Precipitation and nitrogen deposition alter biocrust–vascular plant coexistence in a desert ecosystem: Threshold and mechanisms

Nitrogen-enhanced herbaceous competition threatens woody species persistence in a desert ecosystem

(2021) Weiwei She et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Precipitation and nitrogen deposition alter biocrust–vascular plant coexistence in a desert ecosystem: Threshold and mechanisms

(2021) Weiwei She et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Dual community assembly processes in dryland biocrust communities

(2020) Santiago Soliveres et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Global ecosystem thresholds driven by aridity

(2020) Miguel Berdugo et al.   SCIENCE

Biotic and abiotic effects on biocrust cover vary with microsite along an extensive aridity gradient

(2020) Jingyi Ding et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands

(2020) David J. Eldridge et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biocrust as one of multiple stable states in global drylands

(2020) Ning Chen et al.   Science Advances

Nutrient additions have direct and indirect effects on biocrust biomass in a long-term Chihuahuan Desert grassland experiment

(2020) Lauren M. Baldarelli et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Nitrogen deposition magnifies the sensitivity of desert steppe plant communities to large changes in precipitation

(2019) Quanhui Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Moss patch size and microhabitats influence stoichiometry of moss crusts in a temperate desert, Central Asia

(2019) Yong-Gang Li et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Towards a predictive framework for biocrust mediation of plant performance: A meta‐analysis

(2019) Caroline A. Havrilla et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Nitrogen enrichment suppresses revegetated shrub growth under increased precipitation via herb-induced topsoil water limitation in a desert ecosystem in northern China

(2019) Weiwei She et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Ecohydrological effects of biocrust type on restoration dynamics in drylands

(2019) Ning Chen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effects of nitrogen deposition on the spatial pattern of biocrusts and soil microbial activity in a semi‐arid Mediterranean shrubland

(2019) Verónica P. Benvenutto‐Vargas et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Hydrological response of biological soil crusts to global warming: A ten-year simulative study

(2018) Xin-Rong Li et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Dryland photoautotrophic soil surface communities endangered by global change

(2018) Emilio Rodriguez-Caballero et al.   Nature Geoscience

Warming reduces the cover, richness and evenness of lichen-dominated biocrusts but promotes moss growth: insights from an 8 yr experiment

(2018) Mónica Ladrón de Guevara et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Nitrogen deposition drives loss of moss cover in alpine moss-sedge heath via lowered C : N ratio and accelerated decomposition

(2018) Andrea J. Britton et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

High rainfall frequency promotes the dominance of biocrust under low annual rainfall

(2018) Rongliang Jia et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Nitrogen deposition reduces the cover of biocrust-forming lichens and soil pigment content in a semiarid Mediterranean shrubland

(2017) Raúl Ochoa-Hueso et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Precipitation and topsoil attributes determine the species diversity and distribution patterns of crustal communities in desert ecosystems

(2017) X. R. Li et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Sensitivity of the xerophytic mossSyntrichia caninervisto prolonged simulated nitrogen deposition

(2016) Yuanming Zhang et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Structure and Functioning of Dryland Ecosystems in a Changing World

(2016) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Comparing the responses of bryophytes and short-statured vascular plants to climate shifts and eutrophication

(2016) Risto Virtanen et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Increased Precipitation and Nitrogen Alter Shrub Architecture in a Desert Shrubland: Implications for Primary Production

(2016) Weiwei She et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Future changes and uncertainties in temperature and precipitation over China based on CMIP5 models

(2015) Di Tian et al.   ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

Divergence in physiological responses between cyanobacterial and lichen crusts to a gradient of simulated nitrogen deposition

(2015) Xiaobing B. Zhou et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Climate change and physical disturbance cause similar community shifts in biological soil crusts

(2015) Scott Ferrenberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Accelerated dryland expansion under climate change

(2015) Jianping Huang et al.   Nature Climate Change

lavaan: AnRPackage for Structural Equation Modeling

(2015) Yves Rosseel   Journal of Statistical Software

Influence of Environmental Factors on Carbon Dioxide Exchange in Biological Soil Crusts in Desert Areas

(2014) Wei Feng et al.   ARID LAND RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT

The effect of wind and precipitation on vegetation and biogenic crust covers in the Sde-Hallamish sand dunes

(2014) Raz Amir et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE

Review of the ecohydrological processes and feedback mechanisms controlling sand-binding vegetation systems in sandy desert regions of China

(2013) XinRong Li et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

Simulation of historical and projected climate change in arid and semiarid areas by CMIP5 models

(2013) Tianbao Zhao et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

Enhanced nitrogen deposition over China

(2013) Xuejun Liu et al.   NATURE

Biogenic crust dynamics on sand dunes

(2013) Shai Kinast et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Precipitation-driven carbon balance controls survivorship of desert biocrust mosses

(2012) Kirsten K. Coe et al.   ECOLOGY

Contrasting nutrient-capture strategies in shrubs and grasses of a Patagonian arid ecosystem

(2012) O.E. Sala et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Combating Aeolian Desertification in Northern China

(2012) T. Wang et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Contribution of cryptogamic covers to the global cycles of carbon and nitrogen

(2012) Wolfgang Elbert et al.   Nature Geoscience

Hydrologic variability in dryland regions: impacts on ecosystem dynamics and food security

(2012) P. D'Odorico et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2012) Sasha C. Reed et al.   Nature Climate Change

Ecosystem response to nutrient enrichment across an urban airshed in the Sonoran Desert

(2011) Sharon J. Hall et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Spatial distribution and physiology of biological soil crusts from semi-arid central Spain are related to soil chemistry and shrub cover

(2011) Raúl Ochoa-Hueso et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis

(2010) R. Bobbink et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

A framework for assessing ecosystem dynamics in response to chronic resource alterations induced by global change

(2009) Melinda D. Smith et al.   ECOLOGY