Water pulses and biogeochemical cycles in arid and semiarid ecosystems

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• biogeochemical cycle 100%
• hydrological cycle 88%
• ecosystem 52%
• soil 37%
• water availability 27%
• water 27%
• mineralization 26%
• nutrient 23%
• resource availability 20%
• loss 18%
• nitrogen 15%
• carbon 15%
• texture 13%
• nutrient balance 12%
• soil crust 11%
• soil organism 11%
• rainfall 11%
• net primary production 10%
• nutrient cycling 9%
• decoupling 9%
• soil nutrient 9%
• long-term effect 9%
• soil texture 9%
• immobilization 8%
• global change 8%
• vegetation cover 8%
• dry season 8%
• growing season 8%
• turnover 8%
• denitrification 7%
• rain 6%
• leaching 6%
• moisture 6%
• nitrate 6%
• distribution 6%
• substrate 6%
• demand 5%

Agriculture & Biology

• biogeochemical cycles 99%
• ecosystems 66%
• fine-textured soils 53%
• coarse-textured soils 39%
• water 36%
• mineralization 35%
• carbon sinks 21%
• nutrients 21%
• rain 20%
• water holding capacity 18%
• nitrogen 15%
• wet-dry cycles 14%
• texture 14%
• biological soil crusts 13%
• soil 13%
• nutrient retention 11%
• net primary productivity 11%
• water distribution 10%
• soil biota 10%
• denitrification 10%
• soil texture 10%
• global change 10%
• vegetation cover 10%
• arid zones 9%
• soil nutrients 9%
• leaching 8%
• long term effects 8%
• dry season 8%
• nitrates 7%
• growing season 7%
• minerals 6%
• carbon 5%