Journal of Arid Environments

Article	Citations
Saline soils worldwide: Identifying the most promising areas for saline agriculture	107
Salt-tolerant Bacillus species as a promising strategy to mitigate the salinity stress in wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum)	51
Potential geographical distribution and habitat shift of the genus Ammopiptanthus in China under current and future climate change based on the MaxEnt model	49
Trophic state changes of semi-arid reservoirs as a function of the hydro-climatic variability	45
Assessing rural households' resilience and adaptation strategies to climate variability and change	43
Investigating the main reasons for the tragedy of large saline lakes: Drought, climate change, or anthropogenic activities? A call to action	38
Drought area, intensity and frequency changes in China under climate warming, 1961–2014	37
Can spineless forage cactus be the queen of forage crops in dryland areas?	35
SPEI-based spatial and temporal evaluation of drought in Somalia	34
Soil microbial communities and their relationships to soil properties at different depths in an alpine meadow and desert grassland in the Qilian mountain range of China	33
Applications of bio-cementation and bio-polymerization for aeolian erosion control	31
The use of remote sensing for desertification studies: A review	30
Nebkha or not? -Climate control on foredune mode	30
A machine learning model for drought tracking and forecasting using remote precipitation data and a standardized precipitation index from arid regions	29
Intercropping forage cactus and sorghum in a semi-arid environment improves biological efficiency and competitive ability through interspecific complementarity	29
Examining the soil erosion responses to ecological restoration programs and landscape drivers: A spatial econometric perspective	29
Comparative assessment of different reference evapotranspiration models towards a fit calibration for arid and semi-arid areas	29
Evaluation of a composite drought index to identify seasonal drought and its associated atmospheric dynamics in Northern Punjab, Pakistan	28
Climate change perceptions and challenges to adaptation among smallholder farmers in semi-arid Ghana: A gender analysis	28
Quantifying the influences of land surface parameters on LST variations based on GeoDetector model in Syr Darya Basin, Central Asia	28
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and/or organic amendment enhance the tolerance of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) under drought stress	28
Towards a remote sensing data based evapotranspiration estimation in Northern Australia using a simple random forest approach	27
Assessing the water footprint of afforestation in Inner Mongolia, China	27
Evolutionary success in arid habitats: Morpho-anatomy of succulent leaves of Crassula species from southern Africa	25
The plight of camels eating plastic waste	24

Determinants of reactive adaptations to climate change in semi-arid region of Pakistan	23
Potential of superabsorbent hydrogels to improve agriculture under abiotic stresses	23
Understanding dust sources through remote sensing: Making a case for CubeSats	23
Determinants of pastoral household resilience to food insecurity in Afar region, northeast Ethiopia	23
Steppe Marmot (Marmota bobak) as ecosystem engineer in arid steppes	22
Genetic and productive background of Criollo cattle in Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay and the United States	22
Barriers to climate change adaptation: Qualitative evidence from southwestern Iran	22
A review of farming challenges and resilience management in the Sudano-Sahelian drylands of Nigeria in an era of climate change	21
Rapid increase of potential evapotranspiration weakens the effect of precipitation on aridity in global drylands	21
Drivers of species’ use for fuelwood purposes: A case study in the Brazilian semiarid region	20
Response of ecological stoichiometry and stoichiometric homeostasis in the plant-litter-soil system to re-vegetation type in arid mining subsidence areas	20
Assessing soil fertility index based on remote sensing and gis techniques with field validation in a semiarid agricultural ecosystem	20
Patterns of Livestock Depredation and Large Carnivore Conservation Implications in the Indian Trans-Himalaya	20
The 2015-19 multi year drought in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: it's evolution and impacts on agriculture	20
Balance of water supply and consumption during ecological restoration in arid regions of Inner Mongolia, China	20
Habitat use and feeding behavior of domestic free-ranging goats in a seasonal tropical dry forest	19
