Journal of Arid Environments

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	196
Coyotes in the Great Basin desert do not exhibit a spatial response following the removal of anthropogenic water sources	59
Constraints and incidence of camel calf morbidity and mortality in Borana rangeland, Southern Ethiopia	57
Trade-off dynamics in a rare cactus: What are the demographic consequences of temporal variation in fitness?	46
Pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) nest site selection in central New Mexico	40
Groundwater abstraction and woodland mortality: Lessons from Namibia	39
Understanding resource use of an invasive species: Diet of the common warthog in Eastern Cape succulent thicket	39
Geospatial distribution of qanats in middle eastern countries: Potential for sustainable groundwater system	34
Prediction of desert locust breeding areas using machine learning methods and SMOS (MIR_SMNRT2) Near Real Time product	31
Determining the response of riparian vegetation and river morphology to drought using Google Earth Engine and machine learning	30
Exploring water use and production dynamics of an indigenous African dry forest in south-western Zimbabwe	28
Proactive policy options for drought resilience in the Sahel region	28
Devices to measure the impacts on groundwater salinity from irrigating halophytic crops with brackish waters in a hyper-arid environment	26
Climatic variations along an aridity gradient drive significant trait intraspecific variability in Mediterranean plant species	25
Desertification and development: Some broader contexts	24
Additive and substitutable prey responses to feral and native predator combinations	24
Editorial Board	23
Compounding effects of drought on long-term demography of a threatened reptile	23
In Dabouki Land: Interdisciplinary notes on the cultural history of a landrace grape cultivar in Israel	23
Ecophysiological and biochemical responses of two tree species from a tropical dry forest to drought stress and recovery	22
The Nexus between Land Use/Cover changes and Land Surface Temperature: Remote sensing based Two-Decadal Analysis	21
Estimation of carbon stocks in the areas of a seasonally dry tropical forest in the Brazilian semi-arid region	21
Reduced moisture caused by short-term grazing prohibition results in a significant decrease of fungi abundance	20
Inter-annual variation in avian phenology and reproductive success in a semiarid agricultural area of central Mexico	20
A novel method for adjusting cropping patterns to climate change	19

Catastrophic collapses of sensitive species, including the quiver tree (Aloidendron dichotomum), following fire in the arid Nama-Karoo, South Africa	19
Resource dependence analysis of home range quality for pronghorn in south-central New Mexico, USA	19
Characterizing fungal communities on Mojave desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in Arizona to uncover potential pathogens	18
Dryland river restoration via carnivore reintroduction: Nonnative fauna dominate diets of river otters reintroduced to the Upper Rio Grande	18
The reproductive performance of goats in a South African semi-arid savanna	18
Exploring the cultural ecosystem services of arid watersheds: A social media analysis	17
Grassland degradation by shrub encroachment: Mapping patterns and drivers of encroachment in Kyrgyzstan	17
Miners' diet in the Naḥal ‘Amram copper mines (southern ‘Arabah Valley) during the Roman-Byzantine periods	17
Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana) habitat suitability in Saudi Arabia: Insights from camera trapping and ensemble species distribution modelling	16
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and/or organic amendment enhance the tolerance of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) under drought stress	16
Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert	16
Rapid conservation assessment of Boswellia sacra in Oman reveals complex threat and population patterns	16
Evaluation of machine-learning algorithms in estimation of relative water content of sorghum under different irrigated environments	16
Spatial analysis of domestic water use and rural livelihoods in a semi-arid African highland	16
Vegetation change on mine sites in the most arid part of the Succulent Karoo Biome and their implications for mine closure	15
Feeding ecology of the endemic Atlas day gecko; Quedenfeldtia moerens in an arid zone of Morocco	15
Flint tools in Iron Age burials of Tel Erani: Interpretations in the light of mortuary practices	15
Spread of Striga asiatica through suitable climatic conditions: Risk assessment in new areas producing Zea mays in South America	15
