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Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands
Perennial plants create productive and biodiverse hotspots, known as fertile islands, beneath their canopies. These hotspots largely determine the...
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Spatial Signatures of Biological Soil Crusts and Community Level Self-organization in Drylands
While vascular plants in drylands can spatially self-organize and persist under climatic stress through gradual changes in patch attributes, dryland...
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Global evaluation of current and future threats to drylands and their vertebrate biodiversity
Drylands are often overlooked in broad conservation frameworks and development priorities and face increasing threats from human activities. Here we...
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Plant trait networks reveal adaptation strategies in the drylands of China
BackgroundPlants accomplish multiple functions by the interrelationships between functional traits. Clarifying the complex relationships between...
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Research needs on the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship in drylands
Research carried out in drylands over the last decade has provided major insights on the biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationship (BEFr) and...
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Life form-specific facilitative interactions determine plant biodiversity in global drylands
Nurse plants play a crucial role on plant biodiversity in drylands. While the nurse’s impacts in biodiversity are documented, we know little about...
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Sustainable Crop Management for Drylands
Drylands are areas characterized by low ratios of annual precipitation on an average to potential evapotranspiration. The soil in these regions...
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Drylands: An Introduction
A lot of research has been conducted worldwide to find out best management practices for nurturing dryland agriculture, and, consequently, a variety...
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Fertile island effects across soil depths in drylands of the Tibetan Plateau
Background and aimsIn dryland regions, patches of vegetation play a crucial role in sequestering carbon and vital nutrients, creating what have been...
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Severe Prolonged Drought Favours Stress-Tolerant Microbes in Australian Drylands
Drylands comprise one-third of Earth’s terrestrial surface area and support over two billion people. Most drylands are projected to experience...
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Divergent responses of nitrogen availability to aridity in drylands
PurposeDrylands are generally drought-stressed and have low soil fertility. While negative effects of drought on vegetation productivity are...
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Seedling survival and plantation success in the drylands of Northern Ethiopia
We studied tree seedling survival rates and plantation success of the Growth and Transformation Plan I—GTP I (2011–2015) in the drylands of Northern...
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Cities in drylands as artificial protected areas for plants
Freshwater is not abundantly available in many parts of the planet. Drylands cover about 41.3% of the face of the earth and support more than...
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Using biochar and deficit irrigation enhanced the growth of commercial agroforestry woody species seedlings in drylands (a case study in Saz, northern Ethiopia)
Water availability is the main challenge for the growth and development of woody species in drylands. Application of biochar under deficit irrigation...
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C, N, and P Nutrient Cycling in Drylands
Drylands play a significant role in the global biogeochemical cycling of nutrients (carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus) through abiotic (geological,...
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Transplanted sagebrush “wildlings” exhibit higher survival than greenhouse-grown tubelings yet both recruit new plants
BackgroundLand uses such as crop production, livestock grazing, mining, and urban development have contributed to degradation of drylands worldwide....
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Insect and Pest Management for Sustaining Crop Production Under Changing Climatic Patterns of Drylands
Climate change is alarming, particularly for agriculturists as it severely impacts the development, distribution, and survival of insects and pests,...
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Consortium of Management Practices in Long-Run Improves Soil Fertility and Carbon Sequestration in Drylands of Semi-Arid Tropics
A continuously declining carbon in soils of drylands has increasingly become a source of concern and needs integrated solutions to achieve global...
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The importance of native shrubs on the distribution and diversity of reptiles and amphibians in the central drylands of Southwestern USA.
Conservation and management of drylands is a global challenge. Key attributes of these ecosystems, such as dominant vegetation including shrubs, can...
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Functional traits of nurse plants impact recruitment based on life form of beneficiary plants
Arid and semi-arid ecosystems are widely distributed around the world, covering about 60% of the earth’s land area. This type of ecosystem has low...