Assessing long-term spatio-temporal variability in humidity and drought in Iran using Pedj Drought Index (PDI)	19
Changes in the composition of soil bacterial and fungal communities after revegetation with Caragana microphylla in a desertified semiarid grassland	18
Rehabilitation of degraded rangelands in Jordan: The effects of mechanized micro water harvesting on hill-slope scale soil water and vegetation dynamics	18
Factors influencing dryland agricultural productivity	18
Rangeland degradation in Mongolia: A systematic review of the evidence	17
Spatio-temporal assessment of Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) in The Thar Desert India, to combat desertification under UNCCD framework	17
The Caatinga region is a system and not an aggregate	17
Impact of soil degradation on plant communities in an overgrazed Tibetan alpine meadow	17
Phenophases, morphophysiological indices and cutting time in clones of the forage cacti under controlled water regimes in a semiarid environment	17
Durability of biotechnologically induced crusts on sand against wind erosion	16
Effect of biocrusts on profile distribution of soil water content and salinity at different stages of evaporation	16
Soil organic carbon sequestration potential of conservation agriculture in arid and semi-arid regions: A review	16
Assessment of ecosystem resilience in Central Asia	16
Hydrologic similarity: Dimensionless runoff indices across scales in a semi-arid catchment	16
How do agro-pastoralists cope with climate change? The case of the Nyangatom in the Lower Omo Valley of Ethiopia	16
Influence of climatic variability on the electricity generation potential by renewable sources in the Brazilian semi-arid region	15
Spatiotemporal characterization of agricultural drought in the Sahel region using a composite drought index	15
Spatio-temporal dynamics of climate change, land degradation, and water insecurity in an arid rangeland: The Río San Miguel watershed, Sonora, Mexico	15
Functional performance of biocrusts across Europe and its implications for drylands	15
Climate change impacts on concurrences of hydrological droughts and high temperature extremes in a semi-arid river basin of China	15
Land degradation modeling of dust storm sources using MODIS and meteorological time series data	15
Low-cost drones help measure tree characteristics in the Sahelian savanna	14
Nutrient additions have direct and indirect effects on biocrust biomass in a long-term Chihuahuan Desert grassland experiment	14
Desertification and development: Some broader contexts	14
Contributions of water harvesting technologies intervention in arid and semi-arid regions of Ethiopia, in ensuring households’ food security, Tigray in focus	14
Migration under economic transition and changing climate in Mongolia	14
Land degradation means a loss of management options	14
Phenology of high- and low-density wood deciduous species responds differently to water supply in tropical semiarid regions	14
Response of soil water and carbon storage to short-term grazing prohibition in arid and semi-arid grasslands of China	14
Detecting land degradation in Southern Africa using Time Series Segment and Residual Trend (TSS-RESTREND)	14
Determination of ecological networks for vegetation connectivity using GIS & AHP technique in the Mediterranean degraded karst ecosystems	14
The superiority of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence sensitivity over other vegetation indices to drought	13
Surface water groundwater interaction in water-stressed semi-arid western India: Insights from environmental isotopes	13
Soil microbial communities respond to an environmental gradient of grazing intensity in south Patagonia Argentina	13

Prediction of desert locust breeding areas using machine learning methods and SMOS (MIR_SMNRT2) Near Real Time product	13
Determining the potential impacts of fire and different land uses on splash erosion in the margins of drylands	13
On the performance of microlysimeters to measure non-rainfall water input in a hyper-arid environment with focus on fog contribution	13
Disentangling the independent effects of vegetation cover and pattern on runoff and sediment yield in dryland systems – Uncovering processes through mimicked plant patches	13
Short-term hydrological response of soil after wildfire in a semi-arid landscape covered by Macrochloa tenacissima (L.) Kunth	13
Assessing fog water collection in the coastal mountain range of Antofagasta, Chile	13
Perception on climate change, access to extension service and energy sources determining adoption of climate-smart practices: A multivariate approach	13
Impact of water scarcity on dryland sheep meat production and quality: Key recovery and resilience strategies	12
Effects of irrigation management on arid soils enzyme activities	12
