Journal of Arid Environments

Article	Citations
Understanding resource use of an invasive species: Diet of the common warthog in Eastern Cape succulent thicket	225
Groundwater abstraction and woodland mortality: Lessons from Namibia	62
Geospatial distribution of qanats in middle eastern countries: Potential for sustainable groundwater system	48
Editorial Board	47
Prediction of desert locust breeding areas using machine learning methods and SMOS (MIR_SMNRT2) Near Real Time product	44
Proactive policy options for drought resilience in the Sahel region	35
Devices to measure the impacts on groundwater salinity from irrigating halophytic crops with brackish waters in a hyper-arid environment	35
Constraints and incidence of camel calf morbidity and mortality in Borana rangeland, Southern Ethiopia	34
Coyotes in the Great Basin desert do not exhibit a spatial response following the removal of anthropogenic water sources	31
Exploring water use and production dynamics of an indigenous African dry forest in south-western Zimbabwe	29
Climatic variations along an aridity gradient drive significant trait intraspecific variability in Mediterranean plant species	26
Additive and substitutable prey responses to feral and native predator combinations	26
Trade-off dynamics in a rare cactus: What are the demographic consequences of temporal variation in fitness?	25
Determining the response of riparian vegetation and river morphology to drought using Google Earth Engine and machine learning	24
Analyzing land use/land cover changes and aridity dynamics in the Nile river basin, Northeastern Africa	24
Compounding effects of drought on long-term demography of a threatened reptile	23
Editorial Board	23
Miners' diet in the Naḥal ‘Amram copper mines (southern ‘Arabah Valley) during the Roman-Byzantine periods	21
Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert	20
The hidden costs of land use transformation: Ecological degradation in arid and semi-arid areas	19
Ecophysiological and biochemical responses of two tree species from a tropical dry forest to drought stress and recovery	18
The reproductive performance of goats in a South African semi-arid savanna	18
Characterizing fungal communities on Mojave desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in Arizona to uncover potential pathogens	18
Reduced moisture caused by short-term grazing prohibition results in a significant decrease of fungi abundance	18
Exploring the cultural ecosystem services of arid watersheds: A social media analysis	18

Catastrophic collapses of sensitive species, including the quiver tree (Aloidendron dichotomum), following fire in the arid Nama-Karoo, South Africa	18
A novel method for adjusting cropping patterns to climate change	17
In Dabouki Land: Interdisciplinary notes on the cultural history of a landrace grape cultivar in Israel	17
Evaluation of machine-learning algorithms in estimation of relative water content of sorghum under different irrigated environments	17
Dryland river restoration via carnivore reintroduction: Nonnative fauna dominate diets of river otters reintroduced to the Upper Rio Grande	17
Inter-annual variation in avian phenology and reproductive success in a semiarid agricultural area of central Mexico	17
Estimation of carbon stocks in the areas of a seasonally dry tropical forest in the Brazilian semi-arid region	16
Rapid conservation assessment of Boswellia sacra in Oman reveals complex threat and population patterns	16
Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana) habitat suitability in Saudi Arabia: Insights from camera trapping and ensemble species distribution modelling	16
Modelling land condition to augment Land Degradation Neutrality assessments - The succulent Karoo biome of South Africa as a case study	16
Resource dependence analysis of home range quality for pronghorn in south-central New Mexico, USA	16
The Nexus between Land Use/Cover changes and Land Surface Temperature: Remote sensing based Two-Decadal Analysis	16
Grassland degradation by shrub encroachment: Mapping patterns and drivers of encroachment in Kyrgyzstan	16
The Indo-European flyway of migrating songbirds: Crossing the arid plains of central Eurasia	15
Co-occurrence of black-backed jackal and caracal in the Karoo, South Africa	15
Natural distribution and phenotypic traits of Neltuma flexuosa var. depressa, a candidate taxon for the rehabilitation in the central arid region of Argentina	15
Feeding ecology of the endemic Atlas day gecko; Quedenfeldtia moerens in an arid zone of Morocco	15
Vegetation change on mine sites in the most arid part of the Succulent Karoo Biome and their implications for mine closure	15
Spatial analysis of domestic water use and rural livelihoods in a semi-arid African highland	15
Foraging behavior of Raramuri Criollo vs. Angus cattle grazing California Chaparral and Colorado Plateau shrublands	14
Numerical simulation of shelter effect assessment for single-row windbreaks on the periphery of oasis farmland	14
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and/or organic amendment enhance the tolerance of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) under drought stress	14
Retreat site occupation and short-term movements in an oasis-dwelling frog in relation to temperature-humidity conditions	14
Flint tools in Iron Age burials of Tel Erani: Interpretations in the light of mortuary practices	14
