Salt marshes are highly productive intertidal wetlands providing important ecological
services for maintaining coastal biodiversity, buffering against oceanic storms, and acting as …

Soil salinisation is one of the major soil degradation threats occurring in Europe. The effects
of salinisation can be observed in numerous vital ecological and non-ecological soil …

The global water crisis, driven by water scarcity and water quality deterioration, is expected
to continue and intensify in dry and overpopulated areas, and will play a critical role in …

Coastal defense structures (eg, dikes, seawalls) protect vulnerable communities along
marine coastlines and estuaries from the physical and chemical influences of adjacent water …

Saline water evaporation from porous media is important in many processes such as soil
salinization, CO 2 sequestration, crop production and water management. This process is …

Plant diversity is very important for maintaining the structure and function of ecosystems.
Affected by climate change, it is increasingly sensitive to abiotic stresses, especially in …

This study aimed to evaluate whether the improvement in soil conditions induced by the
vegetation spontaneously colonizing abandoned metal (loid) mine tailings from semiarid …

This study aims to characterize soil properties and to investigate how these parameters,
including soil salinity, are related to zonation and distributional patterns of halophytic plants …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play a vital role in the succession of the plant community,
as well as the enhancement of nutrient uptake and stress tolerance in their host plants. To …

Abstract The Aral Sea has been persistently shrinking in past decades, and the influence of
the lake water level changes on vegetation in the lake retreat areas is uncertain. In this …