Evapotranspiration estimates from an energy-water-balance model calibrated on satellite land surface temperature over the Heihe basin	12
On the use of the Land Degradation Neutrality concept in mediterranean watersheds for land restoration and erosion counteraction	12
Movement, activity, and landscape use patterns of heritage and commercial beef cows grazing Chihuahuan Desert rangeland	12
The responses of soil respiration to changed precipitation and increased temperature in desert grassland in northern China	12
Numerical simulation of the 18 February 2017 frontal dust storm over southwest of Iran using WRF-Chem, satellite imagery, and PM10 concentrations	12
Are fungus-growing termites super sediment-sorting insects of subtropical environments?	12
Matching beef cattle breeds to the environment for desired outcomes in a changing climate: A systematic review	12
Changes in water fluxes partition related to the replacement of native dry forests by crops in the Dry Chaco	12
Response of the Mogan and Eymir lakes (Ankara, Central Anatolia) to global warming: Extreme events in the last 100 years	12
The effect of domestic sewage effluent and planting density on growth and yield of prickly pear cactus in the semiarid region of Brazil	12
Desert landform detection and mapping using a semi-automated object-based image analysis approach	11
Wind regime and aeolian landforms on the eastern shore of Qinghai Lake, Northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China	11
Effects of long-term seed storage on germination of 13 cactus species from central Argentina	11
The rolling dung master: An ecosystem engineer beetle mobilizing soil nutrients to enhance plant growth across a grassland management intensity gradient in drylands	10
The impact on food security of a shrinking Lake Chad	10
An adaptation capacity model in the face of climate change: A qualitative content analysis	10
Using GIS and remote sensing for mapping land sensitivity to wind erosion hazard in the middle Moulouya Basin (North-Eastern Morocco)	10
On opportunities and challenges to conserve the African baobab under present and future climates in Benin (West Africa)	10
Diet selected by goats on xerophytic shrubland with different milk yield potential	10
Soil texture modulates the intensity of fertile islands through affecting the distribution of shrub fine roots	10
Effectiveness of organic amendment and application thickness on properties of a sandy soil and sand stabilization	10
Yield and morphology of forage cactus cultivars under drip irrigation management based on soil water matric potential thresholds	10
Diversity in smallholder dairy production systems in the Brazilian semiarid region: Farm typologies and characteristics of raw milk and water used in milking	10
Assessment of water presence and use at sand dams in Kenya	10
Land-use differences modify predator-prey interactions and Acacia vegetation in a hyperarid ecosystem	10
Seed provenance, thermoperiod, and photoperiod affect low water potential tolerance during seed germination of the multipurpose exotic tree Prosopis juliflora	10
Patterns of vertebrate road-kills in a pre-Saharan Tunisian area	10
Spatial and temporal interactions between top carnivores at water sources in two deserts of western North America	10
Evaluating post-fire recovery of Latroon dry forest using Landsat ETM+, unmanned aerial vehicle and field survey data	10
Fertility islands, keys to the establishment of plant and microbial diversity in a highly alkaline hot desert	10
Foraging behavior and body temperature of heritage vs. commercial beef cows in relation to desert ambient heat	9
Ecosystem services of Chilean sclerophyllous forests and shrublands on the verge of collapse: A review	9
Islands in the mist: A systematic review of the coastal lomas of South America	9
The genesis of the Jornada criollo cattle program	9
Assessing wildlife biodiversity using camera trap data on the Mongolian marmot (Marmota sibirica) colonies	9
Climate and wildfire effects on radial growth of Pinus sylvestris in the Khan Khentii Mountains, north-central Mongolia	9
Geomorphology of sand dunes in the Taklamakan Desert based on ERA5 reanalysis data	9
Adapting to climate change on desert rangelands: A multi-site comparison of grazing behavior plasticity of heritage and improved beef cattle	9
Linking drought propagation with episodes of climate-Induced water insecurity in Pernambuco state - Northeast Brazil	9
Soil attributes and the quality and yield of ‘Gigante’ cactus pear in agroecosystems of the semiarid region of Bahia	9
The seed-associated microbiome of four cactus species from Southern Chihuahuan Desert	9
El Niño Southern Oscillation and enhanced arid land vegetation productivity in NW South America	9
