Search Results - "Journal of arid environments"

Saline soils worldwide: Identifying the most promising areas for saline agriculture by Negacz, Katarzyna, Malek, Žiga, de Vos, Arjen, Vellinga, Pier

“…Salinization poses a major challenge for modern agriculture with considerable areas being salt-affected worldwide. However, these lands can be cultivated by…”
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NDVI anomaly for drought monitoring and its correlation with climate factors over Mongolia from 2000 to 2016 by Nanzad, Lkhagvadorj, Zhang, Jiahua, Tuvdendorj, Battsetseg, Nabil, Mohsen, Zhang, Sha, Bai, Yun

“…Drought is a frequent phenomenon of Mongolia in the last 17 years. The imbalance between the potential evaporation and precipitation amount during the growing…”
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An updated plant checklist of the Brazilian Caatinga seasonally dry forests and woodlands reveals high species richness and endemism by Fernandes, Moabe F., Cardoso, Domingos, de Queiroz, Luciano P.

“…Plant checklists constitute the fundamental knowledge on which further hypotheses of ecology, evolution, and biodiversity conservation are built. Here, we…”
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Validating CHIRPS-based satellite precipitation estimates in Northeast Brazil by Paredes-Trejo, Franklin J., Barbosa, H.A., Lakshmi Kumar, T.V.

“…Satellite-based rainfall is an alternative source of information for regions such as the Northeast Brazil (NEB) where there are large areas that do not have…”
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Trend analysis of MODIS NDVI time series for detecting land degradation and regeneration in Mongolia by Eckert, Sandra, Hüsler, Fabia, Liniger, Hanspeter, Hodel, Elias

“…This study examines whether MODIS NDVI satellite data time series can be used to detect land degradation and regeneration areas in Mongolia. Time series…”
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Facing north or south: Does slope aspect impact forest stand characteristics and soil properties in a semiarid trans-Himalayan valley? by Måren, Inger Elisabeth, Karki, Sikha, Prajapati, Chanda, Yadav, Ram Kailash, Shrestha, Bharat Babu

“…An understanding of the differences in vegetation and soil characteristics between slope aspects in high altitude semiarid environments is fundamentally…”
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Farmers' pro-environmental behavior under drought: Application of protection motivation theory by Keshavarz, Marzieh, Karami, Ezatollah

“…Recurrent drought in arid and semi-arid regions poses serious challenges for populations whose livelihoods depend principally on natural resources. In order to…”
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The role of sky view factor and urban street greenery in human thermal comfort and heat stress in a desert climate by Ahmadi Venhari, Armaghan, Tenpierik, Martin, Taleghani, Mohammad

“…The aim of this study was to understand the effect of urban street greenery type and arrangements on thermal comfort and heat stress in summer. Field…”
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Transformation dynamics of the natural cover in the Dry Chaco ecoregion: A plot level geo-database from 1976 to 2012 by Vallejos, María, Volante, José N., Mosciaro, María J., Vale, Laura M., Bustamante, M. Laura, Paruelo, José M.

“…The aim of this work was to characterize the spatial and temporal dynamics of the transformation of the natural cover in the Dry Chaco ecoregion from 1976 to…”
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Potential geographical distribution and habitat shift of the genus Ammopiptanthus in China under current and future climate change based on the MaxEnt model by Du, Zhongyu, He, Yiming, Wang, Haitao, Wang, Chi, Duan, Yizhong

“…The genus Ammopiptanthus is endangered species in China, which includes Ammopiptanthus mongolicus and Ammopiptanthus nanus, they are mainly distributed in the…”
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Rangeland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau: A review of the evidence of its magnitude and causes by Harris, R.B.

“…Rangelands of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau (QTP), although sparsely populated and contributing little to China's overall economy, play an important…”
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Land desertification and its influencing factors in Kazakhstan by Hu, Yunfeng, Han, Yueqi, Zhang, Yunzhi

“…Desertification in Kazakhstan affects the country's environment, agriculture and animal husbandry. It is critical to quickly and accurately identify the…”
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Land use and climate change effects on soil erosion in a semi-arid mountainous watershed (High Atlas, Morocco) by Simonneaux, Vincent, Cheggour, Aouatif, Deschamps, Charles, Mouillot, Florent, Cerdan, Olivier, Le Bissonnais, Yves

“…The objective of this study was to simulate the evolution of soil erosion in a semi-arid mountainous watershed (225 km2, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco) under…”
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MODIS NDVI trends and fractional land cover change for improved assessments of vegetation degradation in Burkina Faso, West Africa by Zoungrana, Benewinde J-B., Conrad, Christopher, Thiel, Michael, Amekudzi, Leonard K., Da, Evariste Dapola

“…Reduction of natural vegetation cover in the savannah of West Africa constitutes a pressing environmental concern that may lead to soil degradation. With the…”
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Salt-tolerant Bacillus species as a promising strategy to mitigate the salinity stress in wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum) by Ibarra-Villarreal, Arlett L., Gándara-Ledezma, Azucena, Godoy-Flores, América Dafne, Herrera-Sepúlveda, Angélica, Díaz-Rodríguez, Alondra María, Parra-Cota, Fannie Isela, de los Santos-Villalobos, Sergio

“…Salinity negatively impacts the bacterial diversity associated with crops in commercial fields; however, Bacillus species -due to their great metabolic/genomic…”
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Ecosystem services provided by biocrusts: From ecosystem functions to social values by Rodríguez-Caballero, Emilio, Castro, Antonio J., Chamizo, Sonia, Quintas-Soriano, Cristina, Garcia-Llorente, Marina, Cantón, Yolanda, Weber, Bettina

“…Dryland ecosystems usually show low productivity, considerable water losses and land degradation problems associated with soil erosion. Most bare-looking areas…”
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Trophic state changes of semi-arid reservoirs as a function of the hydro-climatic variability by Wiegand, Mário César, do Nascimento, Antônia Tatiana Pinheiro, Costa, Alexandre Cunha, Lima Neto, Iran Eduardo

“…In semi-arid areas, such as the Northeast Region of Brazil (NRB), droughts lead to reduction of reservoir volumes and to increase of nutrient concentrations…”
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The use of remote sensing for desertification studies: A review by Rivera-Marin, Daniela, Dash, Jadunandan, Ogutu, Booker

“…The study and assessment of desertification and/or the advance or retreat of arid areas as a function of natural and anthropogenic causes is necessary for the…”
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Investigating the main reasons for the tragedy of large saline lakes: Drought, climate change, or anthropogenic activities? A call to action by Foroumandi, Ehsan, Nourani, Vahid, Kantoush, Sameh Ahmed

“…Climate change, drought, and anthropogenic effects are among the main drivers causing alterations in natural resources one of which is the lake level (LL) of…”
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Comparative assessment of grassland degradation dynamics in response to climate variation and human activities in China, Mongolia, Pakistan and Uzbekistan from 2000 to 2013 by Yang, Yue, Wang, Zhaoqi, Li, Jianlong, Gang, Chencheng, Zhang, Yanzhen, Zhang, Ying, Odeh, Inakwu, Qi, Jiaguo

“…Quantifying the driving force is significant to understand the impact of climate variation and human activities on grassland degradation. In this study, we…”
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