Biogeography of global drylands

FT Maestre, BM Benito, M Berdugo… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite their extent and socio‐ecological importance, a comprehensive biogeographical
synthesis of drylands is lacking. Here we synthesize the biogeography of key organisms …

Alhagi sparsifolia: An ideal phreatophyte for combating desertification and land degradation

A Tariq, A Ullah, J Sardans, F Zeng, C Graciano… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The upcoming launch of the post-2020 biodiversity framework entails elucidating the future
priorities and strategies for conserving biodiversity on a regional and global scale …

[图书][B] Rangeland systems: processes, management and challenges

DD Briske - 2017 - library.oapen.org
This book summarizes the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding
global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It originated from …

Growth and water relations of Tamarix ramosissima and Populus euphratica on Taklamakan desert dunes in relation to depth to a permanent water table

D Gries, F Zeng, A Foetzki, SK Arndt… - Plant, cell & …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The hypothesis that water relations and growth of phreatophytic Tamarix ramosissima
Ledeb. and Populus euphratica Oliv. on dunes of varying height in an extremely arid …

Water subsidies from mountains to deserts: Their role in sustaining groundwater‐fed oases in a sandy landscape

EG Jobbágy, MD Nosetto, PE Villagra… - Ecological …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In arid regions throughout the world, shallow phreatic aquifers feed natural oases of much
higher productivity than would be expected solely from local rainfall. In South America, the …

Contrasting patterns of leaf solute accumulation and salt adaptation in four phreatophytic desert plants in a hyperarid desert with saline groundwater

SK Arndt, C Arampatsis, A Foetzki, X Li, F Zeng… - Journal of Arid …, 2004 - Elsevier
The seasonal variation of leaf solutes was investigated in four perennial phreatophytes in
the natural vegetation surrounding a river oasis in the Chinese Taklamakan desert in order …

沙漠-绿洲过渡带四种多年生植物水分关系特征

李向义, 张希明, 何兴元, 曾凡江 - 生态学报, 2004 - cqvip.com
沙漠-绿洲过渡带地区植被的可持续性在防止绿洲沙漠化的过程中非常重要.
对过渡带主要植物种骆驼刺(Alhagisparsifolia Shp), 多枝柽柳(Tamarix ramosissima Lebed.) …

Response of nodulation, nitrogen fixation to salt stress in a desert legume Alhagi sparsifolia

M Li, MD Petrie, A Tariq, F Zeng - Environmental and experimental botany, 2021 - Elsevier
Salinity has adverse effects on the nitrogen (N) metabolism of legumes in dryland
ecosystems. Although the response of biological N fixation (BNF) to salt stress has received …

Water use by perennial plants in the transition zone between river oasis and desert in NW China

FM Thomas, A Foetzki, SK Arndt, H Bruelheide… - Basic and Applied …, 2006 - Elsevier
The study aimed at establishing the role of two possible water sources (inundation, ground
water) for the water supply to the perennial plant species Alhagi sparsifolia, Calligonum …

Vegetation changes in a river oasis on the southern rim of the Taklamakan Desert in China between 1956 and 2000

H Bruelheide, U Jandt, D Gries, FM Thomas, A Foetzki… - 2003 - kobra.uni-kassel.de
The indigenous vegetation surrounding the river oases on the southern rim of the
Taklamakan Desert has drastically diminished due to overexploitation as a source of fodder …