Members of the cactus family are keystone species of arid and semiarid biomes in the
Americas, as they provide shelter and resources to support other members of ecosystems …

Arid ecosystems cover∼ 40% of the Earth's terrestrial surface and store a high proportion of
the global nitrogen (N) pool. They are low-productivity, low-biomass, and polyextreme …

Our research shed light on the distribution, number, and impact of small reservoirs (SRs) on
rural dryland water availability and hydrology. We measured the storage capacity …

Flowering desert (FD) events consist of the rapid flowering of a wide variety of native plants
in the Atacama Desert of Chile, which is categorized as the driest desert in the world. While …

The aim of this work was to develop a comparative study between Bacillus paralicheniformis
TB197 and B. subtilis ATCC 21332 strains in terms of growth, cyclic lipopeptide production …

Nectar-inhabiting microbes are increasingly appreciated as important components of plant-
pollinator interactions. We quantified the incidence, abundance, diversity, and composition …

In the last decades, more than six hundred exotic species have become established
throughout the region of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, including …

Permineralized woods of Nothofagoxylon scalariforme from Miocene strata (Río Leona
Formation) that crop out in the southwestern region of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina were …

The article explores future directions toward the conservation of the state of Arizona, aiming
to preserve its multiple natural resources, including landscapes, wildlife, flora, unique …

Extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) are particularly common in Fabaceae, and their morphological
diversity has proved taxonomically useful. However, their anatomy remains poorly …