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1. Soils and food security
by Harrison, Roy M., 1948 and Hester, R. E. (Ronald E.) and Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
2012, Issues in environmental science and technology, ISBN 9781849734264, Volume 35., xvii, 231
This book, the 35th volume of Issues in Environmental Science and Technology, examines the current status of soils across the globe and their potential for... 
Soils | Food security | Quality | Science | General | Chemistry | Food Science | Technology
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2. Full Text Warming and increased precipitation frequency on the Colorado Plateau: implications for biological soil crusts and soil processes
by Tamara J. Zelikova and David C. Housman and Ed E. Grote and Deborah A. Neher and Jayne Belnap and Deborah A Neher / University of Vermont
Plant and Soil, ISSN 0032-079X, 6/2012, Volume 355, Issue 1/2, pp. 265 - 282
Aims Changes in temperature and precipitation are expected to influence ecosystem processes worldwide. Despite their globally large extent, few studies to date... 
Soil biochemistry | Soil heating | Soil depth | Biological soil crusts | Cyanobacteria | Soil water | Soil organic matter | Desert soils | Soil ecology | Forest soils | Life Sciences | Soil chemistry | Climate change | Colorado Plateau | Plant Physiology | Ecology | Plant Sciences | Soil Science & Conservation | TALLGRASS PRAIRIE | SOUTHWESTERN NORTH-AMERICA | AGRONOMY | ELEVATED CO2 | TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS | CLIMATE-CHANGE IMPACTS | MOJAVE DESERT ECOSYSTEM | COMMUNITY COMPOSITION | EXTRACELLULAR ENZYME-ACTIVITY | PLANT SCIENCES | NITROGEN-FIXATION | BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES | SOIL SCIENCE | Soil research | Plant-soil relationships | Precipitation (Meteorology) | Research | Geochemistry | Soils | Global warming | Deserts | Enzymes | Microbial activity | Temperature | Rainfall | Soil nutrients | Summer | Climatic changes | Biomass | Precipitation | Temperature effects | plateaus | Soil | Nutrients | Nutrient cycles | Soil temperature | Structure-function relationships | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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3. Full Text Water Pulses and Biogeochemical Cycles in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems
by Amy T. Austin and Laura Yahdjian and John M. Stark and Jayne Belnap and Amilcare Porporato and Urszula Norton and Damián A. Ravetta and Sean M. Schaeffer
Oecologia, ISSN 0029-8549, 10/2004, Volume 141, Issue 2, pp. 221 - 235
The episodic nature of water availability in arid and semiarid ecosystems has significant consequences on belowground carbon and nutrient cycling. Pulsed water... 
Soil biochemistry | Soil microorganisms | Forest steppe soils | Pulse Events and Arid Ecosystems | Soil water | Soil organic matter | Desert soils | Organic soils | Arid soils | Grassland soils | Soil ecology | Nitrogen mineralization | Wet-dry cycles | Carbon cycling | Soil texture | LifeSciences | Biogeochemical cycles | Water pulses | DRY TROPICAL FOREST | soil texture | nitrogen mineralization | wet-dry cycles | NITRIC-OXIDE EMISSIONS | biogeochemical cycles | AMERICAN SHORTGRASS STEPPE | carbon cycling | water pulses | NORTHERN CHIHUAHUAN DESERT | MICROBIAL BIOMASS | SHRUB-STEPPE | ECOLOGY | N-15 NATURAL-ABUNDANCE | SOIL ORGANIC-MATTER | GRASSLAND SOILS | Particle Size | Carbon - metabolism | Nitrogen - metabolism | Rain | Soil Microbiology | Ecosystem | Water - metabolism | Soil - analysis | Seasons | Desert Climate | Soils | Arid zones
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4. Full Text Responses of dryland soil respiration and soil carbon pool size to abrupt vs. gradual and individual vs. combined changes in soil temperature, precipitation, and atmospheric [CO2]: a simulation analysis
by SHEN, WEIJUN and REYNOLDS, JAMES F and HUI, DAFENG
Global Change Biology, ISSN 1354-1013, 09/2009, Volume 15, Issue 9, pp. 2274 - 2294
With the large extent and great amount of soil carbon (C) storage, drylands play an important role in terrestrial C balance and feedbacks to climate change.... 
