Arid Ecosystem | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 02 Sep 2025

Soil seed bank dynamics and vegetation composition in raudhat Altinhat, Saudi Arabia: implications for arid ecosystem restoration

in Drylands

Ahmed M. Abd-ElGawad
Asma A. Al-Huqail
Abdullah M. Alowaifeer
Turki S. Alsaleem
Abdulaziz M. Assaeed
Omar M. Azab
Basharat A. Dar
Hazem S. Kassem

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1650193

2,776 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 10 Nov 2025

NDVI dynamics and drivers in the Kalamaili Ungulate Nature Reserve: insights from an arid ecosystem in northwest China

in Environmental Informatics and Remote Sensing

Caiyu Yan
Xu Wang
Gang Sun
Lin Zhang
Wei Han
Huangye Peng
Linglv Luo

Frontiers in Environmental Science

doi 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1685330

1,490 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Aug 2015

Soil microbial responses to nitrogen addition in arid ecosystems

in Terrestrial Microbiology

Robert L. Sinsabaugh
Jayne Belnap
Jennifer Rudgers
Cheryl R. Kuske
Noelle Martinez
Darren Sandquist

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00819

12,861 views
72 citations

Core Concept

Published on 25 Jun 2018

The Cerrado Biome: A Forgotten Biodiversity Hotspot

in Biodiversity

Gabriel Damasco
Clarissa Fontes
Renata Françoso
Ricardo Haidar

Frontiers for Young Minds

doi 10.3389/frym.2018.00022

60,222 views
34 citations

Original Research

Published on 09 Mar 2023

Biotic interactions contribute more than environmental factors and geographic distance to biogeographic patterns of soil prokaryotic and fungal communities

in Terrestrial Microbiology

Yu Liu
Chengxiang Ding
Xingfu Li
Derong Su
Jing He

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1134440

4,633 views
10 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 Jan 2023

Mesh-shelters provide more effective long-term protection than tube-shelters or mulching for restoration of Pinus halepensis in a Mediterranean arid ecosystem

in Planted Forests

Juan A. Oliet
Rosa Planelles
Francisco Artero
Douglass F. Jacobs

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

doi 10.3389/ffgc.2022.1092703

2,794 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 17 Jul 2025

Evaluation of the impact of ecological factors on the habitat suitability and bioactive components accumulation of the medicinal holoparasitic plant Cynomorium songaricum using machine learning models

in Functional Plant Ecology

Jiacheng Ji
Xinxin Wei
Huan Guan
Zikang Jin
Xin Yue
Zhuoran Jiang
Youla Su
Shuying Sun
Guilin Chen

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1586682

3,527 views
2 citations

Articles

Soil seed bank dynamics and vegetation composition in raudhat Altinhat, Saudi Arabia: implications for arid ecosystem restoration

NDVI dynamics and drivers in the Kalamaili Ungulate Nature Reserve: insights from an arid ecosystem in northwest China

Soil microbial responses to nitrogen addition in arid ecosystems

The Cerrado Biome: A Forgotten Biodiversity Hotspot

Biotic interactions contribute more than environmental factors and geographic distance to biogeographic patterns of soil prokaryotic and fungal communities

Mesh-shelters provide more effective long-term protection than tube-shelters or mulching for restoration of Pinus halepensis in a Mediterranean arid ecosystem

Evaluation of the impact of ecological factors on the habitat suitability and bioactive components accumulation of the medicinal holoparasitic plant Cynomorium songaricum using machine learning models