Belnap J, Weber B, Büdel B (2016) Biological soil crusts as an organizing principle in drylands. In:
Weber B, Büdel B, Belnap J (eds) Biological soil crusts: an organizing principle in drylands.
Springer, Cham, p 6
Chen Z (2012) The effect of warming and N addition on ecosystem gas exchange in Inner Mongolia
desert steppe. Master Degree Thesis, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
Clark CM, Tilman D (2008) Loss of plant species after chronic low-level nitrogen deposition to
prairie grasslands. Nature 451:712–715
Cui XQ, Yue P, Gong YM, Li KH, Tan DY, Goulding K, Liu XJ (2017) Impacts of water and
nitrogen addition on nitrogen recovery in Haloxylon ammodendron dominated desert ecosystems. Sci Total Environ 601:1280–1288
Cui XQ, Yue P, Wu WC, Gong YM, Li KH, Goulding K, Misselbrook T, Liu XJ (2018a) Water and
nitrogen interactional effects on leaf stoichiometry in a temperate desert. Plant Soil. in revision
Cui XQ, Yue P, Wu WC, Gong YM, Li KH, Goulding K, Misselbrook T, Liu XJ (2018b) Desert
plants with differing growth strategies vary in plant growth and nitrogen retention response to
various nitrogen deposition rates. Front Plant Sci 10 (open access)
Enrique AG, Bruno C, Christopher A et al (2008) Effects of nitrogen availability on microbial
activities, densities and functional diversities involved in the degradation of a Mediterranean
evergreen oak litter (Quercus ilex L.). Soil Biol Biochem 40:1654–1661
Evans RD, Ehleringer JR (1993) A break in the nitrogen-cycle in aridlands? Evidence from delta
15
N of soils. Oecologia 94:314–317
Evans RD, Johansen J (1999) Microbiotic crusts and ecosystem processes. Crit Rev Plant Sci
18:183–225
Fan L, Li Y, Tang L, Ma J (2013) Combined effects of snow depth and nitrogen addition on
ephemeral growth at the southern edge of the Gurbantunggut Desert, China. J Arid Land
5:500–510
Guo R (2016) The responses of the plant community characteristics and CO2 flux to water and
nitrogen in Stipa breviflora steppe. Master degree thesis, Inner Mongolia Agricultural
University
Huang J, Yu H (2016) Responses of growth of four desert species to different N addition levels.
Chin J Plant Ecol 40:165–176
Huang G, Zhao X, Su Y, Huang Y, Cui J (2009) Responses of fine root growth of Caragana
microphylla shrub plantation to irrigation and nitrogen addition in a semi-arid region of northern
China. J Beijing For Univ 31:73–77
Huang G, Cao YF, Wang B, Li Y (2015a) Effects of nitrogen addition on soil microbes and their
implications for soil C emission in the Gurbantunggut Desert, center of the Eurasian Continent.
Sci Total Environ 515:215–224
Huang G, Li Y, Su YG (2015b) Divergent responses of soil microbial communities to water and
nitrogen addition in a temperate desert. Geoderma 251:55–64
Huang G, Li L, Su Y, Li Y (2018) Differential seasonal effects of water addition and nitrogen
fertilization on microbial biomass and diversity in a temperate desert. Catena 161:27–36
James JJ, Richards JH (2006) Plant nitrogen capture in pulse-driven systems: interactions between
root responses and soil processes. J Ecol 94:765–777
Jia M et al (2017) Response of fungal composition and diversity to simulated nitrogen deposition
and manipulation of precipitation in soils of an Inner Mongolia desert steppe of northern China.
Can J Soil Sci 97:613–625
Li Y (2014) Responses of plant community structure and function to warming and nitrogen addition
in a desert steppe of Inner Mongolia. Doctor Degree Thesis, Inner Mongolia Agricultural
University
Li Y, Huang J-H (2009) Photosynthetic physiological responses of Glycyrrhiza uralensis under
different water and nutrient supplies in Kubuqi desert, China. Acta Phytoecologica Sin
33:1112–1124
Li L, Zeng D, Yu Z et al (2009) Effects of nitrogen addition on grassland species diversity and
productivity in Keerqin Sandy Land. J Appl Ecol 20:1838–1844
258
X. Zhou et al.
Weber B, Büdel B, Belnap J (eds) Biological soil crusts: an organizing principle in drylands.