soil respiration | precipitation | global warming | modeling | dryland | elevated CO2 | Precipitation | Global warming | Elevated CO | Soil respiration | Dryland | Modeling | DESERT SHRUBS | SONORAN DESERT | MOJAVE-DESERT | RAINFALL VARIABILITY | SOUTHERN NEVADA | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM | CHIHUAHUAN DESERT | CYCLE FEEDBACKS | ECOLOGY | ENRICHMENT FACE | BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION | Thermal properties | Soils | Carbon content | Ecosystems | Models | Universities and colleges | Rain and rainfall | Soil temperature | Climate change | Terrestrial ecosystems | Carbon dioxide
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5. Full Text Improvement of physical and hydraulic properties of desert soil with amendment of different biochars
by Zhang, Leiyi and Jing, Yiming and Chen, Guanhong and Wang, Xiaojie and Zhang, Renduo
Journal of Soils and Sediments, ISSN 1439-0108, 7/2019, Volume 19, Issue 7, pp. 2984 - 2996
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of amendment of different biochars on the physical and hydraulic properties of desert soil.Biochars... 
Environment, general | Environmental Physics | Desert soil | Influence factors | Soil aggregates | Environment | Biochars | Soil Science & Conservation | Hydraulic properties | POROSITY | SANDY | SIZE | WATER-RETENTION | BIOTA | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | SOIL SCIENCE | CONDUCTIVITY | Clay minerals | Soil structure | Hydrogeology | Hydraulic measurements | Porosity | Water treatment | Organic matter | Soil mixtures | Sandy soils | Hydraulics | Desertification | Soil improvement | Water flow | Minerals | Properties | Retention | Straw | Moisture content | Soil density | Water content | Soil water | Deserts | Rice | Bulk density | Animal wastes | Agents | Clay soils | Organic soils | Clays | Soils | Soil mixing | Soil porosity | Soil properties | Soil suction | Soil organic matter | Saturated soils | Charcoal
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6. Soil survey
: Desert Experimental Range, Utah
by Tew, Ronald K and Kitchen, Stanley G and Holmgren, Ralph C and United States. Forest Service
1997, General technical report (Intermountain Research Station (Ogden, Utah)), Volume INT-GTR-347., 22
Utah | Soil surveys | Desert Experimental Range (Millard County)
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7. Full Text Afternoon rain more likely over drier soils
by Taylor, Christopher M and De Jeu, Richard A. M and Guichard, Françoise and Harris, Phil P and Dorigo, Wouter A
Nature, ISSN 0028-0836, 09/2012, Volume 489, Issue 7416, pp. 423 - 426
Land surface properties, such as vegetation cover and soil moisture, influence the partitioning of radiative energy between latent and sensible heat fluxes in... 
ATMOSPHERIC CONTROLS | UNITED-STATES | MOISTURE | DIURNAL CYCLE | PRECIPITATION | CONVECTION | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | LAND | PART II | BOUNDARY LAYER INTERACTIONS | FEEDBACK | Geography | Models, Theoretical | Climate | Desiccation | Water - analysis | Hot Temperature | Rain | Time Factors | Droughts | Feedback | Ecosystem | Humidity | Soil - chemistry | Atmosphere - chemistry | Desert Climate | Austria | Precipitation (Meteorology) | Research | Observations | Soil moisture | Soils | Precipitation | Moisture content | Meteorology | Uncertainty | Computer simulation | Driers | Fluxes | Drying
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8. Full Text Land Use and Climatic Factors Structure Regional Patterns in Soil Microbial Communities
by Rebecca E. Drenovsky and Kerri L. Steenwerth and Louise E. Jackson and Kate M. Scow
Global Ecology and Biogeography, ISSN 1466-822X, 1/2010, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 27 - 39
Aim Although patterns are emerging for macroorganisms, we have limited understanding of the factors determining soil microbial community composition and... 
