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Namibian fairy circles: Hostile territory for soil nematodes

Amy Treonis, Andrew Bell, Eugene Marais, Gillian Maggs-Kölling

published 12 Aug 2025

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Distribution of pharmacy deserts and its association with digital divide and residential redlining across the United States

Giovanni Catalano, Selamawit Woldesenbet, Timothy M. Pawlik

published 11 Aug 2025

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Evaluation of protection benefit of sand barrier fence with different heights on desert highway

Ming Zhang, Qi Li, Jiayin Hou, Shuai Ji

published 08 Aug 2025

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Intraindividual, intraspecific, and interspecific variation shapes natural selection and its detection in two convergently-evolved lizard species

Simone Des Roches, Max R. Lambert, Michaela S. Brinkmeyer, Jacqueline M. Howells, Andy Dettinger, Erica Bree Rosenblum

published 04 Aug 2025

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Ediacaran-Cambrian paleosols of Nevada and California

Gregory J. Retallack

published 24 Jun 2025

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Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Calotes and Uromastyx in the Cholistan Desert, Pakistan, based on COI gene analysis

Javed Hussain, Gulnaz Afzal, Muhammad Zeshan Haider, Iram Qadeer, Shazia Perveen, Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad, Ahmed A. El-Mansi, Abdelalim A. Gadallah, Kasim Sakran Abass

published 17 Jun 2025

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Microclimate effects and outdoor thermal comfort of green roof types in hot and dry climates: Modelling in the historic city of Yazd, Iran

Zahra Karimian, Sara Mahdizadeh

published 10 Jun 2025

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New insights into archaeological textiles (1000–1450AD) from the coastal region of the Atacama Desert: Preliminary evidence of a cochineal and shellfish purple dye combination

José J. Cárcamo-Vega, Marcela Sepúlveda, Edgar Casanova-González, Sebastián Gutiérrez, Alejandro Mitrani, Elard J. Dauelsberg, Álvaro E. Aliaga, Cecilia Lemp, José Luis Ruvalcaba-Sil

published 04 Jun 2025

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South Arabia’s prehistoric monument landscape shows social resilience to climate change

Joy McCorriston, Lawrence Ball, Michael J. Harrower, Ian M. Hamilton, Sarah J. Ivory, Matthew J. Senn, Tara Steimer-Herbet, Abigail F. Buffington, Ali Ahmad Al-Kathiri, Ali Musalam Al-Mahri

published 28 May 2025

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Effects of nitrogen and precipitation on the life history of spring- and autumn-germinated plants of Hypecoum erectum L. (Papaveraceae)

Shanlin Yang, Rongrong Cui, Xueying Yang, Kexin Sun, Yuwei Liu, Bing Han, Chunzhi Zhou, Bingyan Liu

published 09 May 2025

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Landscape structure evolution and ecological risk evaluation of oasis desert cities: A case study of Tiemenguan city

Mingyue Sun, Hongguang Liu, Yingsheng Dang, Ping Gong, Pengfei Li, Rui Fang, Huan Cao, Xiang Li, Hanji Xia, Fuhai Ye, Yong Guo

published 07 May 2025

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Evaluation of Kubuqi Desert Wind Erosion Prevention Service and drivers of the actual wind erosion studies Based on RWEQ Model from 2000 to 2022

Yinchao Chai, Hejun Zuo, Min Yan, Tao Zuo, Yu Yan

published 06 May 2025

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The ultimate challenge to climate change: Endurance of a thermophilic reptile to the harsh temperatures on an extremely hot island

Melissa Plasman, Aníbal H. Díaz de la Vega-Pérez, Marshall D. McCue, Mauricio Tepos-Ramírez, Víctor Hugo Reynoso

published 30 Apr 2025

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