Journal of Arid Environments

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	177
Coyotes in the Great Basin desert do not exhibit a spatial response following the removal of anthropogenic water sources	53
Trade-off dynamics in a rare cactus: What are the demographic consequences of temporal variation in fitness?	49
Modeling biodiversity changes and conservation issues in a desert sky island	42
Constraints and incidence of camel calf morbidity and mortality in Borana rangeland, Southern Ethiopia	40
Determining the response of riparian vegetation and river morphology to drought using Google Earth Engine and machine learning	37
Pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) nest site selection in central New Mexico	36
Understanding resource use of an invasive species: Diet of the common warthog in Eastern Cape succulent thicket	36
Groundwater abstraction and woodland mortality: Lessons from Namibia	34
Geospatial distribution of qanats in middle eastern countries: Potential for sustainable groundwater system	30
Prediction of desert locust breeding areas using machine learning methods and SMOS (MIR_SMNRT2) Near Real Time product	28
Proactive policy options for drought resilience in the Sahel region	28
Exploring water use and production dynamics of an indigenous African dry forest in south-western Zimbabwe	28
Devices to measure the impacts on groundwater salinity from irrigating halophytic crops with brackish waters in a hyper-arid environment	27
Potential of superabsorbent hydrogels to improve agriculture under abiotic stresses	26
Desertification and development: Some broader contexts	26
Climatic variations along an aridity gradient drive significant trait intraspecific variability in Mediterranean plant species	26
Compounding effects of drought on long-term demography of a threatened reptile	25
In Dabouki Land: Interdisciplinary notes on the cultural history of a landrace grape cultivar in Israel	25
Progress towards an updated checklist of the Farasan Archipelago flora	24
Editorial Board	22
Resource dependence analysis of home range quality for pronghorn in south-central New Mexico, USA	22
Ecophysiological and biochemical responses of two tree species from a tropical dry forest to drought stress and recovery	21
The Nexus between Land Use/Cover changes and Land Surface Temperature: Remote sensing based Two-Decadal Analysis	21
Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert	21

Estimation of carbon stocks in the areas of a seasonally dry tropical forest in the Brazilian semi-arid region	21
Inter-annual variation in avian phenology and reproductive success in a semiarid agricultural area of central Mexico	20
Reduced moisture caused by short-term grazing prohibition results in a significant decrease of fungi abundance	20
Grassland degradation by shrub encroachment: Mapping patterns and drivers of encroachment in Kyrgyzstan	19
Catastrophic collapses of sensitive species, including the quiver tree (Aloidendron dichotomum), following fire in the arid Nama-Karoo, South Africa	19
A novel method for adjusting cropping patterns to climate change	18
Characterizing fungal communities on Mojave desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in Arizona to uncover potential pathogens	18
The reproductive performance of goats in a South African semi-arid savanna	18
Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana) habitat suitability in Saudi Arabia: Insights from camera trapping and ensemble species distribution modelling	17
Exploring the cultural ecosystem services of arid watersheds: A social media analysis	17
Miners' diet in the Naḥal ‘Amram copper mines (southern ‘Arabah Valley) during the Roman-Byzantine periods	17
Land degradation means a loss of management options	17
Dryland river restoration via carnivore reintroduction: Nonnative fauna dominate diets of river otters reintroduced to the Upper Rio Grande	17
Co-occurrence of black-backed jackal and caracal in the Karoo, South Africa	16
Feeding ecology of the endemic Atlas day gecko; Quedenfeldtia moerens in an arid zone of Morocco	16
The Indo-European flyway of migrating songbirds: Crossing the arid plains of central Eurasia	16
Modelling land condition to augment Land Degradation Neutrality assessments - The succulent Karoo biome of South Africa as a case study	16
Foraging behavior of Raramuri Criollo vs. Angus cattle grazing California Chaparral and Colorado Plateau shrublands	16
Spatial analysis of domestic water use and rural livelihoods in a semi-arid African highland	16
Spread of Striga asiatica through suitable climatic conditions: Risk assessment in new areas producing Zea mays in South America	16
