Habitat suitability of biocrust communities in a cold desert ecosystem
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11649
Abstract: Abstract Drylands are unique among terrestrial ecosystems in that they have a significant proportion of primary production facilitated by non‐vascular plants such as colonial cyanobacteria, moss, and lichens, i.e., biocrusts, which occur on and in… read more here.
Keywords: suitability; cold desert; communities cold; biocrust communities ... See more keywords
Dormancy and germination of the trimorphic achenes of a cold desert annual: spreading the risk over time
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DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plaa056
Abstract: Abstract Many studies have been done on the relationship between variation in morphology, dispersal ability and degree of dormancy of heterocarpic species with dimorphic diaspores. However, there are far fewer such studies on species that… read more here.
Keywords: cold desert; achene morphs; dormancy germination; dormancy ... See more keywords
Semiannual dormancy cycling results in two seedling cohorts of annual species in the cold desert of Central Asia
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DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.70000
Abstract: Our aim was to quantify the life‐history strategies of the cold desert annual species Alyssum linifolium and Tetracme quadricornis (Brassicaceae), with particular emphasis on the seed stage. Freshly matured seeds were tested for germination over… read more here.
Keywords: seed; cold desert; autumn; dormancy ... See more keywords