“Fertile islands” beneath three desert vegetation on soil phosphorus fractions, enzymatic activities, and microbial biomass in the desert-oasis transition zone

Allocation of foliar-P fractions of Alhagi sparsifolia and its relationship with soil-P fractions and soil properties in a hyperarid desert ecosystem

(2021) Yanju Gao et al.   GEODERMA

The fertile island effect collapses under extreme overgrazing: evidence from a shrub-encroached grassland

(2020) Yurong Cai et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

(2020) Jingyi Ding et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

No Fertile Island Effects or Salt Island Effects of Tamarix chinensis on Understory Herbaceous Communities Were Found in the Coastal Area of Laizhou Bay, China

(2020) Dayou Zhou et al.   WETLANDS

Response of soil phosphorus fractions and fluxes to different vegetation restoration types in a subtropical mountain ecosystem

(2020) Denggao Fu et al.   CATENA

Responses of soil nitrogen and phosphorus cycling to drying and rewetting cycles: A meta-analysis

(2020) Decai Gao et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Distribution of Soil Phosphorus Fractions as a Function of Long-Term Soil Tillage and Phosphate Fertilization Management

(2020) Rafael de Souza Nunes et al.   Frontiers in Earth Science

Patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry among leaf, stem and root of desert plants and responses to climate and soil factors in Xinjiang, China

(2020) Yan Luo et al.   CATENA

Simulating impacts of climate change on cotton yield and water requirement using RZWQM2

(2019) Xiaoping Chen et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Oasification: An unable evasive process in fighting against desertification for the sustainable development of arid and semiarid regions of China

(2019) Jie Xue et al.   CATENA

Factors that alter the relative importance of abiotic and biotic drivers on the fertile island in a desert-oasis ecotone

(2019) Hengfang Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Grazing modulates soil temperature and moisture in a Eurasian steppe

(2018) Yuchun Yan et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Functional metabolic diversity of the bacterial community in undisturbed resource island soils in the southern Sonoran Desert

(2018) D. Edisa Garcia et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil

(2018) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   SCIENCE

Combining spectroscopic and isotopic techniques gives a dynamic view of phosphorus cycling in soil

(2018) Julian Helfenstein et al.   Nature Communications

Effects of vegetation and slope aspect on soil nitrogen mineralization during the growing season in sloping lands of the Loess Plateau

(2018) Weibo Kong et al.   CATENA

Soil texture determines the distribution of aggregate-associated carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous under two contrasting land use types in the Loess Plateau

(2018) Nannan Ge et al.   CATENA

Effects of planting Tamarix chinensis on shallow soil water and salt content under different groundwater depths in the Yellow River Delta

(2018) Xiaoqian Li et al.   GEODERMA

Effects of shrub species on soil nitrogen mineralization in the desert-loess transition zone

(2018) Yufei Yao et al.   CATENA

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

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

The Impacts of Soil Fertility and Salinity on Soil Nitrogen Dynamics Mediated by the Soil Microbial Community Beneath the Halophytic Shrub Tamarisk

(2017) Chikae Iwaoka et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Insight into the influence of sand-stabilizing shrubs on soil enzyme activity in a temperate desert

(2016) Rui Hu et al.   CATENA

Legume and Non-legume Trees Increase Soil Carbon Sequestration in Savanna

(2016) Joscha N. Becker et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Changes in soil organic carbon fractions after afforestation with xerophytic shrubs in the Tengger Desert, northern China

(2016) X. J. Li et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Effects of xeric shrubs on soil microbial communities in a desert in northern China

(2016) Yanfei Sun et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

“Fertile island” effects of Tamarix chinensis Lour. on soil N and P stoichiometry in the coastal wetland of Laizhou Bay, China

(2015) Qiangqiang Rong et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

A Multiscale, Hierarchical Model of Pulse Dynamics in Arid-Land Ecosystems

(2014) S.L. Collins et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Nutrient transfer in plant–fungal symbioses

(2014) Scott W. Behie et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Do changes in grazing pressure and the degree of shrub encroachment alter the effects of individual shrubs on understorey plant communities and soil function?

(2013) Santiago Soliveres et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The impact of land management and abandonment on soil enzymatic activity, glomalin content and aggregate stability

(2013) Maria Gispert et al.   GEODERMA

Preference for different inorganic nitrogen forms among plant functional types and species of the Patagonian steppe

(2013) Laureano A. Gherardi et al.   OECOLOGIA

Responses of root growth of Alhagi sparsifolia Shap. (Fabaceae) to different simulated groundwater depths in the southern fringe of the Taklimakan Desert, China

(2013) FanJiang Zeng et al.   Journal of Arid Land

Shrubs increase soil resources heterogeneity along semiarid grass slopes in the Loess Plateau

(2012) X. Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Ecological characteristics of Alhagi sparsifolia Shap. seedling roots under different irrigation treatments

(2012) Fan-jiang Zeng et al.   RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Stoichiometric controls of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in decomposing beech leaf litter

(2011) Maria Mooshammer et al.   ECOLOGY

Soil biological properties under different tree based traditional agroforestry systems in a semi-arid region of Rajasthan, India

(2010) R. S. Yadav et al.   AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

Organic acid accumulation under flooded soil conditions in relation to the incorporation of wheat and rice straws with different C:N ratios

(2010) Yuhua Shan et al.   SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION

Life on the edge – to which degree does phreatic water sustain vegetation in the periphery of the Taklamakan Desert?

(2009) Helge Bruelheide et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Horizontal heterogeneity in the frequency of plant-available water with woodland intercanopy–canopy vegetation patch type rivals that occuring vertically by soil depth

(2009) David D. Breshears et al.   Ecohydrology

Land degradation in drylands: Interactions among hydrologic–aeolian erosion and vegetation dynamics

(2009) Sujith Ravi et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

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

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