Co-occurrence of black-backed jackal and caracal in the Karoo, South Africa	15
The Indo-European flyway of migrating songbirds: Crossing the arid plains of central Eurasia	15
Numerical simulation of shelter effect assessment for single-row windbreaks on the periphery of oasis farmland	14
Foraging behavior of Raramuri Criollo vs. Angus cattle grazing California Chaparral and Colorado Plateau shrublands	14
Retreat site occupation and short-term movements in an oasis-dwelling frog in relation to temperature-humidity conditions	14
Modelling land condition to augment Land Degradation Neutrality assessments - The succulent Karoo biome of South Africa as a case study	14
Spatio-temporal responses of drylands to global change, and feedbacks between natural landscapes and human populations. EcoDesert international symposium in tribute to Prof Juan Puigdefábregas	14
Improved MPSIAC model for soil erosion rate assessment in semiarid zones	14
Natural distribution and phenotypic traits of Neltuma flexuosa var. depressa, a candidate taxon for the rehabilitation in the central arid region of Argentina	14
Editorial Board	14
Seasonal balance of whole plant non-structural carbohydrates in a deciduous species with green stem in a dry tropical forest	14
Habemus seeds but they are non-viable: The importance of assessing seed viability in seed rain	14
Effect of water stress and temperature on seed germination of five perennial grass species of the semi-arid Pampas	13
Linking drought propagation with episodes of climate-Induced water insecurity in Pernambuco state - Northeast Brazil	13
Short-term hydrological response of soil after wildfire in a semi-arid landscape covered by Macrochloa tenacissima (L.) Kunth	13
Petroglyphs as a paleobiogeographic guide for Arabian ostrich ecology and reintroduction	13
The value of faecal N in monitoring dietary quality in desert ungulates: The Arabian oryx as a model	13
Livestock and agriculture affect recruitment and the structure of a key palm for people and an endangered bird in semi-arid lands	12
The genesis of the Jornada criollo cattle program	12
Wind erosion caused clustered development and rapid growth of nebkhas in the eastern Qaidam Basin of the Tibetan Plateau	12
Response of soil water and carbon storage to short-term grazing prohibition in arid and semi-arid grasslands of China	12
Central Iranian playas: The first 3D near-surface model	12
Yield and morphology of forage cactus cultivars under drip irrigation management based on soil water matric potential thresholds	12
Moisture, temperature and respiration of two soil classes under pasture and tropical dry forest in the semiarid Brazilian region	12
Vegetation influences desert soil arthropods and their response to altered precipitation	12
Thermal ecology of a thermophilic lizard Callisaurus draconoides through a latitudinal gradient	12
Edaphic properties under Vachellia macracantha in an elevation gradient of dry scrub in southern Ecuador	11
Assessment of ecosystem resilience in Central Asia	11
Distribution and dynamics of the Cynodon dactylon invasion to the cultivated fields of pearl millet in north-central Namibia	11
Eucalyptus leaf diseases associated with Neofusicoccum spp. in North Africa	11
Editorial Board	11
Unraveling the defensive strategies of camel thorn Alhagi maurorum medik. For thriving in arid and semi-arid environments	11

Editorial Board	11
Dust deposition and its significance to soil nutrients in the Otindag Desert, China	11
Factors shaping a lizard community structure in a semiarid region of north-eastern Brazil	11
Seasonal phenology, shade reliance, and ecophysiology of wild Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum in Sonoran Desert	11
Climate change, the Arab spring, and COVID-19 - Impacts on landcover transformations in the Levant	11
Effects of dietary supplementation on vegetation cover and its defoliation by sheep in extensive husbandry	11
Resource-area-dependence analysis of desert mule deer habitats in the San Andres Mountains, New Mexico, USA	11
Free-living diazotrophs differ among soil microhabitats, soil depth, and seasonality in a tropical dryland of central Mexico	11
Preferences of annual and ephemeral plants for inorganic N versus organic N at different growth stages in a temperate desert ecosystem	11
Biomass production by tree species is negatively affected by decreased precipitation and chronic anthropogenic disturbance in a Caatinga dry forest	10
Response of herbaceous vegetation in the southern kalahari following a prolonged drought	10
Home ranges of African sand cats (Felis margarita margarita)	10
