Journal of Arid Environments

Article	Citations
Groundwater abstraction and woodland mortality: Lessons from Namibia	320
Analyzing land use/land cover changes and aridity dynamics in the Nile river basin, Northeastern Africa	82
Devices to measure the impacts on groundwater salinity from irrigating halophytic crops with brackish waters in a hyper-arid environment	74
Trade-off dynamics in a rare cactus: What are the demographic consequences of temporal variation in fitness?	48
Editorial Board	43
Proactive policy options for drought resilience in the Sahel region	42
Coyotes in the Great Basin desert do not exhibit a spatial response following the removal of anthropogenic water sources	39
Accelerating collapse of freshwater ecosystems and fish communities in North Africa's Middle Atlas under combined climatic and anthropogenic pressures	32
Determining the response of riparian vegetation and river morphology to drought using Google Earth Engine and machine learning	31
Geospatial distribution of qanats in middle eastern countries: Potential for sustainable groundwater system	30
Synergistic pathways to promote nature-based Solutions: How policy and peer collaboration shape herder decisions on artificial pasture cultivation in Qinghai, China	28
Understanding resource use of an invasive species: Diet of the common warthog in Eastern Cape succulent thicket	26
Additive and substitutable prey responses to feral and native predator combinations	25
Wind tunnel experimental investigation on microtopography of vegetation regions and its relationship with sand transport rate and sand flux	25
Constraints and incidence of camel calf morbidity and mortality in Borana rangeland, Southern Ethiopia	25
Climatic variations along an aridity gradient drive significant trait intraspecific variability in Mediterranean plant species	25
Multi-scenario land use simulation and sustainability assessment in arid lanzhou: Ecological-economic trade-offs in Northwest China	23
Reduced moisture caused by short-term grazing prohibition results in a significant decrease of fungi abundance	22
Editorial Board	22
Spatiotemporal dynamics of vegetation cover in Egypt and its nonlinear climate responses: Insights from interpretable machine learning	22
Characterizing fungal communities on Mojave desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in Arizona to uncover potential pathogens	21
Food habits of the Lesser grison Galictis cuja (Molina, 1782) in the Huasco coastal desert, Los Choros, northern Chile	21
Miners' diet in the Naḥal ‘Amram copper mines (southern ‘Arabah Valley) during the Roman-Byzantine periods	21
In Dabouki Land: Interdisciplinary notes on the cultural history of a landrace grape cultivar in Israel	20
Resource dependence analysis of home range quality for pronghorn in south-central New Mexico, USA	19

Inter-annual variation in avian phenology and reproductive success in a semiarid agricultural area of central Mexico	19
Dryland river restoration via carnivore reintroduction: Nonnative fauna dominate diets of river otters reintroduced to the Upper Rio Grande	18
Editorial Board	18
Modeling dust storms using machine learning and deep learning techniques	17
Exploring the cultural ecosystem services of arid watersheds: A social media analysis	17
Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana) habitat suitability in Saudi Arabia: Insights from camera trapping and ensemble species distribution modelling	17
Compounding effects of drought on long-term demography of a threatened reptile	17
Spatial and temporal patterns and driving factors of carbon in green great wall project, Africa	17
A novel method for adjusting cropping patterns to climate change	16
The Nexus between Land Use/Cover changes and Land Surface Temperature: Remote sensing based Two-Decadal Analysis	16
The hidden costs of land use transformation: Ecological degradation in arid and semi-arid areas	16
Evaluation of machine-learning algorithms in estimation of relative water content of sorghum under different irrigated environments	15
Grassland degradation by shrub encroachment: Mapping patterns and drivers of encroachment in Kyrgyzstan	15
Impact of greening and enhanced cloudiness on aerosol-radiation interaction and its effects on net primary productivity over northwest India	14
The paradox of fog and dew field observations	14
Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert	14
