[HTML][HTML] Physiological and behavioral mechanisms of thermoregulation in mammals

D Mota-Rojas, CG Titto, A Orihuela, J Martínez-Burnes… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The study of the hypothalamic neuromodulation of thermoregulation offers
broad areas of opportunity with practical applications that are currently being strengthened …

[HTML][HTML] Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

C Bang, T Dagan, P Deines, N Dubilier, WJ Duschl… - Zoology, 2018 - Elsevier
From protists to humans, all animals and plants are inhabited by microbial organisms. There
is an increasing appreciation that these resident microbes influence the fitness of their plant …

Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts

N Shackelford, GB Paterno, DE Winkler… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Restoration of degraded drylands is urgently needed to mitigate climate change, reverse
desertification and secure livelihoods for the two billion people who live in these areas. Bold …

How do plants remember drought?

A Sadhukhan, SS Prasad, J Mitra, N Siddiqui, L Sahoo… - Planta, 2022 - Springer
Main conclusion Plants develop both short-term and transgenerational memory of drought
stress through epigenetic regulation of transcription for a better response to subsequent …

Changes to dryland rainfall result in rapid moss mortality and altered soil fertility

SC Reed, KK Coe, JP Sparks, DC Housman… - Nature Climate …, 2012 - nature.com
Arid and semi-arid ecosystems cover∼ 40% of Earth's terrestrial surface, but we know little
about how climate change will affect these widespread landscapes. Like many drylands, the …

It is getting hotter in here: determining and projecting the impacts of global environmental change on drylands

FT Maestre, R Salguero-Gómez… - … Transactions of the …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Drylands occupy large portions of the Earth, and are a key terrestrial biome from the socio-
ecological point of view. In spite of their extent and importance, the impacts of global …

[图书][B] Human adaptability: An introduction to ecological anthropology

EF Moran - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Designed to help students understand the multiple levels at which human populations
respond to their surroundings, this essential text offers the most complete discussion of …

[HTML][HTML] Walter's two-layer hypothesis revisited: back to the roots!

D Ward, K Wiegand, S Getzin - Oecologia, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Walter (Jahrb Wiss Bot 87: 750–860, 1939) proposed a two-layer hypothesis, an
equilibrium explanation for coexistence of savanna trees and grasses. This hypothesis relies …

[HTML][HTML] Global patterns of climate change impacts on desert bird communities

L Ma, SR Conradie, CL Crawford, AS Gardner… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The world's warm deserts are predicted to experience disproportionately large temperature
increases due to climate change, yet the impacts on global desert biodiversity remain poorly …

A multiscale, hierarchical model of pulse dynamics in arid-land ecosystems

SL Collins, J Belnap, NB Grimm… - Annual Review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Ecological processes in arid lands are often described by the pulse-reserve paradigm, in
which rain events drive biological activity until moisture is depleted, leaving a reserve. This …