Birds of the Caatinga revisited: The problem of enclaves within, but not of, the Caatinga	10
Editorial Board	10
Overlooked stories beneath the rocks: Rodents as potential columnar cactus seed dispersers in the campo rupestre ecosystem	10
Rodent communities in a neglected grassland landscape: Investigating species-specific responses of grassland rodents to habitat type and shrub presence	10
Machine learning and remote sensing based time series analysis for drought risk prediction in Borena Zone, Southwest Ethiopia	10
Interacting stressors drive landscape variation in demographic response of the endangered plant, Pectis imberbis (A. Gray)	10
Diversity and fire responses in Renosterveld, the forgotten relation of fynbos, in southernmost Africa	10
Invertebrate richness, diversity and hatching patterns from a semi-arid pool in peninsular India using field sampling and sediment re-hydration	10
Response of dung beetle diversity to three livestock management systems in drylands of central Mexico	10
Multi-step evaluation framework for analyzing mineral dust transport and meteorological impacts over northern India	10
Effects of soil properties on vegetation community composition across a semiarid ecosystem	10
The black-backed jackal as a seed disperser	10
Editorial Board	10
Quantifying herbivory in heterogenous environments: Methodological considerations for more accurate metrics	9
How does grazing affect soil water availability in the Patagonian steppe?	9
Climate change impacts the distribution and suitability of two wild species of the genus Stylosanthes	9
Voluntary consumption of Lantana camara L. when browsing the heterogeneous vegetation of tropical forests: A goats’ perspective	9
Editorial Board	9
Adaptation to seasonal change in osmotic stressors in the Souss Valley tortoise Testudo graeca graeca, in an arid steppe-land of west-central Morocco: allostasis vs. homeostasis	9
Thermogeological function of burrow system in Phrynocephalus przewalskii	9
The role of ancient human settlements in creating nutrient hotspots in a savanna ecosystem, central Zimbabwe	9
Factors controlling spatio-temporal variations of sandy deserts during the past 110 Years in Xinjiang, Northwestern China	9
Trajectory analysis of central Sonoran Desert dust storms	8
Do seasonal dietary shifts by Temminck's pangolins compensate for winter resource scarcity in a semi-arid environment?	8
Oil lamps and hearths: A comparative study of the techniques used to illuminate domestic space at Arad and its enclaves in southern Sinai	8
Effect of substrate properties on seedling emergence and its contribution to species selection for direct seeding in arid lands	8
Seed provenance, thermoperiod, and photoperiod affect low water potential tolerance during seed germination of the multipurpose exotic tree Prosopis juliflora	8
Effects of landscape pattern evolution on plant species and functional trait diversity in Hunshandak Sandland	8
Faster growth rate induces higher ecosystem productivity in Inner Mongolian grasslands during 2000–2018 years	8
Modeling past, present and future: Species-specific responses to climate changes in three shrub congeners from south American drylands	8
The Al-Hajar Mts as a prehistoric refugium? On the habitability of karst mountain places in Oman during arid climate periods	8
Optimized soil bacterial structure following grazing exclusion promotes soil nutrient cycling and plant growth	8
Influence of Cytinus hypocistis parasitism on fruit and seed production in the mediterranean shrub Cistus albidus	8
Mixed responses of tenebrionid beetles to solar energy development in the Mojave Desert	8
An Eltonian proxy for restoring a lost browser-tree interaction	8
Ethnobotany of Moringa stenopetala: A case study from Derashe and Konso ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia	7
Hydrologic restoration of anthropoentically altered springs in the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in the Great Basin, USA	7
Grazing-induced changes in plant patch structure alter soil organic carbon quality in the arid rangelands of the Patagonian Monte, Argentina	7
Fertility islands, keys to the establishment of plant and microbial diversity in a highly alkaline hot desert	7
Subterranean termite nests in residential and open crop fields in central Ethiopia: Knowledge and perception of farmers on causes and effects	7
Shrub canopy effects on moss biocrust, soil properties, and microbiomes in a semi-arid ecosystem: Implications for ecosystem function and sustainability	7
Why indigenous water systems are declining and how to revive them: A rough set analysis	7