Field evaluation of three halophytes under saline drip irrigation: growth dynamics and biochemical regulation	14
Estimation of carbon stocks in the areas of a seasonally dry tropical forest in the Brazilian semi-arid region	14
Habemus seeds but they are non-viable: The importance of assessing seed viability in seed rain	13
Co-occurrence of black-backed jackal and caracal in the Karoo, South Africa	13
Flint tools in Iron Age burials of Tel Erani: Interpretations in the light of mortuary practices	13
Numerical simulation of shelter effect assessment for single-row windbreaks on the periphery of oasis farmland	13
Modelling land condition to augment Land Degradation Neutrality assessments - The succulent Karoo biome of South Africa as a case study	13
Retreat site occupation and short-term movements in an oasis-dwelling frog in relation to temperature-humidity conditions	13
Topography-mediated aboveground biomass (AGB) carbon storage in semiarid Patagonia: native forests and pine plantations at the landscape scale	13
Spread of Striga asiatica through suitable climatic conditions: Risk assessment in new areas producing Zea mays in South America	13
The Indo-European flyway of migrating songbirds: Crossing the arid plains of central Eurasia	13
Rapid conservation assessment of Boswellia sacra in Oman reveals complex threat and population patterns	12
Drought–competition synergy drives cork oak (Quercus suber) decline: multi-proxy evidence from semi-arid Algerian forests	12
Natural distribution and phenotypic traits of Neltuma flexuosa var. depressa, a candidate taxon for the rehabilitation in the central arid region of Argentina	12
Seasonal balance of whole plant non-structural carbohydrates in a deciduous species with green stem in a dry tropical forest	12
Corrigendum to “Can dung pollen reveal livestock dietary preferences and grazing patterns in Central Mongolia?” [J. Arid Environ. 235 (2026) 105613]	12
Asymmetric response of forest aboveground biomass density to precipitation anomalies in China	12
Vegetation change on mine sites in the most arid part of the Succulent Karoo Biome and their implications for mine closure	12
Cold-summer and summer-snowfall trends and their impacts on vegetation in a warming Mongolian Plateau	12
Foraging behavior of Raramuri Criollo vs. Angus cattle grazing California Chaparral and Colorado Plateau shrublands	12
Improved MPSIAC model for soil erosion rate assessment in semiarid zones	12
Organic carbon stock between different grain sizes in Arenosols from the coastal dunes of Campeche Bay, Mexico	11
Fire resilience and altered competitive dynamics of the endangered forb Pectis imberbis show potential for prescribed fire as a conservation tool	11
Vegetation influences desert soil arthropods and their response to altered precipitation	11
Editorial Board	11
Central Iranian playas: The first 3D near-surface model	11
Plant allelopathic interactions matter in arid ecosystems of Patagonia. An analysis across a wide aridity gradient	11
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	11
Soil phosphorus availability regulates ecosystem carbon dynamics during the growing season of a typical temperate grassland in inner Mongolia, China	11
Unraveling the defensive strategies of camel thorn Alhagi maurorum medik. For thriving in arid and semi-arid environments	10
Petroglyphs as a paleobiogeographic guide for Arabian ostrich ecology and reintroduction	10
Effect of water stress and temperature on seed germination of five perennial grass species of the semi-arid Pampas	10
Home ranges of African sand cats (Felis margarita margarita)	10
Invertebrate richness, diversity and hatching patterns from a semi-arid pool in peninsular India using field sampling and sediment re-hydration	10

Soil microbial community responses to alpine meadow degradation in Maqu: implications for semi-arid ecosystem restoration	10
Livestock and agriculture affect recruitment and the structure of a key palm for people and an endangered bird in semi-arid lands	10
Climate change, the Arab spring, and COVID-19 - Impacts on landcover transformations in the Levant	10
Editorial Board	10
Moisture, temperature and respiration of two soil classes under pasture and tropical dry forest in the semiarid Brazilian region	10
Stomatal sensitivity to heat and drought depends on coordination between leaf phenology, functional and physiological traits in Sonoran Desert tree species	10
