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

W Kong, Y Yao, Z Zhao, X Qin, H Zhu, X Wei, M Shao… - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
The presence of vegetation has significant effects on soil nitrogen (N) turnover. However,
whether these effects vary with slope aspect, vegetation type and time of season were not …

Contrasting effects of aridity and grazing intensity on multiple ecosystem functions and services in Australian woodlands

S Vandandorj, DJ Eldridge, SK Travers… - Land Degradation & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Global change is expected to reduce the provision of multiple ecosystem services in
drylands, the largest biome on Earth. Understanding the relative importance of climate …

Overstory–understory vegetation cover and soil water content observations in western juniper woodlands: A paired watershed study in Central Oregon, USA

G Ray, CG Ochoa, T Deboodt, R Mata-Gonzalez - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
The effects of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) control on understory vegetation and
soil water content were studied at the watershed-scale. Seasonal differences in topsoil (12 …

Changes in climate, grazing pressure and nutrient inputs affect the structural integrity and functioning of Andean shrublands

DP Vélez-Mora, E Gusmán, CI Espinosa… - Plant Ecology & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Changes in climate and the intensity of agriculture expansion can alter plant
population dynamics and community composition and structure of dry shrublands. Aims We …

Maxent Predictive Species Distribution Models and Model Accuracy Assessment for Two Species of Psilochalcis Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) Occurring in the …

MJ Petersen, HG Ortiz Cano, T Gomez, RL Johnson… - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
Two species of Psilochalcis wasps (P. minuta and P. quadratis) were recently described
from Utah's eastern Great Basin. The extent of their known distributions is extremely limited …

Climate and landscape variation shapes the water balance of piñon pine-juniper woodlands

MD Petrie, NP Savage - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2022 - Elsevier
Piñon pine-juniper woodlands are strongly influenced by water balance variation imparted
by variation in climate, landscape attributes, and tree stand characteristics. To elucidate how …

Descriptions, Ecological Associations and Predictive Species Distribution Models of New Species of Psilochalcis Kieffer (Hymenoptera; Chalcididae) Occurring in …

MJ Petersen - 2023 - search.proquest.com
The genus Psilochalcis, of the Family Chalcididae, was originally described in 1905 by
Kieffer. Mainly considered an Old-World taxon, the first North American Psilochalcis were not …

Linking Extreme High Air Temperature Events to Wildfire and Environmental Variation to Water Balance Partitioning in the Western US

N Savage - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Chapter 1 Wildfire activity has increased across the western United States in recent
decades, causing significant damage to ecosystem services and human communities. The …