Soil texture modulates the intensity of fertile islands through affecting the distribution of shrub fine roots

Large shrubs increase soil nutrients in a semi-arid savanna

(2018) David Ward et al.   GEODERMA

Influence of shrub roots on soil macropores using X-ray computed tomography in a shrub-encroached grassland in Northern China

(2018) Xia Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

The effect of roots and easily available carbon on the decomposition of soil organic matter fractions in boreal forest soil

(2017) J. Pumpanen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Abiotic processes are insufficient for fertile island development: A 10-year artificial shrub experiment in a desert grassland

(2017) Junran Li et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands

(2017) Raúl Ochoa-Hueso et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Fine-root trait plasticity of beech (Fagus sylvatica) and spruce (Picea abies) forests on two contrasting soils

(2016) Monique Weemstra et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Soil under nurse plants is always better than outside: a survey on soil amelioration by a complete guild of nurse plants across a long environmental gradient

(2016) M. A. K. Mihoč et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Fertility Island Formation and Evolution in Dryland Ecosystems

(2016) Luca Ridolfi et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Landforms and processes in arid and semi-arid environments

(2015) Xiaoping Yang et al.   CATENA

Connectivity in dryland landscapes: shifting concepts of spatial interactions

(2015) Gregory S Okin et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Influence of scattered Acacia trees on soil nutrient levels in arid Tunisia

(2015) Maarten De Boever et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Root distribution of different mature tree species growing on contrasting textured soils in temperate windbreaks

(2014) Pierre-Manuel Plante et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Fine root biomass and dynamics in beech forests across a precipitation gradient - is optimal resource partitioning theory applicable to water-limited mature trees?

(2013) Dietrich Hertel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Aggregate-associated soil organic matter as an ecosystem property and a measurement tool

(2013) Johan Six et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Evidence of a threshold in soil erodibility generating differences in vegetation development and resilience between two semiarid grasslands

(2012) J.L. Mora et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Spatial analysis of fine root distribution on a recently constructed ecosystem in a water-limited environment

(2011) Willis Gwenzi et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Spatial heterogeneity of soil chemical properties at fine scales induced by Haloxylon ammodendron (Chenopodiaceae) plants in a sandy desert

(2010) Congjuan Li et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Spatial variability of soil properties under Pinus canariensis canopy in two contrasting soil textures

(2009) A. Rodríguez et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The effect of shrub canopy upon surface temperatures and evaporation in the Negev Desert

(2008) Giora J. Kidron   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Rooting depth and leaf hydraulic conductance in the xeric treeHaloxyolon ammodendrongrowing at sites of contrasting soil texture

(2008) G.-Q. Xu et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Plant host habitat and root exudates shape soil bacterial community structure

(2008) Feth el Zahar Haichar et al.   ISME Journal

Fertile islands under Artemisia ordosica in inland dunes of northern China: Effects of habitats and plant developmental stages

(2007) Ping-Xing Li et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS