Alison Downing

The influence of biological soil crusts on dew deposition in Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China

Jing Zhang, Yuanming Zhang, Alison Downing et al. · Journal of Hydrology · 2009 · 140 citations

Soil Erosion, Engineering, Geomorphology +7

Non-linear response of microbial activity across a gradient of nitrogen addition to a soil from the Gurbantunggut Desert, northwestern China

Xiaobing Zhou, Yuanming Zhang, Alison Downing · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2011 · 109 citations

Biogeochemistry, Nitrogen Addition, Non-linear Response +11

Combined effects of nitrogen deposition and water stress on growth and physiological responses of two annual desert plants in northwestern China

Xiaobing Zhou, Yuanming Zhang, Xuehua Ji et al. · Environmental and Experimental Botany · 2010 · 89 citations

Biogeochemistry, Engineering, Plant-abiotic Interaction +8

Comparative study of nitrogenase activity in different types of biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China

Nan Wu, Yuanming Zhang, Alison Downing · Journal of Arid Environments · 2009 · 84 citations

Biogeochemistry, Engineering, Soil Ecology +7

Distribution and Composition of Cyanobacteria and Microalgae Associated with Biological Soil Crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, China

Bingchang Zhang, Yuanming Zhang, Alison Downing et al. · Arid Land Research and Management · 2011 · 55 citations

Microbial Diversity, Biogeochemistry, Microalgae Associated +14