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Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback

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Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development

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Accelerated dryland expansion under climate change

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The development of biological soil crusts shifts the drivers of soil multifunctionality in drylands

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Genetic analysis suggests extensive gene flow within and between catchments in a common and ecologically significant dryland river shrub species; Duma florulenta (Polygonaceae)

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Dominance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is key for Mongolian steppe management under livestock grazing, as indicated by ecosystem multifunctionality

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How does increasing humidity in the environment affect soil carbon and nitrogen stocks and the C/N ratio in tropical drylands? Evidence from northeastern Brazil

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Biocrust diversity enhances dryland saline soil multifunctionality

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Consistent microbial and nutrient resource island patterns during monsoon rain in a Chihuahuan Desert bajada shrubland

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Limited driving of elevated CO2 on vegetation greening over global drylands

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Long-term maintenance of high yield and soil fertility with integrated soil-crop system management on the Loess Plateau

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Global dryland aridity changes indicated by atmospheric, hydrological, and vegetation observations at meteorological stations

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Population genomics and distribution modeling revealed the history and suggested a possible future of the endemic Agave aurea (Asparagaceae) complex in the Baja California Peninsula

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Suitability mapping of micro and meso scale rain water harvesting for vegetation-Based restoration in arid degraded areas of Jordan

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Environmental drivers of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation in global drylands

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Global Dryland Ecosystem Programme (G-DEP): Africa consultative meeting report

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The Potential of Small Mountain River Systems for Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions in Drylands—An Example from the Binaloud Mountains in Northeastern Iran

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Biological Soil Crusts to Keep Soil Alive, Rehabilitate Degraded Soil, and Develop Soil Habitats

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The Spatiotemporal Response of Vegetation Changes to Precipitation and Soil Moisture in Drylands in the North Temperate Mid-Latitudes

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More is not necessarily better: The role of cover and spatial organization of resource sinks in the restoration of patchy drylands

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Plant functional diversity influences water and carbon fluxes and their use efficiencies in native and disturbed dryland ecosystems

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Effects and benefits of wind erosion prevention in China’s dryland and surrounding countries

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Land use/land cover dynamics in an arid and semi-arid landscape: A 24-year analysis of Baringo County, Kenya (2000–2024)

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Cereal-legume intercropping stabilizes yield and economic advantages under variable rainfall in semiarid rainfed environment

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Temporal Stability of Vegetation Cover across the Loess Plateau Based on GIMMS during 1982–2013

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Opposing industrial era moisture patterns between basins and mountains in southern arid Central Asia

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Forty Years of Air Temperature Change over Iran Reveals Linear and Nonlinear Warming

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Grazing mediates the biodiversity effects on multifunctionality in grasslands

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Plastic footprint deteriorates dryland carbon footprint across soil–plant-atmosphere continuum

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Spatial data infrastructure as the means to assemble geographic information necessary for effective agricultural policies in Pakistan

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Biocrusts enhance soil nitrogen mineralization and nitrification under experimental warming in a dryland ecosystem

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Biocrusts intensify grassland evapotranspiration through increasing evaporation and reducing transpiration in a semi-arid ecosystem

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Advancing studies on global biocrust distribution

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Detection of fast-changing intra-seasonal vegetation dynamics of drylands using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF)

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Long-Term Impacts of Partial Afforestation on Water and Salt Dynamics of an Intermittent Catchment under Climate Change

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Living on the edge: Legacy of water availability on Tetraclinis articulata secondary growth under semiarid conditions in Morocco

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Response of dung beetle diversity to three livestock management systems in drylands of central Mexico

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Morphological and Physiological Responses of Melia azedarach Seedlings of Different Provenances to Drought Stress

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Spectrally monitoring the response of the biocrust moss Syntrichia caninervis to altered precipitation regimes

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Discrimination among Climate, Human Activities, and Ecosystem Functional-Induced Land Degradation in Southern Africa

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Infrastructure to factorially manipulate the mean and variance of precipitation in the field

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Spatial analysis and mapping of intensity and types of agricultural salt-affected soils around Abaya and Chamo Lakes, South Ethiopia Rift Valley

