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Deserts

The Sap Flow Dynamics and Response of Hedysarum scoparium to Environmental Factors in Semiarid Northwestern China

Jifeng Deng, Guodong Ding, Guanglei Gao, Bin Wu, Yuqing Zhang, Shugao Qin, Wenhui Fan

published 02 Jul 2015

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Using Range-Wide Abundance Modeling to Identify Key Conservation Areas for the Micro-Endemic Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus)

Cinthya A. Ureña-Aranda, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Enrique Martínez-Meyer, Carlos Yáñez-Arenas, Rosario Landgrave Ramírez, Alejandro Espinosa de los Monteros

published 26 Jun 2015

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Land Use/Cover Change in the Middle Reaches of the Heihe River Basin over 2000-2011 and Its Implications for Sustainable Water Resource Management

Xiaoli Hu, Ling Lu, Xin Li, Jianhua Wang, Ming Guo

published 26 Jun 2015

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Effects of Sand Dune Stabilization on the Spatial Pattern of Artemisia ordosica Population in Mu Us Desert, Northwest China

Jiachen Zhang, Yuqing Zhang, Dongqing Fan, Shugao Qin, Xin Jia, Bin Wu, Dong Chen, Hao Gao, Linfeng Zhu

published 23 Jun 2015

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Holocene Demographic Changes and the Emergence of Complex Societies in Prehistoric Australia

Alan N. Williams, Sean Ulm, Chris S. M. Turney, David Rohde, Gentry White

published 17 Jun 2015

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Genetic Divergence among Regions Containing the Vulnerable Great Desert Skink (Liopholis kintorei) in the Australian Arid Zone

Siobhan Dennison, Steve McAlpin, David G. Chapple, Adam J. Stow

published 10 Jun 2015

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Non-Rainfall Moisture Activates Fungal Decomposition of Surface Litter in the Namib Sand Sea

Kathryn Jacobson, Anne van Diepeningen, Sarah Evans, Rachel Fritts, Philipp Gemmel, Chris Marsho, Mary Seely, Anthony Wenndt, Xiaoxuan Yang, Peter Jacobson

published 15 May 2015

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Isotopic Niche Variation in a Higher Trophic Level Ectotherm: Highlighting the Role of Succulent Plants in Desert Food Webs

Miguel Delibes, Ma Carmen Blazquez, Jose Maria Fedriani, Arsenio Granados, Laura Soriano, Antonio Delgado

published 14 May 2015

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Timing and Spatial Distribution of Loess in Xinjiang, NW China

Yun Li, Yougui Song, Libin Yan, Tao Chen, Zhisheng An

published 13 May 2015

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Trend Patterns of Vegetative Coverage and Their Underlying Causes in the Deserts of Northwest China over 1982 – 2008

Tianyi Zhang, Hesong Wang

published 11 May 2015

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Impact of Precipitation Patterns on Biomass and Species Richness of Annuals in a Dry Steppe

Hong Yan, Cunzhu Liang, Zhiyong Li, Zhongling Liu, Bailing Miao, Chunguang He, Lianxi Sheng

published 23 Apr 2015

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Whole-Genome Optical Mapping and Finished Genome Sequence of Sphingobacterium deserti sp. nov., a New Species Isolated from the Western Desert of China

Chao Teng, Zhengfu Zhou, István Molnár, Xinna Li, Ran Tang, Ming Chen, Lin Wang, Shiyou Su, Wei Zhang, Min Lin

published 01 Apr 2015

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The Human Footprint in Mexico: Physical Geography and Historical Legacies

Charlotte González-Abraham, Exequiel Ezcurra, Pedro P. Garcillán, Alfredo Ortega-Rubio, Melanie Kolb, Juan E. Bezaury Creel

published 24 Mar 2015

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