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Taxonomic implications of leaf morphology and epidermal anatomy for 14 species of Gagea (Liliaceae) from Xinjiang, China by Qiu, Juan, Lin, Musen, Tan, Dunyan

“…Background Leaf morphology and epidermal characters are important for phylogenetic and taxonomic studies of many plants, but there is currently insufficient…”
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Phenotypic plasticity in diaspore production of a amphi-basicarpic cold desert annual that produces polymorphic diaspores by Gan, Lu, Lu, Juanjuan, Baskin, Jerry M., Baskin, Carol C., Tan, Dunyan

“…Phenotypic plasticity has been studied in diaspore-dimorphic species, but no such study has been done on a diaspore-polymorphic species. Our aim was to…”
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Protection against insect predation during fruit development: the role of fleshy fruit wings of three species of Zygophyllum in the cold desert of Central Asia by Xie, Kaiqing, Qiu, Juan, Mamut, Jannathan, Li, Yuting, Tan, Dunyan

“…Introduction Fruit wings serve various ecological functions, including facilitating wind dispersal, providing physical protection to seeds, and regulating seed…”
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Persistent inner tepals and wings protect developing seeds of Rheum nanum from insect herbivory in Central Asian cold deserts by Li, Yuting, Mamut, Jannathan, Xie, Kaiqing, Zhao, Jing, Tan, Dunyan

“…Although the postdispersal functions of diaspore (fruit and its appendages) have been reported, little is known about their protective/defensive functions. In…”
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Variations in root architecture traits and their association with organ mass fraction of common annual ephemeral species in the desert of northern Xinjiang by Wang, Taotao, Liu, Bangyan, Zhang, Xuan, Wang, Mao, Tan, Dunyan

“…The variation of plant traits is closely related to the trade‐offs between resource acquisition and conservation, as well as the accumulation of biomass…”
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The responses to long-term nitrogen addition of soil bacterial, fungal, and archaeal communities in a desert ecosystem by Zhang, Xuan, Song, Xin, Wang, Taotao, Huang, Lei, Ma, Haiyang, Wang, Mao, Tan, Dunyan

“…Nitrogen (N) deposition is a worldwide issue caused by human activity. Long-term deposition of N strongly influences plant productivity and community…”
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Effects of the habitat-soil factor on transgenerational plasticity in a diaspore-polymorphic cold desert annual by Lu, Juanjuan, Gan, Lu, Tan, Dunyan, Baskin, Carol C., Baskin, Jerry M.

“…Aims We determined effects of soil from three habitats differing in physiochemical properties on transgenerational plasticity in diaspore production of the…”
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Evaluation of the Potential Seed Dispersal Effectiveness of Malus sieversii (Lebed.) M. Roem. by Cattle by Bai, Shilin, Xu, Jiang, Lv, Yaya, Shi, Xiaojun, Tan, Dunyan

“…The success of plant reproduction is highly dependent on effective seed dispersal. This study aimed to evaluate the potential seed dispersal effectiveness of…”
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Palynological features and taxonomic significance for 16 species of Gagea (Liliaceae) from Xinjiang, China by Lin, Musen, Qiu, Juan, Xie, Kaiqing, Tan, Dunyan

“…Since pollen characters can be used to help distinguish species, our aim was to determine if palynological information has taxonomic significance for species…”
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Trait–Abundance Relationships of Annual Ephemerals in Response to Nitrogen Addition in Gurbantunggut Desert by Wang, Mao, Ma, Haiyang, Tan, Dunyan

“…Understanding the effect of nitrogen addition on species trait–abundance relationships is one of the central focuses of community ecology and can offer us…”
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Adaptation of Arabidopsis thaliana to the Yangtze River basin by Zou, Yu-Pan, Hou, Xing-Hui, Wu, Qiong, Chen, Jia-Fu, Li, Zi-Wen, Han, Ting-Shen, Niu, Xiao-Min, Yang, Li, Xu, Yong-Chao, Zhang, Jie, Zhang, Fu-Min, Tan, Dunyan, Tian, Zhixi, Gu, Hongya, Guo, Ya-Long

“…Organisms need to adapt to keep pace with a changing environment. Examining recent range expansion aids our understanding of how organisms evolve to overcome…”
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Inflated Ovary May Increase the Dispersal Ability of Three Species in the Cold Deserts of Central Asia by Mamut, Jannathan, Chen, Kewei, Baskin, Carol C, Tan, Dunyan

“…Among the diaspores of angiosperms an inflated ovary (IO) is a novel morphological trait, but no studies have evaluated its effects on dispersal. The primary…”
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Root Morphology and Biomass Allocation of 50 Annual Ephemeral Species in Relation to Two Soil Condition by Wang, Taotao, Huang, Lei, Zhang, Xuan, Wang, Mao, Tan, Dunyan

“…Different organ morphologies determine the manner in which plants acquire resources, and the proportion of biomass of each organ is a critical driving force…”
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Development of SSR markers for Astragalus lehmannianus, a vulnerable species from northwestern China by Wu, Mingying, Shi, Xiaojun, Tan, Dunyan

“…Premise Astragalus lehmannianus (Fabaceae) is a vulnerable species found in the cold deserts of northwestern China. We aimed to characterize polymorphic…”
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Non-viviparous pre-dispersal seed germination in Amaranthaceae in the cold deserts of Central Asia by Lu, Juanjuan, Liu, Wenya, Han, Jincai, Tan, Dunyan, Baskin, Carol C., Baskin, Jerry M.

“…In the broad context of understanding the relationship between timing of seed germination and adaptation of a plant species to its habitat, the purpose of this…”
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Effects of water stress and NaCl stress on different life cycle stages of the cold desert annual Lachnoloma lehmannii in China by Mamut, Jannathan, Tan, Dunyan, Baskin, Carol C., Baskin, Jerry M.

“…For a plant species to complete its life cycle in arid and saline environments, each stage of the life cycle must be tolerant to the harsh environmental…”
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Effect of Hermaphrodite–Gynomonoecious Sexual System and Pollination Mode on Fitness of Early Life History Stages of Offspring in a Cold Desert Perennial Ephemeral by Mamut, Jannathan, Cheng, Junhui, Tan, Dunyan, Baskin, Carol C., Baskin, Jerry M.

“…Gynomonoecy, the occurrence of both pistillate (female) and perfect (hermaphroditic) flowers on the same plant, has received little attention compared to…”
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Crepis desertorum (Asteraceae, Cichorieae), a new species from northern Xinjiang (China) based on morphological and molecular data by Qiu, Juan, Zhang, Jianwen, Gao, Tiangang, Tan, Dunyan

“…Crepis desertorum from the Junggar Basin of northern Xinjiang, northwestern China, is described as a new species. Molecular studies indicate that the species…”
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Germination of Seeds from Flowers along a Continuum of Long to Short Styles in the Cold Desert Perennial Herb Ixiolirion songaricum by Lu, Juanjuan, Yi, Haiyan, Tan, Dunyan, Baskin, Carol C, Baskin, Jerry M

“…We compared seed set, mass, and dormancy/germination of seeds from flowers at three points on the style-length continuum [long (LS), intermediate (IS), and…”
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Dispersal Mechanisms of the Invasive Alien Plant Species Buffalobur (Solanum rostratum) in Cold Desert Sites of Northwest China by Eminniyaz, Amanulla, Qiu, Juan, Tan, Dunyan, Baskin, Carol C., Baskin, Jerry M., Nowak, Robert S.

“…Dispersal mechanisms of the alien plant species buffalobur during its invasion of cold desert areas in Xinjiang, northwestern China, were investigated. Seeds…”
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