Numerical simulation of shelter effect assessment for single-row windbreaks on the periphery of oasis farmland	16
Vegetation change on mine sites in the most arid part of the Succulent Karoo Biome and their implications for mine closure	16
Flint tools in Iron Age burials of Tel Erani: Interpretations in the light of mortuary practices	15
Improved MPSIAC model for soil erosion rate assessment in semiarid zones	15
Seasonal balance of whole plant non-structural carbohydrates in a deciduous species with green stem in a dry tropical forest	15
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and/or organic amendment enhance the tolerance of prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) under drought stress	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
Retreat site occupation and short-term movements in an oasis-dwelling frog in relation to temperature-humidity conditions	15
Editorial Board	14
Wind erosion caused clustered development and rapid growth of nebkhas in the eastern Qaidam Basin of the Tibetan Plateau	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
The value of faecal N in monitoring dietary quality in desert ungulates: The Arabian oryx as a model	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
The genesis of the Jornada criollo cattle program	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
A true desert falcon with a delayed onset of heat dissipation behaviour	13
Assessment of ecosystem resilience in Central Asia	13
Response of soil water and carbon storage to short-term grazing prohibition in arid and semi-arid grasslands of China	13
Central Iranian playas: The first 3D near-surface model	13
Moisture, temperature and respiration of two soil classes under pasture and tropical dry forest in the semiarid Brazilian region	12
Editorial Board	12
Yield and morphology of forage cactus cultivars under drip irrigation management based on soil water matric potential thresholds	12
Archaeobotanical analysis of food and fuel procurement from Fulayj fort (Oman, 5th-8th c. CE) including the earliest secure evidence for sorghum in Eastern Arabia	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
Linking drought propagation with episodes of climate-Induced water insecurity in Pernambuco state - Northeast Brazil	12
Livestock and agriculture affect recruitment and the structure of a key palm for people and an endangered bird in semi-arid lands	12
Edaphic properties under Vachellia macracantha in an elevation gradient of dry scrub in southern Ecuador	11

Editorial Board	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
Biomass production by tree species is negatively affected by decreased precipitation and chronic anthropogenic disturbance in a Caatinga dry forest	11
Dust deposition and its significance to soil nutrients in the Otindag Desert, China	11
Unraveling the defensive strategies of camel thorn Alhagi maurorum medik. For thriving in arid and semi-arid environments	11
Free-living diazotrophs differ among soil microhabitats, soil depth, and seasonality in a tropical dryland of central Mexico	11
Effects of soil properties on vegetation community composition across a semiarid ecosystem	11
Eucalyptus leaf diseases associated with Neofusicoccum spp. in North Africa	11
Machine learning and remote sensing based time series analysis for drought risk prediction in Borena Zone, Southwest Ethiopia	11
Preferences of annual and ephemeral plants for inorganic N versus organic N at different growth stages in a temperate desert ecosystem	11
Effects of dietary supplementation on vegetation cover and its defoliation by sheep in extensive husbandry	11
Distribution and dynamics of the Cynodon dactylon invasion to the cultivated fields of pearl millet in north-central Namibia	11
Resource-area-dependence analysis of desert mule deer habitats in the San Andres Mountains, New Mexico, USA	11
How do agro-pastoralists cope with climate change? The case of the Nyangatom in the Lower Omo Valley of Ethiopia	11
Home ranges of African sand cats (Felis margarita margarita)	10
Response of dung beetle diversity to three livestock management systems in drylands of central Mexico	10
Editorial Board	10
Editorial Board	10
The black-backed jackal as a seed disperser	10
Birds of the Caatinga revisited: The problem of enclaves within, but not of, the Caatinga	10
Climate change, the Arab spring, and COVID-19 - Impacts on landcover transformations in the Levant	10
Rodent communities in a neglected grassland landscape: Investigating species-specific responses of grassland rodents to habitat type and shrub presence	10