The way forward	7
Desert journeys: Papers on the prehistory and protohistory of the arid Southern Levant in Honour of Steven A. Rosen	7
Trophic niche of coexistence of reintroduced scimitar-horned oryx and native dorcas gazelle in Sidi Toui National Park, Tunisia	7
Climate vulnerability and risks to an indigenous community in the arid zone of South Africa	7
Impact of soil degradation on plant communities in an overgrazed Tibetan alpine meadow	7
Editorial Board	7
Hydrologic similarity: Dimensionless runoff indices across scales in a semi-arid catchment	7
Semiarid woody plant functional groups contribute differently to canopy conductance	7
Evaluation of fine-scale environmental heterogeneity and its effect on terrestrial mammal diversity in a grassland in the Chihuahuan Desert	7
Ethnoecology of desert truffles hunting: A cross-cultural comparative study on practices and perceptions in the Mediterranean and the Near East	7
Movement, activity, and landscape use patterns of heritage and commercial beef cows grazing Chihuahuan Desert rangeland	7
Poplar trees in Israel's desert regions: Relicts of Roman and Byzantine settlement	7
Where birds are rare or fill the air: Documenting Karoo complexity: Richard Dean (10 August 1940—3 August 2022)	7
Effect of hydrocarbons on the germination of Larrea divaricata and Pappostipa speciosa in the Monte Desert of Argentina	7
Site fidelity of the plains mouse, Pseudomys australis, in refuges during the transition from bust to boom	7
Ecology and social behavior of the Brandt's vole: A generalized review	6
Do fires affects growth, seed production and germination of the globose cactus Gymnocalycium monvillei?	6
Predicting current and future habitat refuges for conservation of wild goat (Capra aegagrus Erxleben 1777) under climate change in Iraq	6
Home range and habitat use of roan antelope Hippotragus equinus in Northern Botswana	6
Saline soils worldwide: Identifying the most promising areas for saline agriculture	6
Asymmetric effects of daytime and nighttime warming on vegetation greenness in the Mongolian Plateau	6
Weather information and shocks: Policy implications to ensure food security in Tigray Region of Ethiopia	6
Effect of traditional livestock grazing on abundance of small mammals and activity of mountain vizcacha in the high central semi-arid Andes	6
Gypsum in the desert landscape: Floristic variations within the Cuatro Ciénegas basin in Coahuila, Mexico	6
High species turnover of arthropod communities associated with distinct vegetation patches (“heuweltjies”) in an arid shrubland	6
Are fungus-growing termites super sediment-sorting insects of subtropical environments?	6

Does sample size of leaf osmotic potential significantly affect the evidence of its association with cotton yield?	6
Modelling soil erosion risk in rural sub-catchments of Zimbabwe using RUSLE, remote sensing and machine learning	6
Cover-based allometric estimate of aboveground biomass of a non-native, invasive annual grass (Bromus tectorum L.) in the Great Basin, USA	6
Experimental study on the relationship between wind erosion rate and microtopography around tree-like vegetation	6
Facilitation and its effect on vital rates of the living rock cactus Ariocarpus retusus	6
A 19th century hydroclimate chronology for the semi-arid Karoo, South Africa: Droughts and dry periods in perspective	6
Measuring the stability of soil organic carbon in Arenosols in the Senegalese Groundnut Basin	6
Fog as unconventional water resource: Mapping fog occurrence and fog collection potential for food security in Southern Bolivia	6
Reproduction and vegetative growth do not follow reciprocity theory in the C3 desert shrub ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)	6
Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the dimensions of farmers' adaptive capacity in the face of water scarcity	6
The influence of initial phenolic content and UV-screening effectiveness on abiotic photodegradation of Wyoming big sagebrush litter collected along an elevation gradient	6
Ecosystems managed for wildlife and livestock: Contrasting herbivore impacts in a heavily grazed African savanna	6
Variability in soil and foliar stable carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions in the winter rainfall biomes of South Africa	6
Bio-fertilization of arid lands by terrestrial snails-targeting the wider physiological, geomorphological and agricultural perspectives	6
A photographic transect method for field measurement of vegetation cover along an ecotone gradient in a desert environment	6