The black-backed jackal as a seed disperser	10
Distribution and dynamics of the Cynodon dactylon invasion to the cultivated fields of pearl millet in north-central Namibia	9
Rodent communities in a neglected grassland landscape: Investigating species-specific responses of grassland rodents to habitat type and shrub presence	9
Nonlinear regulation of vegetation resilience changes by climate and soil factors in China's drylands	9
Hydraulic traits mainly explain leaf photosynthetic capacity across evergreen and deciduous woody species in a semi-arid savanna ecosystem	9
Machine learning and remote sensing based time series analysis for drought risk prediction in Borena Zone, Southwest Ethiopia	9
Potential of biochar inoculated with Trichoderma to improve soil chemical and biological properties in a regenerating area	9
Assessment of soil erosion patterns in Maharloo watershed using remote sensing techniques and early warning signals	9
Effects of dietary supplementation on vegetation cover and its defoliation by sheep in extensive husbandry	9
Moisture sources and contribution of precipitation on surface runoff of the Weihe River Basin	9
Can dung pollen reveal livestock dietary preferences and grazing patterns in Central Mongolia?	9
Response of herbaceous vegetation in the southern kalahari following a prolonged drought	9
Factors shaping a lizard community structure in a semiarid region of north-eastern Brazil	9
Biomass production by tree species is negatively affected by decreased precipitation and chronic anthropogenic disturbance in a Caatinga dry forest	9
Preferences of annual and ephemeral plants for inorganic N versus organic N at different growth stages in a temperate desert ecosystem	9
Traditional irrigation knowledge for sustainable water resource management in arid Environments: Insights from the MENA region	9
Overlooked stories beneath the rocks: Rodents as potential columnar cactus seed dispersers in the campo rupestre ecosystem	9
Edaphic properties under Vachellia macracantha in an elevation gradient of dry scrub in southern Ecuador	9
The role of the ouricuri palm (Syagrus coronata (Mart.) Becc.) in supporting epiphyte biodiversity in traditional Caatinga agricultural systems	9
Multi-step evaluation framework for analyzing mineral dust transport and meteorological impacts over northern India	9
Diversity and fire responses in Renosterveld, the forgotten relation of fynbos, in southernmost Africa	8
Effect of substrate properties on seedling emergence and its contribution to species selection for direct seeding in arid lands	8
Modeling past, present and future: Species-specific responses to climate changes in three shrub congeners from south American drylands	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
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	8
An Eltonian proxy for restoring a lost browser-tree interaction	8
Editorial Board	8
Editorial Board	8
The Al-Hajar Mts as a prehistoric refugium? On the habitability of karst mountain places in Oman during arid climate periods	8
Trajectory analysis of central Sonoran Desert dust storms	8
Interacting stressors drive landscape variation in demographic response of the endangered plant, Pectis imberbis (A. Gray)	8
Influence of Cytinus hypocistis parasitism on fruit and seed production in the mediterranean shrub Cistus albidus	8
The role of ancient human settlements in creating nutrient hotspots in a savanna ecosystem, central Zimbabwe	8
Location differences in senescence and leaf macronutrient concentrations for selected tree species in the savannah woodlands of Botswana	8
Shrub encroachment at northeastern Patagonia. Where? When?	8
Quantifying uncertainty for near-natural forestation in arid regions	8
Climate change impacts the distribution and suitability of two wild species of the genus Stylosanthes	7
Integrated assessment of livelihood vulnerability to climate Variability: An empirical study of tribal communities in chhindwara district, central India	7
Effects of landscape pattern evolution on plant species and functional trait diversity in Hunshandak Sandland	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
Indigenous knowledge and the conservation role of rakhals in the semi-arid zone of Gujarat, India	7
Hydrologic restoration of anthropoentically altered springs in the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in the Great Basin, USA	7