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Time-varying responses of dryland aridity to external forcings over the last 21 ka

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Drought and shrub cover differentially affect seed bank composition within two sagebrush steppe communities

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Moss C, N, P and K stoichiometry and their relationships are related to soil nutrients and environment in a temperate desert of central Asia

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Hot Moments of N 2 O Emission Under Water and Nitrogen Management in Three Types of Steppe

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Simulating long-term phosphorus, nitrogen, and carbon dynamics to advance nutrient assessment in dryland cropping

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Molecular simulation for the relationship between the functional groups of chemical admixtures and cement hydration product Ca (OH)2 in the grouting process

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Rethinking the potential productivity of crassulacean acid metabolism by integrating metabolic dynamics with shoot architecture, using the example of Agave tequilana

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Analysis of Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Land Desertification in Qilian Mountain National Park Based on Google Earth Engine

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Biocrust carbon isotope signature was depleted under a C3 forb compared to interspace

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Priming effect in semi-arid soils of northern Ethiopia under different land use types

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Biochar raises soil health and reduces greenhouse gas emissions in arid lands

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Sensitivity of soil hydrogen uptake to natural and managed moisture dynamics in a semiarid urban ecosystem

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Coupling Sewage Sludge Amendment with Cyanobacterial Inoculation to Enhance Stability and Carbon Gain in Dryland Degraded Soils

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How and why do rangeland changes and their underlying drivers differ across Namibia’s two major land-tenure systems?

Brinkmann, K., Schwieger, D. A. M., Grieger, L., Heshmati, S., & Rauchecker, M. (2023) · The Rangeland Journal · doi:10.1071/rj23007 · Cited by 10

Dryland Dynamics and Driving Forces

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Quantifying mangrove carbon assimilation rates using UAV imagery

Blanco‐Sacristán, J., Johansen, K., Elías-Lara, M., Tu, Y.-H., Duarte, C. M., & McCabe, M. F. (2024) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-024-55090-w · Cited by 10

Groundwater recharge is diffuse in semi-arid African drylands: Evidence from highly instrumented observatories

Sorensen, J., Gahi, N. Z., Guug, S. S., Verhoef, A., Koïta, M., Sandwidi, W. J. P., Agyekum, W. A., Okrah, C., Darling, W. G., Lawson, F. M. A., et al. (2024) · Journal of Hydrology · doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131227 · Cited by 10

Divergent response of upper layer soil organic and inorganic carbon to biotic and abiotic factors in afforestation by aerial seeding in desert, China

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Rapid Radiation of a Plant Lineage Sheds Light on the Assembly of Dry Valley Biomes

Chen, Y.-P., SUNOJKUMAR, P., Spicer, R. A., Hodel, R. G. J., Soltis, D. E., Soltis, P. S., Paton, A. J., Sun, M., Drew, B. T., & Xiang, C. (2025) · Molecular Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/molbev/msaf011 · Cited by 10

Is the removal of aboveground shrub biomass an effective technique to restore a shrub‐encroached grassland?

Liu, Y., Shi, Z., Gong, L., Cong, R., Yang, X., & Eldridge, D. J. (2019) · Restoration Ecology · doi:10.1111/rec.13012 · Cited by 10

Influence of Agroforestry on Rural Income and Livelihood of Smallholder Farmers in the Semi-Arid Region of Sub Saharan Africa

Kinyili, B. M., Ndunda, E., & Kitur, E. C. (2020) · Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment · doi:10.31357/jtfe.v10i1.4691 · Cited by 10

Water retention in Cambisols under land uses in semiarid region of the Brazil

Oliveira, L. L. P., Portela, J. C., Silva, E. F., Dias, N. S., Gondim, J. E. F., Fernandes, C. N., & de Medeiros, J. F. (2021) · Journal of Arid Environments · doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104483 · Cited by 10

Is There Spatial and Temporal Variability in the Response of Plant Canopy and Trunk Growth to Climate Change in a Typical River Basin of Arid Areas

Yuan, K., Xu, H., & Zhang, G. (2022) · Water · doi:10.3390/w14101573 · Cited by 10

Decreased temperature sensitivity of soil respiration induced by warming slowed topsoil carbon turnover in a semi-arid grassland

Fang, C. (2022) · Applied Soil Ecology · doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2022.104620 · Cited by 10

Effect of Land Use/Cover Change on Soil Wind Erosion in the Yellow River Basin since the 1990s

Chi, W., Wang, Y., Lou, Y., Na, Y., & Luo, Q. (2022) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su141912930 · Cited by 10

Understanding socio-spatial perceptions and Badlands ecosystem services valuation. Is there any welfare in soil erosion?

Albaladejo‐García, J. A., Alcón, F., Pleite, F. M., & Paz, J. M. M. (2023) · Land Use Policy · doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106607 · Cited by 11

Connectivity of Edaphic and Endolithic Microbial Niches in Cold Mountain Desert of Eastern Pamir (Tajikistan)

Khomutovska, N., Rı́os, A. D. L., Syczewski, M. D., & Jasser, I. (2021) · Biology · doi:10.3390/biology10040314 · Cited by 10

Environmental factors and land use changes controlling the availability of phosphorus in dryland soils

Filho, J. D. S. O., Barrozo, M. V. D. S., & Pereira, M. G. (2022) · Journal of Arid Environments · doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2022.104770 · Cited by 10

Albedo reduction for snow surfaces contaminated with soot aerosols: Comparison of experimental results and models

Lapuerta, M., González-Correa, S., Ballesteros, R., Cereceda-Balic, F. J., & Moosmüller, H. (2022) · Aerosol Science and Technology · doi:10.1080/02786826.2022.2091975 · Cited by 10

Dryland soil mycobiome response to long‐term precipitation variability depends on host type

Louw, N. L., Gherardi, L., Sala, O. E., & Chung, Y. A. (2022) · Journal of Ecology · doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14006 · Cited by 9

Monitoring Land Degradation Dynamics to Support Landscape Restoration Actions in Remote Areas of the Mediterranean Basin (Murcia Region, Spain)

Gabriele, M., & Brumana, R. (2023) · Sensors · doi:10.3390/s23062947 · Cited by 9

Root carbon and soil temperature may be key drivers of below-ground biomass in grassland following prescribed fires in autumn and spring

Luo, C., Fang, Z., Liu, J., Han, F., Wu, Y., Bing, H., & Zhao, P. (2023) · Journal of Environmental Management · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119337 · Cited by 9

Enhanced Satellite Monitoring of Dryland Vegetation Water Potential Through Multi‐Source Sensor Fusion

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Drivers and spatial distribution of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in China’s drylands

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Grazing overrides precipitation reduction to regulate growth of a dominant species in a typical steppe

Shi, L., Wang, Z., He, X. Z., Li, L., Hu, A., & Hou, F. (2025) · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · doi:10.1016/j.agee.2025.109614 · Cited by 9

Satellite-Observed Arid Vegetation Greening and Terrestrial Water Storage Decline in the Hexi Corridor, Northwest China

Cao, C., Zhu, X., Liu, K., Liang, Y. H., & Ma, X. (2025) · Remote Sensing · doi:10.3390/rs17081361 · Cited by 9

A complex spatial inventory of land degradation and desertification in Romania

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Artisanal mining in Africa. Green for Gold?

Girard, V., Molina-Millán, T., & Vic, G. (2025) · The Economic Journal · doi:10.1093/ej/ueaf058 · Cited by 9

When cultural services and biodiversity matter most: Gaining a deeper insight into badlands ecosystem services preferences

Paz, J. M. M., Albaladejo‐García, J. A., & Alcón, F. (2022) · Land Degradation and Development · doi:10.1002/ldr.4478 · Cited by 9

Changes in dryland areas and net primary productivity in China from 1980 to 2020

Zhang, S., Chen, Y., Guo, H., Lu, Y., Guo, X., Liu, C., Zhou, X., & Zhang, Y. (2023) · Journal of Earth System Science · doi:10.1007/s12040-023-02100-6 · Cited by 9

An Increasing Effect of Soil Moisture on Semiempirical Water‐Use Efficiency Models From Wet to Dry Climate Regions

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