Seasonal balance of whole plant non-structural carbohydrates in a deciduous species with green stem in a dry tropical forest	14
Soil phosphorus availability regulates ecosystem carbon dynamics during the growing season of a typical temperate grassland in inner Mongolia, China	14
Improved MPSIAC model for soil erosion rate assessment in semiarid zones	14
Spread of Striga asiatica through suitable climatic conditions: Risk assessment in new areas producing Zea mays in South America	14
Habemus seeds but they are non-viable: The importance of assessing seed viability in seed rain	14
Petroglyphs as a paleobiogeographic guide for Arabian ostrich ecology and reintroduction	14
Short-term hydrological response of soil after wildfire in a semi-arid landscape covered by Macrochloa tenacissima (L.) Kunth	13
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	12
Thermal ecology of a thermophilic lizard Callisaurus draconoides through a latitudinal gradient	12
Effect of water stress and temperature on seed germination of five perennial grass species of the semi-arid Pampas	12
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Response of soil water and carbon storage to short-term grazing prohibition in arid and semi-arid grasslands of China	12
The value of faecal N in monitoring dietary quality in desert ungulates: The Arabian oryx as a model	11
Central Iranian playas: The first 3D near-surface model	11
Editorial Board	11
Effects of dietary supplementation on vegetation cover and its defoliation by sheep in extensive husbandry	11
Effects of soil properties on vegetation community composition across a semiarid ecosystem	11
Livestock and agriculture affect recruitment and the structure of a key palm for people and an endangered bird in semi-arid lands	11
Vegetation influences desert soil arthropods and their response to altered precipitation	11
Free-living diazotrophs differ among soil microhabitats, soil depth, and seasonality in a tropical dryland of central Mexico	11
Unraveling the defensive strategies of camel thorn Alhagi maurorum medik. For thriving in arid and semi-arid environments	11
Preferences of annual and ephemeral plants for inorganic N versus organic N at different growth stages in a temperate desert ecosystem	11
Wind erosion caused clustered development and rapid growth of nebkhas in the eastern Qaidam Basin of the Tibetan Plateau	11
Moisture, temperature and respiration of two soil classes under pasture and tropical dry forest in the semiarid Brazilian region	11
Assessment of ecosystem resilience in Central Asia	11
Potential of biochar inoculated with Trichoderma to improve soil chemical and biological properties in a regenerating area	11

Invertebrate richness, diversity and hatching patterns from a semi-arid pool in peninsular India using field sampling and sediment re-hydration	11
Distribution and dynamics of the Cynodon dactylon invasion to the cultivated fields of pearl millet in north-central Namibia	10
Edaphic properties under Vachellia macracantha in an elevation gradient of dry scrub in southern Ecuador	10
Seasonal phenology, shade reliance, and ecophysiology of wild Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum in Sonoran Desert	10
The black-backed jackal as a seed disperser	10
Home ranges of African sand cats (Felis margarita margarita)	10
Editorial Board	10
Climate change, the Arab spring, and COVID-19 - Impacts on landcover transformations in the Levant	9
Overlooked stories beneath the rocks: Rodents as potential columnar cactus seed dispersers in the campo rupestre ecosystem	9
Eucalyptus leaf diseases associated with Neofusicoccum spp. in North Africa	9
Response of herbaceous vegetation in the southern kalahari following a prolonged drought	9
Editorial Board	9
Rodent communities in a neglected grassland landscape: Investigating species-specific responses of grassland rodents to habitat type and shrub presence	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
Machine learning and remote sensing based time series analysis for drought risk prediction in Borena Zone, Southwest Ethiopia	9
Diversity and fire responses in Renosterveld, the forgotten relation of fynbos, in southernmost Africa	9
Faster growth rate induces higher ecosystem productivity in Inner Mongolian grasslands during 2000–2018 years	9
Resource-area-dependence analysis of desert mule deer habitats in the San Andres Mountains, New Mexico, USA	9
Dust deposition and its significance to soil nutrients in the Otindag Desert, China	9
Multi-step evaluation framework for analyzing mineral dust transport and meteorological impacts over northern India	9
Mixed responses of tenebrionid beetles to solar energy development in the Mojave Desert	9
Influence of Cytinus hypocistis parasitism on fruit and seed production in the mediterranean shrub Cistus albidus	9
The role of ancient human settlements in creating nutrient hotspots in a savanna ecosystem, central Zimbabwe	8
Seed provenance, thermoperiod, and photoperiod affect low water potential tolerance during seed germination of the multipurpose exotic tree Prosopis juliflora	8
Trajectory analysis of central Sonoran Desert dust storms	8
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An Eltonian proxy for restoring a lost browser-tree interaction	8
