosystems in the arid/humid transition zone (AHTZ) in northern China holds scientific significance to...
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Plant cover as an estimator of above-ground biomass in semi-arid woody vegetation in Northeast Patagonia, Argentina
The quantification of carbon storage in vegetation biomass is a crucial factor in the estimation and mitigation of CO 2 emissions. Globally, arid and...
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Impact of rainfed and irrigated agriculture systems on soil carbon stock under different climate scenarios in the semi-arid region of Brazil
Understanding the dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) is of fundamental importance in land use and management, whether in the current researches or...
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Combination of artificial zeolite and microbial fertilizer to improve mining soils in an arid area of Inner Mongolia, China
Restoration of mining soils is important to the vegetation and environment. This study aimed to explore the variations in soil nutrient contents,...
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Parkland trees on smallholder farms ameliorate soil physical-chemical properties in the semi-arid area of Tigray, Ethiopia
Proposed agroforestry options should begin with the species that farmers are most familiar with, which would be the native multipurpose trees that...
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Status and Challenges of Monitoring Soil Erosion in Croplands of Arid Regions
Soil erosion is the greatest threat to soil health and soil ecosystem services globally. Several studies are reported in literature on monitoring and...
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Lithic soils in the semi-arid region of Brazil: edaphic characterization and susceptibility to erosion
Soils (Leptosols or Epileptic Regosols) with lithic contact at a depth of 50 cm occupy almost 20% of the Brazilian semi-arid region. These lithic...
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Spatio-temporal Variations of Temperature and Precipitation During 1951–2019 in Arid and Semiarid Region, China
Understanding the spatio-temporal variations of temperature and precipitation in the arid and semiarid region of China (ASRC) is of great...
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Part F: ZB III: Zonobiome of Hot Deserts or Subtropical Arid Climate
Deserts together account for more than 35% of the Earth’s solid surface. In the subtropical desert zone, in zonobiome III, there is no cold winter...
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Implications of future climate change on crop and irrigation water requirements in a semi-arid river basin using CMIP6 GCMs
Agriculture faces risks due to increasing stress from climate change, particularly in semi-arid regions. Lack of understanding of crop water...
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Heterogeneity and non-linearity of ecosystem responses to climate change in the Qilian Mountains National Park, China
Ecosystem responses to climate change, particularly in arid environments, is an understudied topic. This study conducted a spatial analysis of...
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Dieback intensity but not functional and taxonomic diversity indices predict forest productivity in different management conditions: Evidence from a semi-arid oak forest ecosystem
The relationships between different aspects of diversity (taxonomic, structural and functional) and the aboveground biomass (AGB) as a major...
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Effects of native and invasive Prosopis species on topsoil physiochemical properties in an arid riparian forest of Hormozgan Province, Iran
Biological invasions can alter soil properties within the range of their introduced, leading to impacts on ecosystem services, ecosystem functions,...
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Temporal and spatial responses of ecological resilience to climate change and human activities in the economic belt on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains, China
In the Anthropocene era, human activities have become increasingly complex and diversified. The natural ecosystems need higher ecological resilience...
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Spatially Explicit Scenario Analysis of Habitat Quality in a Tropical Semi-arid Zone: Case Study of the Sokoto–Rima Basin
Global biodiversity has been steadily dwindling since the turn of the twentieth century. The semi-arid ecological zone has also been decimated to...
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Seasonal dynamics of soil water content in the typical vegetation and its response to precipitation in a semi-arid area of Chinese Loess Plateau
Soil water content is a key limiting factor for vegetation growth in the semi-arid area of Chinese Loess Plateau and precipitation is the main source...