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1 | Rangeland degradation on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau: A review of the evidence of its magnitude and causes | Journal of Arid Environments | 2010 | 854 |
2 | Soil and water loss from the Loess Plateau in China | Journal of Arid Environments | 2000 | 648 |
3 | Analysis of Sahelian vegetation dynamics using NOAA-AVHRR NDVI data from 1981–2003 | Journal of Arid Environments | 2005 | 591 |
4 | Discrimination between climate and human-induced dryland degradation | Journal of Arid Environments | 2004 | 576 |
5 | Climate and environmental change in arid Central Asia: Impacts, vulnerability, and adaptations | Journal of Arid Environments | 2009 | 559 |
6 | Can human-induced land degradation be distinguished from the effects of rainfall variability? A case study in South Africa | Journal of Arid Environments | 2007 | 523 |
7 | Vulnerability of desert biological soil crusts to wind erosion: the influences of crust development, soil texture, and disturbance | Journal of Arid Environments | 1998 | 483 |
8 | Climate change, drought and desertification | Journal of Arid Environments | 1996 | 444 |
9 | A recent greening of the Sahel—trends, patterns and potential causes | Journal of Arid Environments | 2005 | 441 |
10 | Cenozoic climatic change and the development of the arid vegetation in Australia | Journal of Arid Environments | 2006 | 431 |
11 | Relationship between the variability of primary production and the variability of annual precipitation in world arid lands | Journal of Arid Environments | 1988 | 385 |
12 | Rainfall trends in arid and semi-arid regions of Iran | Journal of Arid Environments | 2007 | 384 |
13 | Dew formation and water vapor adsorption in semi-arid environments—A review | Journal of Arid Environments | 2006 | 364 |
14 | Rangelands at equilibrium and non-equilibrium: recent developments in the debate | Journal of Arid Environments | 2005 | 361 |
15 | A proposed mechanism for the formation of ‘Fertile Islands’ in the desert ecosystem | Journal of Arid Environments | 1989 | 356 |
16 | Has the Three Norths Forest Shelterbelt Program solved the desertification and dust storm problems in arid and semiarid China? | Journal of Arid Environments | 2010 | 343 |
17 | Carbon storage in grasslands of China | Journal of Arid Environments | 2002 | 341 |
18 | Paleoenvironmental evolution of southern South America during the Cenozoic | Journal of Arid Environments | 2006 | 338 |
19 | Rain use efficiency: a unifying concept in arid-land ecology | Journal of Arid Environments | 1984 | 337 |
20 | Modern dust storms in China: an overview | Journal of Arid Environments | 2004 | 335 |
21 | A framework for the ecology of arid Australia | Journal of Arid Environments | 1990 | 329 |
22 | Provision of watering points in the Australian arid zone: a review of effects on biota | Journal of Arid Environments | 1999 | 313 |
23 | Ecological processes and plant adaptations on coastal dunes | Journal of Arid Environments | 1991 | 311 |
24 | On the question of the “recovery” of the rains in the West African Sahel | Journal of Arid Environments | 2005 | 303 |
25 | Impacts of climate and land-cover changes in arid lands of Central Asia | Journal of Arid Environments | 2005 | 301 |
26 | Provenance, transport and characteristics of modern aeolian dust in western Gansu Province, China, and interpretation of the Quaternary loess record | Journal of Arid Environments | 1998 | 286 |
27 | A fresh framework for the ecology of arid Australia | Journal of Arid Environments | 2011 | 286 |
28 | Change of soil physical properties under long-term natural vegetation restoration in the Loess Plateau of China | Journal of Arid Environments | 2006 | 283 |
29 | The effect of patchy distribution ofStipa tenacissimaL. on runoff and erosion | Journal of Arid Environments | 1997 | 282 |
30 | Hydrogeochemical processes operating within the main aquifers of Kuwait | Journal of Arid Environments | 1999 | 276 |
31 | Effectiveness of exclosures to restore degraded soils as a result of overgrazing in Tigray, Ethiopia | Journal of Arid Environments | 2007 | 270 |
32 | Extracellular polysaccharides from cyanobacterial soil crusts: A review of their role in dryland soil processes | Journal of Arid Environments | 2011 | 265 |
33 | Multi-scale controls on and consequences of aeolian processes in landscape change in arid and semi-arid environments | Journal of Arid Environments | 2006 | 262 |
34 | Carbon and nitrogen fixation differ between successional stages of biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan Desert | Journal of Arid Environments | 2006 | 262 |
35 | Stemflow, throughfall and channelization of stemflow by roots in three Chihuahuan desert shrubs | Journal of Arid Environments | 1996 | 261 |
36 | Biopedturbation by mammals in deserts: a review | Journal of Arid Environments | 1999 | 261 |
37 | Assessing desertification | Journal of Arid Environments | 2006 | 257 |
38 | Analysis of a 30-year rainfall record (1967–1997) in semi–arid SE Spain for implications on vegetation | Journal of Arid Environments | 2001 | 255 |
39 | Trend analysis of MODIS NDVI time series for detecting land degradation and regeneration in Mongolia | Journal of Arid Environments | 2015 | 253 |
40 | The evolution of arid ecosystems in eastern Africa | Journal of Arid Environments | 2006 | 244 |
41 | Dust storms in the Middle East | Journal of Arid Environments | 1986 | 241 |
42 | On climate variability in Northeast of Brazil | Journal of Arid Environments | 2004 | 238 |
43 | A landscape-scale assessment of steppe degradation in the Xilin River Basin, Inner Mongolia, China | Journal of Arid Environments | 2004 | 235 |
44 | Physical properties of the psammophile cryptogamic crust and their consequences to the water regime of sandy soils, north-western Negev Desert, Israel | Journal of Arid Environments | 1995 | 229 |
45 | Large trees, fertile islands, and birds in arid savanna | Journal of Arid Environments | 1999 | 228 |
46 | Opuntia spp mucilage's: a functional component with industrial perspectives | Journal of Arid Environments | 2004 | 228 |
47 | Vegetation changes in the Jornada Basin from 1858 to 1998 | Journal of Arid Environments | 2005 | 228 |
48 | A review of burrowing by semi-fossorial vertebrates in arid environments | Journal of Arid Environments | 1999 | 224 |
49 | A review of runoff generation and soil erosion across scales in semiarid south-eastern Spain | Journal of Arid Environments | 2011 | 224 |
50 | The effect of salinity on the growth, water status, and ion content of a leaf succulent perennial halophyte, Suaeda fruticosa (L.) Forssk | Journal of Arid Environments | 2000 | 223 |