Voluntary consumption of Lantana camara L. when browsing the heterogeneous vegetation of tropical forests: A goats’ perspective	8
The Al-Hajar Mts as a prehistoric refugium? On the habitability of karst mountain places in Oman during arid climate periods	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
Do seasonal dietary shifts by Temminck's pangolins compensate for winter resource scarcity in a semi-arid environment?	8
Effect of substrate properties on seedling emergence and its contribution to species selection for direct seeding in arid lands	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
Modeling past, present and future: Species-specific responses to climate changes in three shrub congeners from south American drylands	8
Interacting stressors drive landscape variation in demographic response of the endangered plant, Pectis imberbis (A. Gray)	8
Editorial Board	8
Climate change impacts the distribution and suitability of two wild species of the genus Stylosanthes	8
The way forward	7
Desert journeys: Papers on the prehistory and protohistory of the arid Southern Levant in Honour of Steven A. Rosen	7
Factors controlling spatio-temporal variations of sandy deserts during the past 110 Years in Xinjiang, Northwestern China	7
How does grazing affect soil water availability in the Patagonian steppe?	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
Movement, activity, and landscape use patterns of heritage and commercial beef cows grazing Chihuahuan Desert rangeland	7
Modelling soil erosion risk in rural sub-catchments of Zimbabwe using RUSLE, remote sensing and machine learning	7
Where birds are rare or fill the air: Documenting Karoo complexity: Richard Dean (10 August 1940—3 August 2022)	7
Trophic niche of coexistence of reintroduced scimitar-horned oryx and native dorcas gazelle in Sidi Toui National Park, Tunisia	7
Ethnobotany of Moringa stenopetala: A case study from Derashe and Konso ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia	7
Effects of landscape pattern evolution on plant species and functional trait diversity in Hunshandak Sandland	7
Ethnoecology of desert truffles hunting: A cross-cultural comparative study on practices and perceptions in the Mediterranean and the Near East	7
Fertility islands, keys to the establishment of plant and microbial diversity in a highly alkaline hot desert	7
Climate vulnerability and risks to an indigenous community in the arid zone of South Africa	7
Why indigenous water systems are declining and how to revive them: A rough set analysis	7
Subterranean termite nests in residential and open crop fields in central Ethiopia: Knowledge and perception of farmers on causes and effects	7
Effect of hydrocarbons on the germination of Larrea divaricata and Pappostipa speciosa in the Monte Desert of Argentina	7
Grazing-induced changes in plant patch structure alter soil organic carbon quality in the arid rangelands of the Patagonian Monte, Argentina	7
Optimized soil bacterial structure following grazing exclusion promotes soil nutrient cycling and plant growth	7
Quantifying herbivory in heterogenous environments: Methodological considerations for more accurate metrics	7
Integrated assessment of livelihood vulnerability to climate Variability: An empirical study of tribal communities in chhindwara district, central India	7
Measuring the stability of soil organic carbon in Arenosols in the Senegalese Groundnut Basin	7
Hydrologic restoration of anthropoentically altered springs in the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in the Great Basin, USA	7
Shrub canopy effects on moss biocrust, soil properties, and microbiomes in a semi-arid ecosystem: Implications for ecosystem function and sustainability	7
Site fidelity of the plains mouse, Pseudomys australis, in refuges during the transition from bust to boom	7
Facilitation and its effect on vital rates of the living rock cactus Ariocarpus retusus	6
Home range and habitat use of roan antelope Hippotragus equinus in Northern Botswana	6
Fog as unconventional water resource: Mapping fog occurrence and fog collection potential for food security in Southern Bolivia	6
Predicting current and future habitat refuges for conservation of wild goat (Capra aegagrus Erxleben 1777) under climate change in Iraq	6
Reproduction and vegetative growth do not follow reciprocity theory in the C3 desert shrub ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)	6
Variability in soil and foliar stable carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions in the winter rainfall biomes of South Africa	6
Diversity in smallholder dairy production systems in the Brazilian semiarid region: Farm typologies and characteristics of raw milk and water used in milking	6
Bio-fertilization of arid lands by terrestrial snails-targeting the wider physiological, geomorphological and agricultural perspectives	6
Saline soils worldwide: Identifying the most promising areas for saline agriculture	6
Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the dimensions of farmers' adaptive capacity in the face of water scarcity	6
Editorial Board	6
Does sample size of leaf osmotic potential significantly affect the evidence of its association with cotton yield?	6
A 19th century hydroclimate chronology for the semi-arid Karoo, South Africa: Droughts and dry periods in perspective	6