Philopatric and natal dispersal of tigers in a semi-arid habitat, western India	9
Eco-geomorphological connectivity and coupling interactions at hillslope scale in drylands: Concepts and critical examples	9
Human-Wildlife Conflict in a ‘successful’ Community Conservation Programme: Economic and territorial impacts on Namibia's conservancies	9
The distribution of ecotourism activities and potential consequences for the Saudi desert ecosystem	9
Spatiotemporal aspects of interannual changes precipitation in the crimea	9
Activity patterns of leopards (Panthera pardus) and temporal overlap with their prey in an arid depredation hotspot of southern Africa	9
First anthrachological studies at the eastern Pampa-Patagonia transition (Argentina). Hunter-gatherers management of woody material and Initial Late Holocene vegetal communities inferred from the Zoko	9
Phytochemistry, traditional uses and biological effects of the desert plant Styrax officinalis L	9
Do agrosystems change soil carbon and nutrient stocks in a semiarid environment?	9
Ecological aspects of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in a fragment of seasonal dry tropical forest (Caatinga) in Brazil	8
The response of litter decomposition to phosphorus addition in typical temperate grassland in Inner Mongolia	8
Chemical cues may allow a fossorial amphisbaenian reptile to avoid extremely saline soils when selecting microhabitats	8
Dust deposition and its significance to soil nutrients in the Otindag Desert, China	8
Sustainable Co-Management of arid regions in southeastern Iran: Social network analysis approach	8
Normalized Difference Enhanced Sand Index for desert sand dunes detection using Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 OLI data, application to the north of Figuig, Morocco	8
More is not necessarily better: The role of cover and spatial organization of resource sinks in the restoration of patchy drylands	8
Climate vulnerability and risks to an indigenous community in the arid zone of South Africa	8
Macroinvertebrate functional trait responses to environmental gradients and anthropogenic disturbance in arid-land streams of North Africa	8
An empirical approach of past and present mobility management in the desert societies of camel breeders in South Eastern Morocco	8
Diet selection of Raramuri Criollo and Angus x Hereford crossbred cattle in the Chihuahuan Desert	8
Response of dung beetle diversity to three livestock management systems in drylands of central Mexico	8
Allometric equations coupled with remotely sensed variables to estimate carbon stocks in date palms	8
Biocrusts in Mexican deserts and semideserts: A review of their species composition, ecology, and ecosystem function	8
Soil carbon release enhanced by increased litter input in a degraded semi-arid forest soil	8
Effects of domestic wood collection on tree community structure in a human-dominated seasonally dry tropical forest	8
Goats foster endozoochoric dispersal of exotic species in a seasonally dry tropical forest ecosystem	8
Adoption of sustainable silvopastoral practices in Argentina's Gran Chaco: A multilevel approach	8
Pastoral coping and adaptation climate change strategies: Implications for women's well-being	8
Landslides on dry badlands: UAV images to identify the drivers controlling their unexpected occurrence on vegetated hillslopes	8

Efficiency of technologies to live with drought in agricultural development in Brazil's semi-arid regions	8
The relationship between species diversity and functional diversity along aridity gradients in semi-arid rangeland	8
Multiple perspectives on a biocultural environment: Landscape ethnoecology in the Brazilian dry forest	7
Spatial distribution of soil carbon storage in desert shrubland ecosystems of northwest Mexico	7
Drought influences biodiversity in a semi-arid shortgrass prairie in southeastern Colorado	7
Rangelands and crop fallows can supplement but not replace protected grasslands in sustaining Thar Desert's avifauna during the dry season	7
Noteworthy records and updated richness of medium to large-sized mammals in arid and semi-arid ecosystems of northern Peru and southern Ecuador	7
Climate change and variability perceptions and adaptations of pastoralists’ communities in the Maasai Steppe, Tanzania	7
Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the dimensions of farmers' adaptive capacity in the face of water scarcity	7
The unique inflorescence structure of Dorema aucheri (Apiaceae): An adaptation to the arid environment	7
Spatial patterns in the adaptive capacity of dryland agricultural households in South Punjab, Pakistan	7
Facilitating restoration of degraded biological soil crusts using mixed culture inoculation	7