Soil attributes are key drivers of calcium, potassium, and magnesium concentrations and stocks in a tropical dry forest	7
The way forward	7
Mixed responses of tenebrionid beetles to solar energy development in the Mojave Desert	7
Evaluation of fine-scale environmental heterogeneity and its effect on terrestrial mammal diversity in a grassland in the Chihuahuan Desert	7
Solar-tracking photovoltaic systems create divergent microhabitats that enhance vegetation recovery in arid sandy lands	7
Grazing-induced changes in plant patch structure alter soil organic carbon quality in the arid rangelands of the Patagonian Monte, Argentina	7
Biosolids application alters moth communities in a semi-arid grassland	7
How does grazing affect soil water availability in the Patagonian steppe?	7
Faster growth rate induces higher ecosystem productivity in Inner Mongolian grasslands during 2000–2018 years	7
Optimized soil bacterial structure following grazing exclusion promotes soil nutrient cycling and plant growth	7
Antagonistic effects of aerosol loading and climate change on gross primary productivity in water-limited ecosystems of north China (2000–2024)	7
Semiarid woody plant functional groups contribute differently to canopy conductance	7
Melanism in scorpions, reptiles and rodents inhabiting the volcanic fields of north-western Saudi Arabia	7
Integrating ecosystem services and ecological product values into nature-based solutions system: A perspective for sustainable grassland use in Xinjiang, China	7
The long-term decline of a succulent tree, Aloidendron pillansii, in the hyper-arid Richtersveld region of southern Africa	6
Multiple introductions of Pristurus geckos (Reptilia: Sphaerodactylidae) on Masirah Island, Oman	6
Shrub canopy effects on moss biocrust, soil properties, and microbiomes in a semi-arid ecosystem: Implications for ecosystem function and sustainability	6
Does sample size of leaf osmotic potential significantly affect the evidence of its association with cotton yield?	6
Subterranean termite nests in residential and open crop fields in central Ethiopia: Knowledge and perception of farmers on causes and effects	6
Ethnoecology of desert truffles hunting: A cross-cultural comparative study on practices and perceptions in the Mediterranean and the Near East	6
Site fidelity of the plains mouse, Pseudomys australis, in refuges during the transition from bust to boom	6
Ethnobotany of Moringa stenopetala: A case study from Derashe and Konso ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia	6
Effect of hydrocarbons on the germination of Larrea divaricata and Pappostipa speciosa in the Monte Desert of Argentina	6
Disentangling the drivers of change affecting nature's contributions to people in dry rivers from social perception	6
Measuring the stability of soil organic carbon in Arenosols in the Senegalese Groundnut Basin	6
Localized replacement rather than generalized degradation: Impacts of cropland expansion on rangeland health in semiarid Argentina	6
Modelling soil erosion risk in rural sub-catchments of Zimbabwe using RUSLE, remote sensing and machine learning	6
Microbial inoculants supporting sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) under low water and nitrogen supplies in the Brazilian drylands	6
The benefits of a nurse plant, shade cloth, and nurse rock on Carnegiea gigantea (saguaro) growth and survival shift along a stress gradient	6
High species turnover of arthropod communities associated with distinct vegetation patches (“heuweltjies”) in an arid shrubland	6
Long-term agroforestry effects on soil CO2 and NO emissions in the Brazilian semiarid region	6

Gypsum in the desert landscape: Floristic variations within the Cuatro Ciénegas basin in Coahuila, Mexico	6
Vertical stratification of soil moisture memory and its response to climatic driver factors in inner Mongolia (2001-2024)	6
Saline soils worldwide: Identifying the most promising areas for saline agriculture	6
Effects of mound formation by the Siberian marmot on soil and vegetation in the forest steppe zone of Mongolia	6
Where birds are rare or fill the air: Documenting Karoo complexity: Richard Dean (10 August 1940—3 August 2022)	6
Ecology and social behavior of the Brandt's vole: A generalized review	6
Fertility islands, keys to the establishment of plant and microbial diversity in a highly alkaline hot desert	6
