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Desertification Reversal Promotes the Complexity of Plant Community by Increasing Plant Species Diversity of Each Plant Functional Type

Qiu, Kaiyang; Li, Zhigang; Xie, Yingzhong; Xu, Dongmei; He, Chen; Pott, Richard (Basel : MDPI, 2023)

Desertification reversal is globally significant for the sustainable development of land resources. However, the mechanisms of desertification reversal at the level of plant community are still unclear. We hypothesized ...
Diversity, distribution and role of wild crucifers in major cabbage and kale growing areas of Kenya

Kahuthia-Gathu, R.; Löhr, B.; Poehling, Hans-Michael; Mbugua, P.K. (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009)

An investigation of the diversity and distribution of wild crucifer species and their importance for cultivated crucifers was conducted during 2005 and 2006 in the highland and mid-altitude semi-arid areas of Kenya. Thirteen ...
The Kobresia pygmaea ecosystem of the Tibetan highlands – Origin, functioning and degradation of the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem: Kobresia pastures of Tibet

Miehe, Georg; Schleuss, Per-Marten; Seeber, Elke; Babel, Wolfgang; Biermann, Tobias; Braendle, Mmartin; Chen, Fahu; Guggenberger, Georg (Amsterdam : Elsevier B.V., 2019)

With 450,000 km2 Kobresia (syn. Carex) pygmaea dominated pastures in the eastern Tibetan highlands are the world's largest pastoral alpine ecosystem forming a durable turf cover at 3000–6000 m a.s.l. Kobresia's resilience ...

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