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Deserts are one of the least invaded ecosystems by plants, possibly due to naturally low levels of soil nitrogen. Increased levels of soil nitrogen ca...
Read moreThe desert locust is a migratory pest whose population development in remote areas must be monitored to prevent outbreaks, upsurges and plagues. Monit...
Read moreTheories of plant succession are poorly developed in arid lands, hindering our understanding of how long communities may take to recover after disturb...
Read moreWindblown dust, an environmental problem in many disturbed arid lands, has the potential to affect the physiological performance of desert shrubs. Phy...
Read moreExotic annual plants are an increasingly important ecological issue and new, creative approaches to management are required. In desert ecosystems of t...
Read moreThe desert locust Schistocerca gregaria has been considered a major pest since ancient times, as locust swarms holding millions of insects move throug...
Read moreVehicle tracks were made by up to 100 motorcycle and four-wheel drive passes in the Mojave Desert of California on a Typic Haplargid and a Typic Torri...
Read moreCurrent understanding regarding the effects of boundaries on bird communities has originated largely from studies of forest-non-forest boundaries in m...
Read moreThe dispersion, biomass and population structure of the semi-desert shrub Zygophyllum eurypterum were measured in a 1-ha sample of the Turan Biosphere...
Read morePatch structural complexity affects local species richness and population densities. Anthropogenic disturbance may alter complexity and heterogeneity,...
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