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2Soil and water loss from the Loess Plateau in ChinaJournal of Arid Environments2000648
3Analysis of Sahelian vegetation dynamics using NOAA-AVHRR NDVI data from 1981–2003Journal of Arid Environments2005591
4Discrimination between climate and human-induced dryland degradationJournal of Arid Environments2004576
5Climate and environmental change in arid Central Asia: Impacts, vulnerability, and adaptationsJournal of Arid Environments2009559
6Can human-induced land degradation be distinguished from the effects of rainfall variability? A case study in South AfricaJournal of Arid Environments2007523
7Vulnerability of desert biological soil crusts to wind erosion: the influences of crust development, soil texture, and disturbanceJournal of Arid Environments1998483
8Climate change, drought and desertificationJournal of Arid Environments1996444
9A recent greening of the Sahel—trends, patterns and potential causesJournal of Arid Environments2005441
10Cenozoic climatic change and the development of the arid vegetation in AustraliaJournal of Arid Environments2006431
11Relationship between the variability of primary production and the variability of annual precipitation in world arid landsJournal of Arid Environments1988385
12Rainfall trends in arid and semi-arid regions of IranJournal of Arid Environments2007384
13Dew formation and water vapor adsorption in semi-arid environments—A reviewJournal of Arid Environments2006364
14Rangelands at equilibrium and non-equilibrium: recent developments in the debateJournal of Arid Environments2005361
15A proposed mechanism for the formation of ‘Fertile Islands’ in the desert ecosystemJournal of Arid Environments1989356
16Has the Three Norths Forest Shelterbelt Program solved the desertification and dust storm problems in arid and semiarid China?Journal of Arid Environments2010343
17Carbon storage in grasslands of ChinaJournal of Arid Environments2002341
18Paleoenvironmental evolution of southern South America during the CenozoicJournal of Arid Environments2006338
19Rain use efficiency: a unifying concept in arid-land ecologyJournal of Arid Environments1984337
20Modern dust storms in China: an overviewJournal of Arid Environments2004335
21A framework for the ecology of arid AustraliaJournal of Arid Environments1990329
22Provision of watering points in the Australian arid zone: a review of effects on biotaJournal of Arid Environments1999313
23Ecological processes and plant adaptations on coastal dunesJournal of Arid Environments1991311
24On the question of the “recovery” of the rains in the West African SahelJournal of Arid Environments2005303
25Impacts of climate and land-cover changes in arid lands of Central AsiaJournal of Arid Environments2005301
26Provenance, transport and characteristics of modern aeolian dust in western Gansu Province, China, and interpretation of the Quaternary loess recordJournal of Arid Environments1998286
27A fresh framework for the ecology of arid AustraliaJournal of Arid Environments2011286
28Change of soil physical properties under long-term natural vegetation restoration in the Loess Plateau of ChinaJournal of Arid Environments2006283
29The effect of patchy distribution ofStipa tenacissimaL. on runoff and erosionJournal of Arid Environments1997282
30Hydrogeochemical processes operating within the main aquifers of KuwaitJournal of Arid Environments1999276
31Effectiveness of exclosures to restore degraded soils as a result of overgrazing in Tigray, EthiopiaJournal of Arid Environments2007270
32Extracellular polysaccharides from cyanobacterial soil crusts: A review of their role in dryland soil processesJournal of Arid Environments2011265
33Multi-scale controls on and consequences of aeolian processes in landscape change in arid and semi-arid environmentsJournal of Arid Environments2006262
34Carbon and nitrogen fixation differ between successional stages of biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan DesertJournal of Arid Environments2006262
35Stemflow, throughfall and channelization of stemflow by roots in three Chihuahuan desert shrubsJournal of Arid Environments1996261
36Biopedturbation by mammals in deserts: a reviewJournal of Arid Environments1999261
37Assessing desertificationJournal of Arid Environments2006257
38Analysis of a 30-year rainfall record (1967–1997) in semi–arid SE Spain for implications on vegetationJournal of Arid Environments2001255
39Trend analysis of MODIS NDVI time series for detecting land degradation and regeneration in MongoliaJournal of Arid Environments2015253
40The evolution of arid ecosystems in eastern AfricaJournal of Arid Environments2006244
41Dust storms in the Middle EastJournal of Arid Environments1986241
42On climate variability in Northeast of BrazilJournal of Arid Environments2004238
43A landscape-scale assessment of steppe degradation in the Xilin River Basin, Inner Mongolia, ChinaJournal of Arid Environments2004235
44Physical properties of the psammophile cryptogamic crust and their consequences to the water regime of sandy soils, north-western Negev Desert, IsraelJournal of Arid Environments1995229
45Large trees, fertile islands, and birds in arid savannaJournal of Arid Environments1999228
46Opuntia spp mucilage's: a functional component with industrial perspectivesJournal of Arid Environments2004228
47Vegetation changes in the Jornada Basin from 1858 to 1998Journal of Arid Environments2005228
48A review of burrowing by semi-fossorial vertebrates in arid environmentsJournal of Arid Environments1999224
49A review of runoff generation and soil erosion across scales in semiarid south-eastern SpainJournal of Arid Environments2011224
50The effect of salinity on the growth, water status, and ion content of a leaf succulent perennial halophyte, Suaeda fruticosa (L.) ForsskJournal of Arid Environments2000223