Interacting stressors drive landscape variation in demographic response of the endangered plant, Pectis imberbis (A. Gray)	10
Quantifying herbivory in heterogenous environments: Methodological considerations for more accurate metrics	10
Thermogeological function of burrow system in Phrynocephalus przewalskii	10
The impact on food security of a shrinking Lake Chad	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 herbaceous vegetation in the southern kalahari following a prolonged drought	10
Diversity and fire responses in Renosterveld, the forgotten relation of fynbos, in southernmost Africa	10
Voluntary consumption of Lantana camara L. when browsing the heterogeneous vegetation of tropical forests: A goats’ perspective	10
Modeling past, present and future: Species-specific responses to climate changes in three shrub congeners from south American drylands	9
The Al-Hajar Mts as a prehistoric refugium? On the habitability of karst mountain places in Oman during arid climate periods	9
Mixed responses of tenebrionid beetles to solar energy development in the Mojave Desert	9
How does grazing affect soil water availability in the Patagonian steppe?	9
Influence of Cytinus hypocistis parasitism on fruit and seed production in the mediterranean shrub Cistus albidus	9
Faster growth rate induces higher ecosystem productivity in Inner Mongolian grasslands during 2000–2018 years	9
An Eltonian proxy for restoring a lost browser-tree interaction	9
The role of ancient human settlements in creating nutrient hotspots in a savanna ecosystem, central Zimbabwe	9
Oil lamps and hearths: A comparative study of the techniques used to illuminate domestic space at Arad and its enclaves in southern Sinai	9
Effect of substrate properties on seedling emergence and its contribution to species selection for direct seeding in arid lands	9
Do seasonal dietary shifts by Temminck's pangolins compensate for winter resource scarcity in a semi-arid environment?	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
Optimized soil bacterial structure following grazing exclusion promotes soil nutrient cycling and plant growth	8
Seed provenance, thermoperiod, and photoperiod affect low water potential tolerance during seed germination of the multipurpose exotic tree Prosopis juliflora	8
Semiarid woody plant functional groups contribute differently to canopy conductance	8
Ethnobotany of Moringa stenopetala: A case study from Derashe and Konso ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia	8
Effects of landscape pattern evolution on plant species and functional trait diversity in Hunshandak Sandland	8
Climate change impacts the distribution and suitability of two wild species of the genus Stylosanthes	8
Editorial Board	8
Trajectory analysis of central Sonoran Desert dust storms	8
Hydrologic similarity: Dimensionless runoff indices across scales in a semi-arid catchment	8
Poplar trees in Israel's desert regions: Relicts of Roman and Byzantine settlement	8
Factors controlling spatio-temporal variations of sandy deserts during the past 110 Years in Xinjiang, Northwestern China	8
Site fidelity of the plains mouse, Pseudomys australis, in refuges during the transition from bust to boom	8
The way forward	8
Hydrologic restoration of anthropoentically altered springs in the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in the Great Basin, USA	8
Evaluation of fine-scale environmental heterogeneity and its effect on terrestrial mammal diversity in a grassland in the Chihuahuan Desert	8
Soil texture modulates the intensity of fertile islands through affecting the distribution of shrub fine roots	7
Editorial Board	7
Do fires affects growth, seed production and germination of the globose cactus Gymnocalycium monvillei?	7
Ecology and social behavior of the Brandt's vole: A generalized review	7
Movement, activity, and landscape use patterns of heritage and commercial beef cows grazing Chihuahuan Desert rangeland	7
Climate vulnerability and risks to an indigenous community in the arid zone of South Africa	7
Predicting current and future habitat refuges for conservation of wild goat (Capra aegagrus Erxleben 1777) under climate change in Iraq	7
Phenophases, morphophysiological indices and cutting time in clones of the forage cacti under controlled water regimes in a semiarid environment	7
Measuring the stability of soil organic carbon in Arenosols in the Senegalese Groundnut Basin	7
Why indigenous water systems are declining and how to revive them: A rough set analysis	7
