Ecology of Desert Systems

By D. Coleman. 2003

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Subfields: Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology

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Do biological soil crusts determine vegetation changes in sandy deserts? Implications for managing artificial vegetation (2010, background): “, 2006), which creates a water source for herbaceous plants, especially for annual plants (Whitford, 2002).”
Micro‐geomorphology determines community structure of biological soil crusts at small scales (2010, neutral): “, and catenary sequences of soils and nutrients (Van der Valk, 1992; Whitford, 2002).”
Plant species richness and ecosystem multifunctionality in global drylands (2012, background): “affected by temperature and soil texture (28), as an important driver of multifunctionality.”
A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil (2018, background): “These adaptations are likely to be important for bacteria living in arid soils, which are often saline, have high pH values, and experience prolonged periods of low moisture availability (27).”
Species richness effects on ecosystem multifunctionality depend on evenness, composition and spatial pattern (2012, methodology): “N fixation) or are key properties ⁄ processes (sensu Jax 2010, e.g. organic C, total N and soil enzymes) that together constitute a good proxy of nutrient cycling, a main determinant of ecosystem functioning in semiarid ecosystems such as those we aim to recreate (Whitford 2002).”
Is the change of plant–plant interactions with abiotic stress predictable? A meta‐analysis of field results in arid environments (2005, background): “Water and nutrients are usually scarce in arid and semi-arid ecosystems, and are often considered the most limiting resources for plants in these environments (Noy-Meir 1973; Whitford 2002).”
Habitat engineering under dry conditions: The impact of pikas (Ochotona pallasi) on vegetation and site conditions in southern Mongolian steppes (2007, background): “The apparent importance of nutrient concentrations is in contradiction to the idea that communities switch from nutrient limitation to water limitation below a certain limit of precipitation (i.e. 150 – 200 mm, cf. Hooper & Johnson 1999; Whitford 2002).”
Does spatial pattern matter to ecosystem functioning? Insights from biological soil crusts (2005, neutral): “A large set of field studies conducted in arid and semiarid areas have also demonstrated that the spatial patterns of vegetation influence ecosystem functioning through the formation of 'resource islands' underneath the canopy of plant patches (Whitford 2002).”
Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands (2018, background): “Elliott et al. 2014), where they are a key determinant of ecosystem functioning (Whitford & Wade 2002).”
Aridity preferences alter the relative importance of abiotic and biotic drivers on plant species abundance in global drylands (2018, background): “Aridity is a good proxy for water availability, which is the most influential abiotic factor for plant survival in drylands (Whitford 2002), and is a key determinant of both species interactions and community composition in these environments (Callaway 2007; Ulrich et al.”
Spatio-temporal heterogeneity in abiotic factors modulate multiple ontogenetic shifts between competition and facilitation (2010, background): “In arid and semi-arid areas, such variations are particularly important, as water, which is the most limiting factor, shows a strong spatio-temporal variability (Whitford, 2002; Holmgren et al., 2006).”
Reproduction in an endemic bird of a semiarid island: a food‐mediated process (2006, background): “E-mail: j.illera@uea.ac.uk In arid ecosystems there is a considerable year-to-year variation in both the amount and the duration of productivity due to the limiting role of the scarce and unpredictable rains on biological processes (Noy-Meir 1973, Whitford 2002).”