Wu, Xue Wang, Xueying Wang, Pengqi Gu, Yuanting Li, Yan
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Groundwater plays a crucial role in regulating plant growth in arid regions and has significant effects on plant physiological mechanisms. However, research on the influence of groundwater change on plant ecological stoichiometry is still limited. Therefore, this study was carried out to obtain the variations in assimilated branches and soil ecolog...
Patel, Praharsh M.
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Water availability, soil suitability, and favorable climate are the primary requirements for stable agricultural production. However, due to erratic rainfall and scarcity of irrigation water, arid regions suffer from volatile conditions for agriculture. For example, Kachchh, the westernmost district of India in Gujarat, has an arid climate, with mo...
Wu, Shuting Wei, Zhigang Li, Xianru Ma, Li
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Frontiers in Earth Science
With global warming and more frequent extreme precipitation events in recent years, the phenomenon of warming and humidification in the arid regions of Northwest China (ANWC) has attracted increasing attention. We assessed the coupling effects of soil temperature and moisture on extreme precipitation in the ANWC by using daily precipitation data fr...
Chen, Zhijie Chen, Hong Yang, Minan Wang, Xi Jiang, Yuefeng Zhang, Wei
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Frontiers in Environmental Science
As a primary concern in the ecosystem, understanding the impact of spatial heterogeneity of ecological networks on the development of environmental sustainability has overarching significance. The Tibetan Plateau’s edge is a vital contribution to the study of the plateau’s ecological network. However, there are few studies and explorations on the c...
Bibi, Sumera Irshad, Muhammad Ullah, Farid Mahmood, Qaisar Shahzad, Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman Hussain, Zahid Mohiuddin, Muhammad An, Ping Ng, A. W. M.
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Productivity of an orchard generally depends upon the fertility of the soil and the nutrient requirements of the fruit trees. Phosphorus (P) extractability from soils influences the P sorption, release patterns, and P bioavailability. A study was carried out to investigate P extractability via seven extraction methods in relation to soil properties...
Gądek, Bogdan Rojan, Elżbieta Suska-Malawska, Małgorzata
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Miscellanea Geographica
The surge-type Uisu glacier and its forefield in the Tajik part of Eastern Pamir are described. To this end, 1977–2019 Landsat satellite imagery, the DEM, and a high-resolution orthophotomap were used, and detailed geomorphological mapping was carried out. The results show that the present-day position of the terminus of the studied glacier results...
Liang, Tao Wang, Li Shi, Lei
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Both natural and sexual selection can shape sexual dimorphism. However, determination of the contribution of these selection pressures is challenging. In lizards, sexual selection can contribute to the larger head size of males than that of females. However, males and females can also diverge in their head size to prey on different food resources u...
Tan, Yan Chai, Qiang Li, Guang Hu, Falong Yu, Aizhong Zhao, Cai Fan, Zhilong Yin, Wen Fan, Hong
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Excessive nitrogen (N) fertilizer has threatened the survivability and sustainability of agriculture. Improving N productivity is promising to address the above issue. Therefore, the field experiment, which investigated the effect of no-till and N fertilizer reduction on water use and N productivity of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), was condu...
Jiang, Xingyu Liu, Changqing Hu, Yang Shao, Keqiang Tang, Xiangming Gao, Guang Qin, Boqiang
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Frontiers in Microbiology
Endorheic lakes in arid regions of Northwest China are generally vulnerable and sensitive to accelerated climate change and extensive human activities. Therefore, a better understanding of the self-purification capacity of ecosystems, such as denitrification, is necessary to effectively protect these water resources. In the present study, we measur...
Liu, Chao Zhang, Tianhao Lu, Bingqing Zheng, Guozhong Liu, Xiaoyan Gao, Ying Chen, Ying Li, Xiang
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Frontiers in Environmental Science
Northwest China has a desert, arid and semi-arid climate that makes outdoor air sampling challenging. The region is also affected by intense dust storms. Monitoring challenges from the harsh climate have limited supplies of the data needed to inform appropriate regulatory actions to address air pollution in the region. Here we combine a comprehensi...