Springer, Cham, p 6
Chen Z (2012) The effect of warming and N addition on ecosystem gas exchange in Inner Mongolia
desert steppe. Master Degree Thesis, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
Clark CM, Tilman D (2008) Loss of plant species after chronic low-level nitrogen deposition to
prairie grasslands. Nature 451:712–715
Cui XQ, Yue P, Gong YM, Li KH, Tan DY, Goulding K, Liu XJ (2017) Impacts of water and
nitrogen addition on nitrogen recovery in Haloxylon ammodendron dominated desert ecosystems. Sci Total Environ 601:1280–1288
Cui XQ, Yue P, Wu WC, Gong YM, Li KH, Goulding K, Misselbrook T, Liu XJ (2018a) Water and
nitrogen interactional effects on leaf stoichiometry in a temperate desert. Plant Soil. in revision
Cui XQ, Yue P, Wu WC, Gong YM, Li KH, Goulding K, Misselbrook T, Liu XJ (2018b) Desert
plants with differing growth strategies vary in plant growth and nitrogen retention response to
various nitrogen deposition rates. Front Plant Sci 10 (open access)
Enrique AG, Bruno C, Christopher A et al (2008) Effects of nitrogen availability on microbial
activities, densities and functional diversities involved in the degradation of a Mediterranean
evergreen oak litter (Quercus ilex L.). Soil Biol Biochem 40:1654–1661
Evans RD, Ehleringer JR (1993) A break in the nitrogen-cycle in aridlands? Evidence from delta
15
N of soils. Oecologia 94:314–317
Evans RD, Johansen J (1999) Microbiotic crusts and ecosystem processes. Crit Rev Plant Sci
18:183–225
Fan L, Li Y, Tang L, Ma J (2013) Combined effects of snow depth and nitrogen addition on
ephemeral growth at the southern edge of the Gurbantunggut Desert, China. J Arid Land
5:500–510
Guo R (2016) The responses of the plant community characteristics and CO2 flux to water and
nitrogen in Stipa breviflora steppe. Master degree thesis, Inner Mongolia Agricultural
University
Huang J, Yu H (2016) Responses of growth of four desert species to different N addition levels.
Chin J Plant Ecol 40:165–176
Huang G, Zhao X, Su Y, Huang Y, Cui J (2009) Responses of fine root growth of Caragana
microphylla shrub plantation to irrigation and nitrogen addition in a semi-arid region of northern
China. J Beijing For Univ 31:73–77
Huang G, Cao YF, Wang B, Li Y (2015a) Effects of nitrogen addition on soil microbes and their
implications for soil C emission in the Gurbantunggut Desert, center of the Eurasian Continent.
Sci Total Environ 515:215–224
Huang G, Li Y, Su YG (2015b) Divergent responses of soil microbial communities to water and
nitrogen addition in a temperate desert. Geoderma 251:55–64
Huang G, Li L, Su Y, Li Y (2018) Differential seasonal effects of water addition and nitrogen
fertilization on microbial biomass and diversity in a temperate desert. Catena 161:27–36
James JJ, Richards JH (2006) Plant nitrogen capture in pulse-driven systems: interactions between
root responses and soil processes. J Ecol 94:765–777
Jia M et al (2017) Response of fungal composition and diversity to simulated nitrogen deposition
and manipulation of precipitation in soils of an Inner Mongolia desert steppe of northern China.
Can J Soil Sci 97:613–625
Li Y (2014) Responses of plant community structure and function to warming and nitrogen addition
in a desert steppe of Inner Mongolia. Doctor Degree Thesis, Inner Mongolia Agricultural
University
Li Y, Huang J-H (2009) Photosynthetic physiological responses of Glycyrrhiza uralensis under
different water and nutrient supplies in Kubuqi desert, China. Acta Phytoecologica Sin
33:1112–1124
Li L, Zeng D, Yu Z et al (2009) Effects of nitrogen addition on grassland species diversity and
productivity in Keerqin Sandy Land. J Appl Ecol 20:1838–1844
258
X. Zhou et al.