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Welcome (back) to the first “real” post of my @LNeuenkamp guest tweets at @GfoeSoc sharing the ideas of my #MYFUN @MSCActions project @UA_Universidad @Maestrelab

Focus of today: DRYLANDS – why to study and worry about them

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Welcome (back) to the first “real” post of my @LNeuenkamp guest tweets at @GfoeSoc sharing the ideas of my #MYFUN @MSCActions project @UA_Universidad @Maestrelab Focus of today: DRYLANDS – why to study and worry about themLet’ s move to the thread https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

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Recap-time:
#MYFUN is about understanding how drylands, mycorrhizal fungi, global change, and ecosystem functioning are related.

Summary

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https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/835472">https://cordis.europa.eu/project/i...

1/6 Drylands:
Drylands form under high temperatures & low precipitation, resulting in low fertility and patchy vegetation structure: grass and shrub islands intermingled with bare soil or soil covered by biocrusts.

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1/6 Drylands: Drylands form under high temperatures & low precipitation, resulting in low fertility and patchy vegetation structure: grass and shrub islands intermingled with bare soil or soil covered by biocrusts. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

review by @ftmaestre et al. (2012, https://rb.gy/cds0mi&qu..." title="1/6 Drylands: Drylands form under high temperatures & low precipitation, resulting in low fertility and patchy vegetation structure: grass and shrub islands intermingled with bare soil or soil covered by biocrusts. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">review by @ftmaestre et al. (2012, https://rb.gy/cds0mi&qu...">

2/6 Drylands are important!

Because drylands:

1. are large - covering 41% of the world’s surface
2. support livelihoods of 38% of human
population.
3. are home to a vast number of animals and
plants

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3/6 Drylands are vulnerable to desertification!

Why? Watch the very nice summary video on this topic by @ftmaestre about his @ERC_Research in @UA_Universidad

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https://bit.ly/3fu4kmh&q... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/ClimateChange"> #ClimateChange #drylands #MissionClimate

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3/6 Drylands are vulnerable to desertification!Why? Watch the very nice summary video on this topic by @ftmaestre about his @ERC_Research in @UA_Universidad https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

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4/6 The role of plant composition and diversity…

Decreasing plant diversity and altered plant composition in response to aridity reduces #dryland productivity, and multiple other ecosystem processes (i.e. dryland #EcosystemMultifunctionality), as well as drylands& #39; stability.

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4/6 The role of plant composition and diversity…Decreasing plant diversity and altered plant composition in response to aridity reduces #dryland productivity, and multiple other ecosystem processes (i.e. dryland #EcosystemMultifunctionality), as well as drylands& #39; stability.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=

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5/6 And grazing effects?

... might be similar to aridity, if intensive grazing reduces plant cover & excludes grazing sensitive species.
... but likely depends on grazing type or history and aridity.

E.g.

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Together we stand, divided we fall: Effects of livestock grazing on vegetation patches in a desert...

Grazing modulated community spatial patterns, simplifying and removing vegetation patches. The impact of grazing depended on the species’ successional role. Late species emerge as key structurers of...

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6/6 Are you curious for more?

Follow my guest tweets #MYFUN at @GfoeSoc during May (usually Fridays)!

Next week: Let’ s dig into the #soil of #drylands

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@theGSBI @mrillig @shabana_hoosein @NadiaEcology @Hoelzel_Lab @LNeuenkamp @naturealexk @joana_bergmann

Acknowledgements:
Thanks to @Maestrelab and @Pescador_DS for the pictures and loads of published content to present

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Have a nice weekend!!! Buen fin de semana!

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