Cold Deserts | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 14 Dec 2022

Non-viviparous pre-dispersal seed germination in Amaranthaceae in the cold deserts of Central Asia

in Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology

Juanjuan Lu
Wenya Liu
Jincai Han
Dunyan Tan
Carol C. Baskin
Jerry M. Baskin

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.1047330

3,133 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 04 Apr 2019

Rapid Microbial Dynamics in Response to an Induced Wetting Event in Antarctic Dry Valley Soils

in Extreme Microbiology

Thomas D. Niederberger
Eric M. Bottos
Jill A. Sohm
Troy Gunderson
Alex Parker
Kathryn J. Coyne
Douglas G. Capone
Edward J. Carpenter
Stephen Craig Cary

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00621

5,839 views
34 citations

Original Research

Published on 11 Mar 2026

Unanticipated similarities and expected differences in the taxonomic composition and potential toxicity of cyanobacteria in biological soil crusts across hot and cold deserts

in Terrestrial Microbiology

Małgorzata Sandzewicz
Łukasz Łach
Nataliia Khomutovska
Małgorzata Suska-Malawska
Jan Kwiatowski
Hikmat Hisoriev
Iwona Jasser

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1766534

485 views

Original Research

Published on 03 Dec 2013

Methanogens at the top of the world: occurrence and potential activity of methanogens in newly deglaciated soils in high-altitude cold deserts in the Western Himalayas

in Terrestrial Microbiology

Katrin Aschenbach
Ralf Conrad
Klára Řeháková
Jiří Doležal
Kateřina Janatková
Roey Angel

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00359

10,962 views
54 citations

Review

Published on 06 Jun 2019

Operationalizing Resilience and Resistance Concepts to Address Invasive Grass-Fire Cycles

in Biogeography and Macroecology

Jeanne C. Chambers
Matthew L. Brooks
Matthew J. Germino
Jeremy D. Maestas
David I. Board
Matthew O. Jones
Brady W. Allred

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2019.00185

11,646 views
83 citations

Original Research

Published on 12 May 2022

Effect of Altitude on Volatile Organic and Phenolic Compounds of Artemisia brevifolia Wall ex Dc. From the Western Himalayas

in Chemical Ecology

Nandita Nataraj
Manzoor Hussain
Mohd Ibrahim
Alexander E. Hausmann
Srinivas Rao
Satwinderjeet Kaur
Jabeena Khazir
Bilal Ahmad Mir
Shannon B. Olsson

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.864728

7,474 views
35 citations

Original Research

Published on 07 Apr 2026

Divergent water use strategies of three desert shrubs on the Alxa plateau: insights from stable isotopes and root distribution analysis

in Plant Abiotic Stress

Yan-xia Pan
Ai-min Li
Xiong-zhong Ma
Ya-feng Zhang
Xin-ping Wang

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1735586

480 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Aug 2020

Soil Microbiomes With the Genetic Capacity for Atmospheric Chemosynthesis Are Widespread Across the Poles and Are Associated With Moisture, Carbon, and Nitrogen Limitation

in Extreme Microbiology

Angelique E. Ray
Eden Zhang
Aleks Terauds
Mukan Ji
Weidong Kong
Belinda C. Ferrari

Frontiers in Microbiology

doi 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01936

13,742 views
37 citations

Articles

Non-viviparous pre-dispersal seed germination in Amaranthaceae in the cold deserts of Central Asia

Rapid Microbial Dynamics in Response to an Induced Wetting Event in Antarctic Dry Valley Soils

Unanticipated similarities and expected differences in the taxonomic composition and potential toxicity of cyanobacteria in biological soil crusts across hot and cold deserts

Methanogens at the top of the world: occurrence and potential activity of methanogens in newly deglaciated soils in high-altitude cold deserts in the Western Himalayas

Operationalizing Resilience and Resistance Concepts to Address Invasive Grass-Fire Cycles

Effect of Altitude on Volatile Organic and Phenolic Compounds of Artemisia brevifolia Wall ex Dc. From the Western Himalayas

Divergent water use strategies of three desert shrubs on the Alxa plateau: insights from stable isotopes and root distribution analysis

Soil Microbiomes With the Genetic Capacity for Atmospheric Chemosynthesis Are Widespread Across the Poles and Are Associated With Moisture, Carbon, and Nitrogen Limitation