A photographic transect method for field measurement of vegetation cover along an ecotone gradient in a desert environment	6
Experimental study on the relationship between wind erosion rate and microtopography around tree-like vegetation	6
Evaluating satellite-based precipitation products for spatiotemporal drought analysis	6

Ecosystems managed for wildlife and livestock: Contrasting herbivore impacts in a heavily grazed African savanna	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
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
High species turnover of arthropod communities associated with distinct vegetation patches (“heuweltjies”) in an arid shrubland	6
Gypsum in the desert landscape: Floristic variations within the Cuatro Ciénegas basin in Coahuila, Mexico	6
Effect of traditional livestock grazing on abundance of small mammals and activity of mountain vizcacha in the high central semi-arid Andes	6
Potential of global vegetation maps in capturing xerophytic vegetation cover: insights from Madagascar's arid ecosystems	6
Weather information and shocks: Policy implications to ensure food security in Tigray Region of Ethiopia	6
Identifying areas of conservation importance based on spatial patterns of evolutionary diversity for non-volant small mammals in the Andean Puna	5
Towards sustainable conservation and domestication of Balanites aegyptiaca L. (Zygophyllaceae) in Africa: progress and challenges	5
Foraging behavior of Raramuri Criollo vs. commercial crossbred cows on rangelands of the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico	5
Drought and defoliation affect soil extracellular enzyme activity in northern temperate grasslands	5
Introducing the REPAIR framework for sustainable environmental restoration: Lessons from lake urmia, Iran	5
Asymmetric effects of daytime and nighttime warming on vegetation greenness in the Mongolian Plateau	5
A regional, remote sensing-based approach to mapping land degradation in the Little Karoo, South Africa	5
The adaptability of vegetation productivity to precipitation variability determines its resistance in central asian grassland ecosystems	5
First insights on the reproductive biology of Anarthrophyllum strigulipetalum (Fabaceae), a rare bird-pollinated species from semi-arid Patagonia	5
Coping and adapting to drought in semi-arid Karoo rangelands: Key lessons from livestock farmers	5
Response of total primary productivity of vegetation to meteorological drought in arid and semi-arid regions of China	5
Rangelands and crop fallows can supplement but not replace protected grasslands in sustaining Thar Desert's avifauna during the dry season	5
The endangered Arabian tahr observed drinking seawater in Oman	5
Human density impacts Nubian Flapshell turtle survival in Sub-Saharan Africa: Future conservation strategies	5
Optimizing silage quality in drylands: Corn stover and forage cactus mixture on nutritive value, microbial activity, and aerobic stability	5
Grass species diversity response to brush packing in semi-arid rangelands of South Africa	5
The role of xerophytic vegetation on fog harvest	5
Prey preference and dietary overlap between the aardvark and Temminck's pangolin in the kalahari	5
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Plants in the caatinga possess multiple adaptative leaf morphoanatomical traits concurrently, a pattern revealed from a systematic review	5
The influence of African elephants on litter and soil nitrogen attributes in mopane woodland in Hwange National Park, northwest Zimbabwe	5
Dry spells in a semi-arid region of Brazil and their influence on maize productivity	5
Modulation of structural and functional traits in facultative halophyte Salvadora oleoides Decne. For adaptability under hyper-arid and saline environments	5
Native versus non-native dominance after disturbance varies with environmental context	5
Geographical and ecological allopatry effects on niche change in two sister species pairs of hummingbirds in western North America	5
Analysis of the relationship between vegetation indices and forage nutritional parameters in Mediterranean semi-arid rainfed grasslands	5
Understanding the rapid increase in drought stress and its connections with climate desertification since the early 1990s over the Brazilian semi-arid region	5
Biomass estimation models for four priority Prosopis species: Tools required for forestry management in overexploited arid ecosystems	4
Nurse plants, soil nutrients, and avian seed dispersal of wild chile peppers in a semiarid valley of Southern Mexico	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
Allelopathic effects of the invasive species (Prosopis juliflora) on seedlings of two common arid plants: Does free proline play roles?	4
Relationship between soil seed bank and standing vegetation in the Saharan rangelands of southeastern Algeria	4
Facilitating restoration of degraded biological soil crusts using mixed culture inoculation	4
Spring mounds of the Nefzaoua oases in Tunisia: Irreversible degradation of exceptional geomorphic structures	4
Local ecological knowledge on preferred vegetation of African savanna elephants in the semi-desert highlands of northwest Namibia	4
Assessing soil productivity potential in arid region using remote sensing vegetation indices	4
Resilience through Relationships: Evaluating rangeland governance structures in semi-arid Tafresh county	4
