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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

published 13 Aug 2013

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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

published 26 Jul 2013

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

Priya Date, Hany K. M. Dweck, Marcus C. Stensmyr, Jodi Shann, Bill S. Hansson, Stephanie M. Rollmann

published 25 Jul 2013

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

Muyi Kang, Cheng Dai, Wenyao Ji, Yuan Jiang, Zhiyou Yuan, Han Y. H. Chen

published 25 Jul 2013

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

Jin-Feng Li, Idelisi Abuduresule, Francis M. Hueber, Wen-Ying Li, Xin-Jun Hu, Yue-Zhuo Li, Cheng-Sen Li

published 22 Jul 2013

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

Yanhui Hou, Guangsheng Zhou, Zhenzhu Xu, Tao Liu, Xinshi Zhang

published 19 Jul 2013

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

Rémy Crassard, Michael D. Petraglia, Adrian G. Parker, Ash Parton, Richard G. Roberts, Zenobia Jacobs, Abdullah Alsharekh, Abdulaziz Al-Omari, Paul Breeze, Nick A. Drake, Huw S. Groucutt, Richard Jennings, Emmanuelle Régagnon, Ceri Shipton

published 19 Jul 2013

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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

published 16 Jul 2013

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

Xiaoyu Li, Yugang Wang, Lijuan Liu, Geping Luo, Yan Li, Xi Chen

published 10 Jul 2013

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

Lucas K. Hall, Randy T. Larsen, Robert N. Knight, Kevin D. Bunnell, Brock R. McMillan

published 02 Jul 2013

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

Ian W. Murray, Blair O. Wolf

published 28 Jun 2013

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

Jian Zhang, Penghui Xie, Martin Lascoux, Thomas R. Meagher, Jianquan Liu

published 11 Jun 2013

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

Thomas M. Newsome, Guy-Anthony Ballard, Christopher R. Dickman, Peter J. S. Fleming, Chris Howden

published 30 May 2013

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