First insights on the reproductive biology of Anarthrophyllum strigulipetalum (Fabaceae), a rare bird-pollinated species from semi-arid Patagonia	5
The endangered Arabian tahr observed drinking seawater in Oman	5
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Dry spells in a semi-arid region of Brazil and their influence on maize productivity	5
Grass species diversity response to brush packing in semi-arid rangelands of South Africa	5
Evaluating satellite-based precipitation products for spatiotemporal drought analysis	5
Potential of global vegetation maps in capturing xerophytic vegetation cover: insights from Madagascar's arid ecosystems	5
Sustainable Co-Management of arid regions in southeastern Iran: Social network analysis approach	5
Plants in the caatinga possess multiple adaptative leaf morphoanatomical traits concurrently, a pattern revealed from a systematic review	5
Foraging behavior of Raramuri Criollo vs. commercial crossbred cows on rangelands of the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico	5
Identifying areas of conservation importance based on spatial patterns of evolutionary diversity for non-volant small mammals in the Andean Puna	5
Human density impacts Nubian Flapshell turtle survival in Sub-Saharan Africa: Future conservation strategies	5
Towards sustainable conservation and domestication of Balanites aegyptiaca L. (Zygophyllaceae) in Africa: progress and challenges	5
Introducing the REPAIR framework for sustainable environmental restoration: Lessons from lake urmia, Iran	5
Long-term survival and flowering of ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in Texas: A 33-year perspective	5
Diversity in smallholder dairy production systems in the Brazilian semiarid region: Farm typologies and characteristics of raw milk and water used in milking	5
Native versus non-native dominance after disturbance varies with environmental context	5
Modulation of structural and functional traits in facultative halophyte Salvadora oleoides Decne. For adaptability under hyper-arid and saline environments	5
Assessing soil productivity potential in arid region using remote sensing vegetation indices	5
Analysis of the relationship between vegetation indices and forage nutritional parameters in Mediterranean semi-arid rainfed grasslands	5
Response of total primary productivity of vegetation to meteorological drought in arid and semi-arid regions of China	5
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Optimizing silage quality in drylands: Corn stover and forage cactus mixture on nutritive value, microbial activity, and aerobic stability	5
Drought and defoliation affect soil extracellular enzyme activity in northern temperate grasslands	5
Geographical and ecological allopatry effects on niche change in two sister species pairs of hummingbirds in western North America	5
A regional, remote sensing-based approach to mapping land degradation in the Little Karoo, South Africa	5
Efficiency of technologies to live with drought in agricultural development in Brazil's semi-arid regions	5
The role of xerophytic vegetation on fog harvest	5
Rangelands and crop fallows can supplement but not replace protected grasslands in sustaining Thar Desert's avifauna during the dry season	5
The influence of African elephants on litter and soil nitrogen attributes in mopane woodland in Hwange National Park, northwest Zimbabwe	5
Degradation of the Albany Thicket Biome. How much of the extent remains 20 years after the initial mapping in 1998?	4
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Top-down effects have primacy over bottom-up effects on the population dynamics of a flightless desert bird	4
The potential for using soil carbon, soil texture, and elevation as indicators of grass-cover response in Chihuahuan Desert grassland restoration practices	4
Understanding the rapid increase in drought stress and its connections with climate desertification since the early 1990s over the Brazilian semi-arid region	4
Effects of conspecific and congeneric soils and litters on the nodulation and growth of non-native invasive and native Prosopis species in arid deserts	4
Local ecological knowledge of forage plants for goat farming and perceptions about pollination of tree species in the arid Chaco	4
Changes in the distribution and availability of plant fuel associated with the invasion of non-native Pinus halepensis in high-altitude grasslands of Argentina	4
Wastelands or preferred-lands? Indicators for redefining desert conservation	4
Allelopathic effects of the invasive species (Prosopis juliflora) on seedlings of two common arid plants: Does free proline play roles?	4