Population-level morphological variation of Cedrus atlantica along aridity and elevation ranges in Algeria: Patterns and implications for monitoring and conservation	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)	5
Impact of drought on vegetation in arid and semi-arid regions of China from 2000 to 2023	5
Human density impacts Nubian Flapshell turtle survival in Sub-Saharan Africa: Future conservation strategies	5
From prediction to action: Using observable spatial constraints to redefine land capability for drought adaptation in arid regions	5
Goats and sheep as seed dispersal agents of Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth	5
Optimizing silage quality in drylands: Corn stover and forage cactus mixture on nutritive value, microbial activity, and aerobic stability	5
Facilitation and its effect on vital rates of the living rock cactus Ariocarpus retusus	5
Modulation of structural and functional traits in facultative halophyte Salvadora oleoides Decne. For adaptability under hyper-arid and saline environments	5
The influence of initial phenolic content and UV-screening effectiveness on abiotic photodegradation of Wyoming big sagebrush litter collected along an elevation gradient	5
Weather information and shocks: Policy implications to ensure food security in Tigray Region of Ethiopia	5
Differential effects of precipitation pulses on two mistletoe species and their associated fauna in a semi-arid environment	5
Asymmetric effects of daytime and nighttime warming on vegetation greenness in the Mongolian Plateau	5
A 19th century hydroclimate chronology for the semi-arid Karoo, South Africa: Droughts and dry periods in perspective	5
Experimental study on the relationship between wind erosion rate and microtopography around tree-like vegetation	5
The Sykes tree: Changes in the architecture of Fouquieria columnaris after six decades on the coast of Sonora, Mexico	5
Native versus non-native dominance after disturbance varies with environmental context	5
Introducing the REPAIR framework for sustainable environmental restoration: Lessons from lake urmia, Iran	5
Spatial distribution and determinants of large old trees in the upper and middle reaches of the Tarim basin, Xinjiang, China	5
Evaluating satellite-based precipitation products for spatiotemporal drought analysis	5
The adaptability of vegetation productivity to precipitation variability determines its resistance in central asian grassland ecosystems	5
Ecosystems managed for wildlife and livestock: Contrasting herbivore impacts in a heavily grazed African savanna	5
Bio-fertilization of arid lands by terrestrial snails-targeting the wider physiological, geomorphological and agricultural perspectives	5
Construction of a railway altered physical, chemical, and biological aspects of a reservoir in the Brazilian semiarid region	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
Understanding how the Argan tree adapts its performance in a heterogeneous environment using wood anatomical and leaf functional traits	5
Drought and defoliation affect soil extracellular enzyme activity in northern temperate grasslands	5
The endangered Arabian tahr observed drinking seawater in Oman	5
Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) invasion is associated with reduced plant diversity and changes in carbon storage in the Sonoran Desert	5
Tree diversity dynamics in agricultural landscapes as shaped by agroecological zones in Malawi	5
Geographical and ecological allopatry effects on niche change in two sister species pairs of hummingbirds in western North America	5
Polymer-coated seeds enhance cattle fecal seeding success under arid and cheatgrass-invaded conditions	5
A regional, remote sensing-based approach to mapping land degradation in the Little Karoo, South Africa	5
Quantifying the accuracy of cos(SZA)-based upscaling from instantaneous to daily GPP: Implications for improving satellite-based SIF and GPP retrievals	5
Genetic diversity of two native grassland species from Patagonia: implications for domestication and germplasm conservation	5
Effect of traditional livestock grazing on abundance of small mammals and activity of mountain vizcacha in the high central semi-arid Andes	5
A photographic transect method for field measurement of vegetation cover along an ecotone gradient in a desert environment	5
Potential of global vegetation maps in capturing xerophytic vegetation cover: insights from Madagascar's arid ecosystems	5