Landscape changes and land degradation in the subalpine belt of the Central Spanish Pyrenees	7
Effects of phytochemical crusts formed under two desert shrubs on physical properties of soils in arid ecosystems	7
Influences of environmental heterogeneity on amphibian composition at breeding sites in a semiarid region of Mexico	7
Growth and physiological responses of ectomycorrhizal Coccoloba uvifera (L.) L. seedlings to salt stress	7
The elevation gradient of small mammals richness and abundance in the dry Andes of northwestern Argentina	7
Collaborative foundations of herding: The formation of cooperative groups among Tibetan pastoralists	7
Diversity and density of the desert seed bank: Interplays between cacti and nurse shrub species	7
Monitoring environmental water stress in the Upper Ewaso Ngiro river basin, Kenya	7
A framework for investigating the land degradation neutrality – Disaster risk reduction nexus at the sub-national scales	7
Comparative analysis of spectral indexes for soil salinity mapping in irrigated areas in a semi-arid region, Brazil	7
Keeping people in the loop: Socioeconomic valuation of dry forest ecosystem services in the Colombian Caribbean region	7
Seed germination of a rare gypsum-associated species, Arctomecon californica (Papaveraceae), in the Mojave Desert	7
Vivipary in cuban cacti and an assessment of establishment success in Leptocereus scopulophilus	6
African wild ass drinking behaviour on the Messir Plateau, Danakil Desert, Eritrea	6
Diversity of ground-active spiders in Negev desert habitats, Israel	6
Seed dispersal potential of jackals and foxes in semi-arid habitats of South Africa	6
Spatiotemporal changes of agricultural water footprint and its driving factors using the ARDL model in the Hexi corridor, China	6
An assessment of seed head and flag leaf contributions to reproductive effort in sagebrush steppe bunchgrasses	6
Distribution and dynamics of the Cynodon dactylon invasion to the cultivated fields of pearl millet in north-central Namibia	6
Predicting past, current and future habitat suitability and geographic distribution of the Iranian endemic species Microgecko latifi (Sauria: Gekkonidae)	6
Climate variability trends-community perspective-livelihood adaptation strategy nexus in the arid-tropics, Ethiopia	6
Impacts of selective bush control on herbaceous diversity in wildlife and cattle land use areas in a semi-arid Kalahari savanna	6
Grassland degradation by shrub encroachment: Mapping patterns and drivers of encroachment in Kyrgyzstan	6
Economics of Raramuri Criollo and British crossbred cattle production in the Chihuahuan desert: Effects of foraging distribution and finishing strategy	6
The role of atmospheric rivers in rainfall-induced landslides: A study from the Elqui valley	6
A novel vegetation index-based workflow for semi-arid, sparse woody cover mapping	6
Optimized soil bacterial structure following grazing exclusion promotes soil nutrient cycling and plant growth	6
Effects of landscape pattern evolution on plant species and functional trait diversity in Hunshandak Sandland	6
Monitoring the available forage using Sentinel 2-derived NDVI data for sustainable rangeland management	6
Identifying the relationships among multiple ecosystem services	6
The utilization and extinction of Juniper trees from the Negev desert (Israel) - Data from a late 6th–5th millennia site of Har Harif	6
The contribution of frankincense to the agro-pastoral household economy and its potential for commercialization - A case from Borana, southern Ethiopia	6
Modeling the potential distribution of cacti under climate change scenarios in the largest tropical dry forest region in South America	6
Long-term growing season aridity and grazing seasonality effects on perennial grass biomass in a Chihuahuan Desert rangeland	6
Exploring the landscape scale influences of tree cover on crop yield in an agroforestry parkland using satellite data and spatial statistics	6
Exploring the possibilities of remote yield estimation using crop water requirements for area yield index insurance in a data-scarce dryland	6
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve nutrient status of Commiphora myrrha seedlings under drought	6
Leaf morphophysiological changes induced by long-term drought in Jatropha curcas plants explain the resilience to extreme drought	6
Do seasonal dietary shifts by Temminck's pangolins compensate for winter resource scarcity in a semi-arid environment?	6
Factors controlling spatio-temporal variations of sandy deserts during the past 110 Years in Xinjiang, Northwestern China	6
Birds of the Caatinga revisited: The problem of enclaves within, but not of, the Caatinga	6
