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by Fernando T. Maestre — Reposted by: Ning Chen

@ftmaestre.bsky.social

In #drylands, plants don’t grow randomly — they self-organize into disordered hyperuniform patterns that help them use water wisely & endure extreme aridity. A beautiful hidden logic of nature, revealed in a new @pnas.org study doi.org/10.1073/pnas... including #Maestrelab alumni

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by Ning Chen

Ning Chen

@chenning-cn.bsky.social

An amazing work! Congratulations!

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by Fernando T. Maestre — Reposted by: Ning Chen, Lindsay C. Stringer, Nicolas Gross , and 1 more Ning Chen, Lindsay C. Stringer, Nicolas Gross, Fernando T. Maestre

Fernando T. Maestre

@ftmaestre.bsky.social

To meet the targets of the #UN Rio Conventions (#UNCCD, #UNFCCC & #CBD) we must bend the curve of land degradation. Our latest Review in @natureportfolio.nature.com #Nature discusses how to do it by 2050 by urgently transforming global food systems rdcu.be/eACfr #KAUST

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by Ning Chen

Ning Chen

@chenning-cn.bsky.social

Soil microbial network mediate the effects of nitrogen addition on multiservices. realized by a 13-year field experiment!
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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by Ning Chen

Ning Chen

@chenning-cn.bsky.social

Happy to share an excellent study on the self-organized spatial patterns of biocrusts. Biocrusts make a difference. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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by Ning Chen

Ning Chen

@chenning-cn.bsky.social

New paper out! We found that biocrust can coexist with vascular plants and form alternative states on the Loess Plateau. This is critical for restoration projects therein, especially when restoration has costed hundreds of billions of Chinese Yuan.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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by Ning Chen

Ning Chen

@chenning-cn.bsky.social

Congratulations! Bravo! Stay well in KAUST.

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by Ning Chen

Ning Chen

@chenning-cn.bsky.social

Beautiful views!

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by Ning Chen

Ning Chen

@chenning-cn.bsky.social

New paper out. Response Patterns of Three Types of Biocrust to Reduced Rainfall. Moss showed delayed response to rainfall reduction. Soil water content may play a role in mediating biocrust's response. in which way?

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Response Patterns of Three Types of Biocrust to Reduced Rainfall | Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

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by Ning Chen

Ning Chen

@chenning-cn.bsky.social

Short forests should be noticed. Resilience and resistance of short vs. tall forests are compared.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Divergent patterns and determinants of resistance and resilience in short and tall forests across global drylands - IOPscienceSearch

Divergent patterns and determinants of resistance and resilience in short and tall forests across global drylands, He, Xiao, Dong, Xiaoxue, Li, Xuan, Chen, Ning, Zhao, Changming

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by Ning Chen

Ning Chen

@chenning-cn.bsky.social

New paper out. Prioritizing microbial functions over soil quality for enhanced multifunctionality in saline-sodic soil remediation
Paddy cultivation improves saline-sodic soil quality by mediating core genes related to carbon, nitrogen, and especially phosphorus cycling