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Deserts

High Bacterial Diversity of Biological Soil Crusts in Water Tracks over Permafrost in the High Arctic Polar Desert

Blaire Steven, Marie Lionard, Cheryl R. Kuske, Warwick F. Vincent

The Formation of the Patterns of Desert Shrub Communities on the Western Ordos Plateau, China: The Roles of Seed Dispersal and Sand Burial

Yange Wang, Xiaohui Yang, Zhongjie Shi

Divergence in Olfactory Host Plant Preference in D. mojavensis in Response to Cactus Host Use

Priya Date, Hany K. M. Dweck, [ ... ], Stephanie M. Rollmann

Biomass and Its Allocation in Relation to Temperature, Precipitation, and Soil Nutrients in Inner Mongolia Grasslands, China

Muyi Kang, Cheng Dai, [ ... ], Han Y. H. Chen

Buried in Sands: Environmental Analysis at the Archaeological Site of Xiaohe Cemetery, Xinjiang, China

Jin-Feng Li, Idelisi Abuduresule, [ ... ], Cheng-Sen Li

Interactive Effects of Warming and Increased Precipitation on Community Structure and Composition in an Annual Forb Dominated Desert Steppe

Yanhui Hou, Guangsheng Zhou, [ ... ], Xinshi Zhang

Beyond the Levant: First Evidence of a Pre-Pottery Neolithic Incursion into the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia

Rémy Crassard, Michael D. Petraglia, [ ... ], Ceri Shipton

Interactions of Grazing History, Cattle Removal and Time since Rain Drive Divergent Short-Term Responses by Desert Biota

Anke S. K. Frank, Chris R. Dickman, Glenda M. Wardle, Aaron C. Greenville

Effect of Land Use History and Pattern on Soil Carbon Storage in Arid Region of Central Asia

Xiaoyu Li, Yugang Wang, [ ... ], Xi Chen

Water Developments and Canids in Two North American Deserts: A Test of the Indirect Effect of Water Hypothesis

Lucas K. Hall, Randy T. Larsen, [ ... ], Brock R. McMillan

Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) Dietary Specialization Decreases across a Precipitation Gradient

Ian W. Murray, Blair O. Wolf

Rapidly Evolving Genes and Stress Adaptation of Two Desert Poplars, Populus euphratica and P. pruinosa

Jian Zhang, Penghui Xie, [ ... ], Jianquan Liu

Anthropogenic Resource Subsidies Determine Space Use by Australian Arid Zone Dingoes: An Improved Resource Selection Modelling Approach

Thomas M. Newsome, Guy-Anthony Ballard, [ ... ], Chris Howden

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