Fertility islands, keys to the establishment of plant and microbial diversity in a highly alkaline hot desert	7
Fog as unconventional water resource: Mapping fog occurrence and fog collection potential for food security in Southern Bolivia	7
Subterranean termite nests in residential and open crop fields in central Ethiopia: Knowledge and perception of farmers on causes and effects	7
Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the dimensions of farmers' adaptive capacity in the face of water scarcity	7
Impact of soil degradation on plant communities in an overgrazed Tibetan alpine meadow	7
Shrub canopy effects on moss biocrust, soil properties, and microbiomes in a semi-arid ecosystem: Implications for ecosystem function and sustainability	6
Saline soils worldwide: Identifying the most promising areas for saline agriculture	6
Where birds are rare or fill the air: Documenting Karoo complexity: Richard Dean (10 August 1940—3 August 2022)	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
Variability in soil and foliar stable carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions in the winter rainfall biomes of South Africa	6
Drought and defoliation affect soil extracellular enzyme activity in northern temperate grasslands	6
Optimizing silage quality in drylands: Corn stover and forage cactus mixture on nutritive value, microbial activity, and aerobic stability	6

Gypsum in the desert landscape: Floristic variations within the Cuatro Ciénegas basin in Coahuila, Mexico	6
Sustainable Co-Management of arid regions in southeastern Iran: Social network analysis approach	6
Cover-based allometric estimate of aboveground biomass of a non-native, invasive annual grass (Bromus tectorum L.) in the Great Basin, USA	6
Efficiency of technologies to live with drought in agricultural development in Brazil's semi-arid regions	6
Ecosystems managed for wildlife and livestock: Contrasting herbivore impacts in a heavily grazed African savanna	6
A photographic transect method for field measurement of vegetation cover along an ecotone gradient in a desert environment	6
Effect of hydrocarbons on the germination of Larrea divaricata and Pappostipa speciosa in the Monte Desert of Argentina	6
Home range and habitat use of roan antelope Hippotragus equinus in Northern Botswana	6
High species turnover of arthropod communities associated with distinct vegetation patches (“heuweltjies”) in an arid shrubland	6
Evaluating satellite-based precipitation products for spatiotemporal drought analysis	6
The endangered Arabian tahr observed drinking seawater in Oman	6
A regional, remote sensing-based approach to mapping land degradation in the Little Karoo, South Africa	6
Dry spells in a semi-arid region of Brazil and their influence on maize productivity	6
The occurrence of rare corsac fox (Vulpes corsac) in Iran is mainly determined by prey presence and land use	6
Documenting the most widely utilized plants and the potential threats facing ethnobotanical practices in the Western Hajar Mountains, sultanate of Oman	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
Native versus non-native dominance after disturbance varies with environmental context	6
A 19th century hydroclimate chronology for the semi-arid Karoo, South Africa: Droughts and dry periods in perspective	6
Facilitation and its effect on vital rates of the living rock cactus Ariocarpus retusus	6
Reproduction and vegetative growth do not follow reciprocity theory in the C3 desert shrub ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)	6
Are fungus-growing termites super sediment-sorting insects of subtropical environments?	6
Bio-fertilization of arid lands by terrestrial snails-targeting the wider physiological, geomorphological and agricultural perspectives	6
Weather information and shocks: Policy implications to ensure food security in Tigray Region of Ethiopia	6
Human density impacts Nubian Flapshell turtle survival in Sub-Saharan Africa: Future conservation strategies	6
Grass species diversity response to brush packing in semi-arid rangelands of South Africa	6
Long-term survival and flowering of ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) in Texas: A 33-year perspective	6
Modulation of structural and functional traits in facultative halophyte Salvadora oleoides Decne. For adaptability under hyper-arid and saline environments	6
Geographical and ecological allopatry effects on niche change in two sister species pairs of hummingbirds in western North America	6
Effect of traditional livestock grazing on abundance of small mammals and activity of mountain vizcacha in the high central semi-arid Andes	6