Shrub encroachment, productivity pulses, and core‐transient dynamics of Chihuahuan Desert rodents
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2330
Abstract: Drylands worldwide are experiencing shrub encroachment into grasslands with potential consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem services. Climate change could increase the rate of shrub encroachment, amplify precipitation variability, and thus alter bottom-up processes for animal… read more here.
Keywords: desert rodents; rodent biomass; chihuahuan desert; core transient ... See more keywords
The threat of energy diversification to a bioregion: a landscape-level analysis of current and future impacts on the US Chihuahuan Desert
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DOI: 10.1007/s10113-019-01525-4
Abstract: Landscapes are being impacted by rapid change, especially by diversifying energy industries. As this process occurs, habitats with little development and fragmentation are now facing increasing anthropogenic change. We studied current patterns of land use… read more here.
Keywords: bioregion; energy; future impacts; chihuahuan desert ... See more keywords
Soil fungal composition changes with shrub encroachment in the northern Chihuahuan Desert
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DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2021.101096
Abstract: Abstract Woody species encroachment of grasslands globally causes many socioecological impacts, including loss of grazing pastures and decreased biodiversity. Soil microbial communities may partially regulate the pace of shrub encroachment, as plant-microbial interactions can strongly… read more here.
Keywords: fungal composition; soil; chihuahuan desert; shrub encroachment ... See more keywords
Complete vivipary behavior detected in the epiphytic Tillandsia recurvata L. (Ball moss) in the Chihuahuan Desert in two continuous years
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.103993
Abstract: Abstract Vivipary implies that seeds germinate inside the fruit still attached to the mother plant. Vivipary may constitute an adaptive trait, which may allow the quick establishment of seedlings in harsh environments. The Bromeliaceae includes… read more here.
Keywords: fruit; complete vivipary; chihuahuan desert; desert two ... See more keywords
Agave flower visitation by pallid bats, Antrozous pallidus, in the Chihuahuan Desert
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DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab051
Abstract: Pallid bats, Antrozous pallidus, despite being primarily insectivorous gleaning predators, consume nectar of the cardón cactus, Pachycereus pringlei, in the Sonoran Desert. It is unknown whether nectar feeding occurs in the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas,… read more here.
Keywords: antrozous pallidus; pallid bats; chihuahuan desert; bats antrozous ... See more keywords
Press–pulse interactions and long‐term community dynamics in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland
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DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12881
Abstract: Co-ordinating Editor: Enrique Valencia Abstract Questions: Reordering of dominant species is an important mechanism of community response to global environmental change. We asked how wildfire (a pulse event) interacts with directional changes in climate (environmental… read more here.
Keywords: community; desert grassland; community dynamics; dynamics chihuahuan ... See more keywords
New species of Pyrgulopsis Call & Pilsbry, 1886 (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) from two Chihuahuan Desert springs.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.1.4
Abstract: Two new populations of Pyrgulopsis were found in springs in the Chihuahuan desert region of Texas. Pyrgulopsis Call & Pilsbry, 1886 are a diverse group of snails occupying freshwater springs, usually narrow-range endemics limited to… read more here.
Keywords: chihuahuan desert; pyrgulopsis call; call pilsbry; new species ... See more keywords
Phylogenetic patterns of foliar mineral nutrient accumulation among gypsophiles and their relatives in the Chihuahuan Desert.
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DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1700245
Abstract: PREMISE OF THE STUDY Gypsum endemism in plants (gypsophily) is common on gypsum outcrops worldwide, but little is known about the functional ecology of Chihuahuan Desert gypsophiles. We investigated whether leaf chemistry of gypsophile lineages… read more here.
Keywords: gypsum; gypsophile lineages; chemistry; chihuahuan desert ... See more keywords