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Deserts

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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Evolution characteristics and pattern optimization of land use conflict in inland river Basin from the perspective of production-living-ecological

Wanzhuang Huang, Ziyang Wang, Yue Liu, Jing Shi

published 24 Apr 2025

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Classopollis works as a significant indicator for the Cheirolepidiaceae paleovegetation arid zone, as proven by fossil records from Egypt

Ahmed Maher

published 25 Mar 2025

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Endozoochory by the cooperation between beetles and ants in the holoparasitic plant Cynomorium songaricum in the deserts of Northwest China

Zhi Wang, Huan Guan, Bingzhen Li, Qianqian Zhang, Qing Chen, Dehui Wang, Kexin He, Zikang Jin, Guilin Chen

published 11 Mar 2025

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Unveiling high solifuge diversity: Review of the genus Pseudocleobis Pocock, 1900 (Ammotrechidae) in Chile with the description of nine new species

Hernán Augusto Iuri, Andrés Alejandro Ojanguren-Affilastro, Emilio A. Maury, Fermín M. Alfaro, Bernardino Camousseigt-Montolivo, Jaime Pizarro-Araya

published 15 Jan 2025

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of grassland aboveground biomass in northern China and the alpine region: Impacts of climate change and human activities

Xinyun Wang, Ji Zhu, Peipei Pan

published 16 Dec 2024

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Precipitation in July maximizes total above-ground productivity of the desert steppe in Inner Mongolia, China

Chunxue Han, Ruichao Li, Haigang Li

published 16 Dec 2024

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