The spatiotemporal dynamics and driving mechanism of ecosystem service supply–demand in China's drylands	4
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Biochar application on mine tailings from arid zones: Prospects for mine reclamation	4
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The rolling dung master: An ecosystem engineer beetle mobilizing soil nutrients to enhance plant growth across a grassland management intensity gradient in drylands	4
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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Impact of drought-induced herbivory by Cape porcupine on Aloe claviflora on the Wolwekraal Nature Reserve, Prince Albert	4
The potential for using soil carbon, soil texture, and elevation as indicators of grass-cover response in Chihuahuan Desert grassland restoration practices	4
Metagenomic analysis reveals environmental drivers of Actinobacteriota-associated antibiotic resistance and biosynthetic genes in colombian caribbean resource islands	4
Responses of plant productivity and carbon fluxes to short-term experimental manipulations of climate change and species loss in a Mongolian grassland	4
Cues of uncommon food habits within dung beetles: Notes from a seasonally dry tropical forest in South America	4
Exploring the landscape scale influences of tree cover on crop yield in an agroforestry parkland using satellite data and spatial statistics	4
Comparison of the uncertainty of soil organic carbon stocks in different land uses	4
Black-legged seriema (Chunga burmeisteri): A new unsuspected tree disperser in the Dry Chaco	4
Wastelands or preferred-lands? Indicators for redefining desert conservation	4
Top-down effects have primacy over bottom-up effects on the population dynamics of a flightless desert bird	4
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Local ecological knowledge of forage plants for goat farming and perceptions about pollination of tree species in the arid Chaco	4
Rapid estimation of fractional vegetation cover in grasslands using smartphones	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
Soil erosion-reducing efficiency of litter cover varies with litter shape and coverage in a desert ecosystem	4
The influence of chronic anthropogenic disturbance and precipitation on endemic birds in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest	3
Population trends in an endemic dwarf succulent over two decades: rainfall, elevation, microsite and landuse effects	3
Do irrigated and rainfed agrosystems change aboveground and root carbon and nitrogen stocks in a semiarid environment?	3
Intensified atmospheric aridity in East Africa under future climate change	3
The function of plants collected by bush Karoo rats (Otomys unisulcatus): Do dried up food plants represent stored food?	3
Root nodulation and growth in nursery garden of Neltuma flexuosa var. depressa (Fabaceae), a framework species for Monte Desert ecological restoration	3
What do we know about the demographic modeling of cacti? A systematic review of current knowledge	3
Ecosystem services of Chilean sclerophyllous forests and shrublands on the verge of collapse: A review	3
Factors causing different CO2 responses in shoot regrowth after defoliation between two grassland species in Mongolia	3
Drinking dependency shapes behavioural thermoregulatory trade-offs in four arid-zone larks	3
Engineering by cape ground squirrels affects biodiversity in semi-arid grasslands	3
Drought and shrub cover differentially affect seed bank composition within two sagebrush steppe communities	3
Selection of progenies of forage cacti (Opuntia undulata Griffiths) in the semiarid region of Brazil	3
Similar post-drought functional trait response of native and exotic plant species in southwestern Arizona	3
Microbial biomass, carbon and nitrogen stocks across land uses and soil types in the Brazilian tropical dry forest region	3
Atractylis arbuscula Svent. & Michaelis (Asteraceae): Two insular endemics from the Canary Islands with different conservation scenarios	3
The size of topographic depressions in a Sahelian savanna is a driver of woody vegetation diversity	3
Camel potentiality in survival and germination of wild pastoral species: The case of Fabaceae in Sahara rangelands of Algeria	3
Shrubs lower construction and maintenance costs for burrowing central-place rodent foragers in a sandy habitat	3
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Modeling soil organic carbon loss in arid agroecosystems: A mixed-effects approach to abandoned wheat fields	3
Agrotourism as peripheral and ultraperipheral community livelihoods diversification strategy: Insights from the Okavango Delta, Botswana	3
Salinity shapes vertical distribution of sediment microbial community in Ebinur Lake, China	3
Mitigating climate shocks requires understanding local perceptions: Long-term benefits of regional hurricanes outweigh short-term damages for traditional ranchers in Baja California Sur	3
Developing aeolian sand spectral index using multispectral imagery and machine learning models: A representative case study in Iraq	3
Predictive modeling of green water availability: The role of annual plants as an ecological indicator in dryland ecosystems	3
Population dynamics and life history of the endangered ciénega endemic Eryngium sparganophyllum in Arizona	3