Despite their extent and socio‐ecological importance, a comprehensive biogeographical
synthesis of drylands is lacking. Here we synthesize the biogeography of key organisms …

How plants interact with sunlight is central to the existence of life and provides a window to
the functioning of ecosystems. Although the basic properties of leaf spectra have been …

Grazing represents the most extensive use of land worldwide. Yet its impacts on ecosystem
services remain uncertain because pervasive interactions between grazing pressure …

Drylands cover 41% of the earth's land surface and include 45% of the world's agricultural
land. These regions are among the most vulnerable ecosystems to anthropogenic climate …

Soil fungi are fundamental to plant productivity, yet their influence on the temporal stability of
global terrestrial ecosystems, and their capacity to buffer plant productivity against extreme …

MODIS primary production products (MOD17) are the first regular, near-real-time data sets
for repeated monitoring of vegetation primary production on vegetated land at 1-km …

Fairy circles (FCs) are regular vegetation patterns found in drylands of Namibia and Western
Australia. It is virtually unknown whether they are also present in other regions of the world …

There has been a recent surge of interest in remote sensing and its use in ecology and
conservation but this is the first book to focus explicitly on the NDVI (Normalised Difference …

In this article we review the main characteristics of the Patagonian climate, the spatial and
temporal patterns of the most important climatic variables, and the influence of climate on …

The global retreat of glaciers is dramatically altering mountain and high-latitude landscapes,
with new ecosystems develo** from apparently barren substrates,,–. The study of these …