Foliar water uptake of four shrub species in a semi-arid desert	6
Determining optimum nitrogen management as a function of planting date for spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under semi-arid conditions using a modeling approach	6
A true desert falcon with a delayed onset of heat dissipation behaviour	6
The structural and nutrient chemistry during early-stage decomposition and desiccation of cacti in the Sonoran Desert	6
Comparison of the uncertainty of soil organic carbon stocks in different land uses	6
Variation in sage-grouse habitat quality metrics across a gradient of feral horse use	6
Assessment of soil CO2 and NO fluxes in a semi-arid region using machine learning approaches	5
Effects of early irrigation and compost addition on soil and vegetation of a restored semiarid limestone quarry are undetectable after 13 years	5
Top-down effects have primacy over bottom-up effects on the population dynamics of a flightless desert bird	5
Hillslope geodiversity improves the resistance of shrubs to prolonged droughts in semiarid ecosystems	5
Allometric models to predict the individual aboveground biomass of shrubs of Malagasy xerophytic thickets	5
Disparate biomes within the Caatinga region are not part of the same evolutionary community: A reply to Araujo et al. (2022)	5
Dry spells in a semi-arid region of Brazil and their influence on maize productivity	5
Biochemical methane potential of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. cladodes in co-digestion with cow manure	5
Physical protection of soil organic carbon through aggregates in different land use systems in the semi-arid region of Brazil	5
Habitat heterogeneity shapes and shifts scorpion assemblages in a Brazilian seasonal dry tropical forest	5
Soils and seasonality influence the richness of gall-inducing insects and their host plants in a tropical dry forest	5
The rain deluge and flash floods of summer 2022 in the United Arab Emirates: Causes, analysis and perspectives on flood-risk reduction	5
Climate change effects on waterhole persistence in rivers of the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia	5
Temporal variation and controlling factors of tree water consumption in the thornbush savanna	5
Prediction of habitat suitability for the desert monitor (Varanus griseus caspius) under the influence of future climate change	5
Browse species trends in sarcocaulescent shrublands used by creole goats and other domestic herbivores	5
A geomorphometric model to determine topographic parameters controlling wildfires occurrence in tropical dry forests	5
Modulation of structural and functional traits in facultative halophyte Salvadora oleoides Decne. For adaptability under hyper-arid and saline environments	5
Variability in soil and foliar stable carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions in the winter rainfall biomes of South Africa	5
Life finds a way: Hatching dynamics of zooplankton dormant stages in intermittent wetlands from the Brazilian tropical semiarid	5
Ecophysiological and biochemical responses of two tree species from a tropical dry forest to drought stress and recovery	5
The reproductive performance of goats in a South African semi-arid savanna	5
Modeling biodiversity changes and conservation issues in a desert sky island	5
Root litter decomposition in a sub-Sahelian agroforestry parkland dominated by Faidherbia albida	5
The utility of combining optical and thermal images in monitoring agricultural drought in semiarid mediterranean environments	5
Organic matter pools in a fluvisol after 29 years under different land uses in an irrigation region in northeast Brazil	5
Effects of soil properties on vegetation community composition across a semiarid ecosystem	5
An ecological overview of Prosopis pallida, one of the most adapted dryland species to extreme climate events	5
Thermal ecology of a thermophilic lizard Callisaurus draconoides through a latitudinal gradient	5
Do soil features condition seed germination of gypsophiles and gypsovags? An analysis of the effect of natural soils along an alkalinity gradient	5
Ecosystem-atmosphere CO2 exchange from semiarid mangroves in the Gulf of California	5
Shrub encroachment, landscape restoration, and intraguild predation	5
Exotic forage grasses in the Brazilian semi-arid region: Forage mass, competitiveness, and botanical similarities of non-native pastures	4
Long-term impact of conventional management on soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in the semi-arid region of Brazil: A meta-analysis	4
Close association between flowering time and aridity gradient for Sarcopoterium spinosum in Israel	4
Pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) nest site selection in central New Mexico	4