Shifted dominant flood drivers of an alpine glacierized catchment in the Tianshan region revealed through interpretable deep learning by Wenting Liang, Weili Duan, Yaning Chen, Gonghuan Fang, Shan Zou, Zhi Li, Zewei Qiu, Haodong Lyu

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The use of coal gangue as a planting substrate in arid mining areas by Yuanbo Lu, Chunwu Song, Cheng Yan, Zhengzhong Jin, Yajuan Li, Chengyun Lai, Danhua Wang

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Spring snowmelt flood disasters in Altay, Northwest China: Spatio-temporal distribution and mechanisms by Dilinuer Tuoliewubieke, Weiyi Mao, Junqiang Yao, Xu Zhang, Shujuan Li, Ping Chen, Liyun Ma, Jing Chen

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The responses of vegetation water use efficiency to biomass density and CO2 balance in dryland of Central Asia during 21st century by Alphonse Kayiranga, Xi Chen, Xuexi Ma, Dative Ingabire, Tie Liu, Yaoming Li, Emeka Edwin Igboeli, Eldiiar Duulatov, Hubert Hirwa, Clement Nzabanita, Ping Hu

“…Among the desert plants’ water fluxes, water use efficiency at canopy conductance (iWUE) showed a significant impact on C. stocks (R2 = 0.57) compared to desert ecosystem water use efficiency (vWUE) and water use efficiency at plant respiration (tWUE). …”
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Long-Term Consequences: Deep Time in Barry Lopez’s “The Stone Horse” by Norma Tilden

“…Lopez’s essay describes the writer’s encounter with an earthwork fashioned by Quechan artists perhaps four centuries ago in a California desert. The image is not carved into the hard desert pavement, but constructed from a process of re-arranging small stones and scraping dirt away. …”
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Salinity Tolerance of Artificially Restored Vegetation Under Different Irrigation Strategies in Arid, Abandoned Mining Areas by Aishajiang Aili, Yuguang Zhang, Tao Lin, Hailiang Xu, Abdul Waheed, Wanyu Zhao, Jia Wang, Chuhan Wang

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Performance of 1-year-old camel calves fed a basal ration of alfalfa hay supplemented with different levels of concentrate by Ahmed R. Askar, Rawia Darwesh, Sabbah Allam, Galal M. Abdul Aziz, Afaf A. El Shereef, Ehab Y. Eid, Hamedi M. Kandil, Samir S. Abou El Ezz, Mohsen M. Shoukry

“…This experiment was designed to study the effects of feeding different levels of concentrate in their diet on growth performance and digestion in a desert climate. Methods Eighteen 12-month-old male camel calves were used, and divided into three treatments of six each. …”
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Impact of Methamphetamine Abuse: A Rare Case of Rapid Cerebral Aneurysm Growth with Review of Literature by James Fowler, Brian Fiani, Syed A. Quadri, Vladimir Cortez, Mudassir Frooqui, Atif Zafar, Fahad Shabbir Ahmed, Asad Ikram, Anirudh Ramachandran, Javed Siddiqi

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Le front pionnier agro-désertique égyptien, par-delà rural et ruralité ? by Delphine Acloque

“…Since the middle of the 20th century, desert margins have become the place where the future of the Egyptian agriculture is projected, both by the state and by international institutions. …”
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Evaluating the performance of snow depth reanalysis products in the arid region of Central Asia by Liancheng Zhang, Guli∙Jiapaer, Tao Yu, Hongwu Liang, Kaixiong Lin, Tongwei Ju, Philippe De Maeyer, Tim Van de Voorde

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Age-Stage, Two-Sex Life Table of <i>Leptinotarsa decemlineata</i> (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Experiencing Cadmium Stress by Bingyu He, Jiebo Zhang, Yang Hu, Yi Zhang, Jianan Wang, Chao Li

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Corrigendum to “Introducing a Chaotic Component in the Control System of Soil Respiration” by Peng An, Wen-Feng Wang, Xi Chen, Jing Qian, Yunzhu Pan

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Interaction between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophytes in the root systems of Populus euphratica and Haloxylon ammodendron under different drought conditions... by Huimei Wang, Huimei Wang, Hengfang Wang, Hengfang Wang, Shengtao Wei, Shengtao Wei, Li Sun, Li Sun, Li Sun, Linlin Cheng, Linlin Cheng

“…This study demonstrates the interaction between AMF and DSE with the host plants P. euphratica and H. ammodendron as well as their effects on the adaptation of host plants to the desert environment, which can provide a basis for strengthening desert vegetation management.…”
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Moss-pathogen interactions: a review of the current status and future opportunities by Huan Zhang, Huan Zhang, Qilin Yang, Qilin Yang, Leyi Wang, Leyi Wang, Huawei Liu, Huawei Liu, Daoyuan Zhang, Daoyuan Zhang, Cheng-Guo Duan, Xiaoshuang Li, Xiaoshuang Li

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Slope Aspect Differentiation of Pisha Sandstone Slide Erosion and Its Response to Meteorological Factors by REN Yanan, LI Long, ZHANG Shangxuan, ZHANG Yu, ZHOU Xingchen

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Propagation phenological phase and fruiting habits of the Nitraria tangutorum in the lower reaches of Shiyang River by LIU Hujun, LIU Yun, LIU Shujuan, ZHAO Peng, QI Fujun, LIU Kailin

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Case Report: Testicular Pseudoaneurysm Rupture by Caroline Baber, Eshaan Daas, Michelle Mouri

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Extension of the GSMW Formula in Weaker Assumptions by Wenfeng Wang, Xi Chen

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Nature and Artificiality: in Search of a lost Harmony by Giuseppe De Giovanni

“…Maghreb’s desert, an eternal landscape of slow and irrational creation, or the Motya’s Salterns, geometrical landscape, logical and violent. …”
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Modeling of historical and future changes in temperature and precipitation in the Panj River Basin in Central Asia under the CMIP5 RCP and CMIP6 SSP scenarios by Aminjon Gulakhmadov, Xi Chen, Nekruz Gulahmadov, Muhammmad Rizwan, Manuchekhr Gulakhmadov, Muhammad Umar Nadeem, Moldir Rakhimova, Tie Liu

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