Agricultural soils | Soil microorganisms | Tillage | Wetland soils | Acid soils | Desert soils | Fatty acids | Grassland soils | Forest soils | Soil ecology | microbial biomass | disturbance | PLFA | soil microbial community | California | water | Water | Soil microbial community | Microbial biomass | Disturbance | BACTERIA | QUALITY | PLANT-SPECIES RICHNESS | BIOGEOGRAPHY | LANDSCAPE | TILLAGE | FATTY-ACID PROFILES | RESPONSES | GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL | DYNAMICS | ECOLOGY | DIVERSITY | Agricultural ecosystems | Soil moisture | Analysis | Soil acidity | Water use | Agricultural ecology | Aquatic resources | Deserts | Rain and rainfall | Soil microbiology | Land use | Microbiology | Soils | Biomass
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9. Full Text Small-scale variability of soil properties and soil–vegetation relationships in patterned ground on different lithologies (NW Italian Alps)
by D'Amico, Michele and Gorra, Roberta and Freppaz, Michele
Catena, ISSN 0341-8162, 12/2015, Volume 135, pp. 47 - 58
Cryogenic patterned ground represents spectacular periglacial landscapes. On the Alps, sorted/nonsorted patterned ground features larger than 1 m, formed by... 
Pedogenesis | Serpentine soils | Nonsorted patterned ground | Periglacial soils | Sorted patterned ground | Cryoturbation | PERMAFROST | LANDFORMS | DEVON ISLAND | WATER RESOURCES | SOIL SCIENCE | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | PLATEAU | Ciyoturbation | ALPINE SOILS | JOTUNHEIMEN | POLAR DESERT | Analysis | Serpentinite | Chemical properties | Soil chemistry | Parent and child | Ecosystems | Heavy metals
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10. Soil water repellency: A method of soil moisture sequestration in pinyon-juniper woodland
by Robinson, David A and Lebron, Inma and Ryel, Ronald J and Jones, Scott B
Soil Science Society of America Journal, ISSN 0361-5995, 03/2010, Volume 74, Issue 2, pp. 624 - 634
Encroachment of pinyon-juniper woodland into rangeland ecosystems is prevalent across the western United States. Mechanisms associated with this successful... 
VEGETATION TYPES | HYDRAULIC LIFT | SOIL SCIENCE | ARTEMISIA-TRIDENTATA | WOODY-PLANTS | SEMIARID WOODLAND | DYNAMICS | DESERT | HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS | NITROGEN CYCLES | ECOSYSTEMS | National parks | Stream flow | Precipitation | Rain | Soil erosion | Soil fertility | Grasses | Parks & recreation areas | Trees | Soil moisture | Canopies | Woodlands | Nutrients | Infiltration | Hydrophobicity | Soil (material)
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11. Full Text Development of artificially induced biological soil crusts in fields and their effects on top soil
by Yiwen Wu and Benqiang Rao and Peipei Wu and Yongding Liu and Genbao Li and Dunhai Li
Plant and Soil, ISSN 0032-079X, 9/2013, Volume 370, Issue 1/2, pp. 115 - 124
Aims Biological soil crusts (BSCs) could improve severe environment ecological conditions by increasing soil moisture, soil nitrogen concentration, and so on.... 
Soil biochemistry | Soil microorganisms | Biological soil crusts | Cyanobacteria | Soil water | Sand soils | Soil inoculation | Desert soils | Soil crusts | Soil ecology | Life Sciences | Biological soil crusts growth | Algal species | Phosphorus | Plant Physiology | Ecology | Bioremediation | Nitrogen | Plant Sciences | Soil Science & Conservation | DESERT CRUSTS | AGRONOMY | CHINA | EMERGENCE | BLUE-GREEN-ALGAE | PLANT SCIENCES | SCYTONEMIN | MICROORGANISMS | SOIL SCIENCE | CYANOBACTERIA | DIVERSITY | PIGMENT | Soil chemistry | Soil quality | Research | Soils | Algae
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