Human-Wildlife Conflict in a ‘successful’ Community Conservation Programme: Economic and territorial impacts on Namibia's conservancies	4
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Relationship between soil seed bank and standing vegetation in the Saharan rangelands of southeastern Algeria	4
Impact of drought-induced herbivory by Cape porcupine on Aloe claviflora on the Wolwekraal Nature Reserve, Prince Albert	4
Coping and adapting to drought in semi-arid Karoo rangelands: Key lessons from livestock farmers	4
Facilitating restoration of degraded biological soil crusts using mixed culture inoculation	4
Biochar application on mine tailings from arid zones: Prospects for mine reclamation	4
The spatiotemporal dynamics and driving mechanism of ecosystem service supply–demand in China's drylands	4
Foraging behavior and body temperature of heritage vs. commercial beef cows in relation to desert ambient heat	4
The rolling dung master: An ecosystem engineer beetle mobilizing soil nutrients to enhance plant growth across a grassland management intensity gradient in drylands	4
Black-legged seriema (Chunga burmeisteri): A new unsuspected tree disperser in the Dry Chaco	4
Spring mounds of the Nefzaoua oases in Tunisia: Irreversible degradation of exceptional geomorphic structures	4
Diet of the Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) in Mongolian steppe habitat during a population peak of Brandt's voles	4
Corrigendum to “Keeping people in the loop: Socioeconomic valuation of dry forest ecosystem services in the Colombian Caribbean region” [J. Arid Environ. 188 (2021) 104446]	4
Rapid estimation of fractional vegetation cover in grasslands using smartphones	4
Responses of plant productivity and carbon fluxes to short-term experimental manipulations of climate change and species loss in a Mongolian grassland	4
Local ecological knowledge on preferred vegetation of African savanna elephants in the semi-desert highlands of northwest Namibia	4
Soil erosion-reducing efficiency of litter cover varies with litter shape and coverage in a desert ecosystem	4
Resilience through Relationships: Evaluating rangeland governance structures in semi-arid Tafresh county	4
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Dune elongation and hunting strategy during the Terminal Pleistocene (Ramonian): Insights from Mizpor Ashalim, northwestern Negev dunefield margins, Israel	3
Beyond boundaries: Phylogeographic structure and major range extension of the Sinai Fan-Toed Gecko, Ptyodactylus guttatus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in Saudi Arabia	3
Do irrigated and rainfed agrosystems change aboveground and root carbon and nitrogen stocks in a semiarid environment?	3
Atractylis arbuscula Svent. & Michaelis (Asteraceae): Two insular endemics from the Canary Islands with different conservation scenarios	3
Drinking dependency shapes behavioural thermoregulatory trade-offs in four arid-zone larks	3
Salinity shapes vertical distribution of sediment microbial community in Ebinur Lake, China	3
Microbial biomass, carbon and nitrogen stocks across land uses and soil types in the Brazilian tropical dry forest region	3
Positive impacts of rangeland abandonment on dung beetle functional diversity	3
Drought and shrub cover differentially affect seed bank composition within two sagebrush steppe communities	3
Population trends in an endemic dwarf succulent over two decades: rainfall, elevation, microsite and landuse effects	3
Engineering by cape ground squirrels affects biodiversity in semi-arid grasslands	3
Predictive modeling of green water availability: The role of annual plants as an ecological indicator in dryland ecosystems	3
Similar post-drought functional trait response of native and exotic plant species in southwestern Arizona	3
Climate variability trends-community perspective-livelihood adaptation strategy nexus in the arid-tropics, Ethiopia	3
Hydrological dichotomy: Streamflow drought in dammed vs. undammed regions of the largest Indian Peninsular basin	3
Camel potentiality in survival and germination of wild pastoral species: The case of Fabaceae in Sahara rangelands of Algeria	3
Population dynamics and life history of the endangered ciénega endemic Eryngium sparganophyllum in Arizona	3
The influence of chronic anthropogenic disturbance and precipitation on endemic birds in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest	3
Selection of progenies of forage cacti (Opuntia undulata Griffiths) in the semiarid region of Brazil	3
Factors causing different CO2 responses in shoot regrowth after defoliation between two grassland species in Mongolia	3