Hydroclimatic changes associated with global warming over the past 50 years have been
documented widely, but physical landscape responses are poorly understood thus far …

Aridity, which is increasing worldwide because of climate change, affects the structure and
functioning of dryland ecosystems. Whether aridification leads to gradual (versus abrupt) …

Given the increasing speed and intensity of ongoing climate change and human
interventions, more systematic research is needed to realize the Sustainable Development …

A major challenge for geomorphologists is to scale up small‐magnitude processes to
produce landscape form, yet existing approaches have been found to be severely limited …

The constant provision of plant productivity is integral to supporting the liability of
ecosystems and human wellbeing in global drylands. Drylands are paradigmatic examples …

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts), comprised of mosses, lichens, and cyanobacteria, are key
components to many dryland communities. Climate change and other anthropogenic …

This book summarizes the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding
global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It originated from …

The diverse forest types of the southwestern US are inseparable from fire. Across climate
zones in California, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, fire suppression has left many forest …

The role of groundwater as a resource in sustaining terrestrial vegetation is widely
recognized. But the global prevalence and magnitude of groundwater use by vegetation is …

Biological soil crust communities (biocrusts) play an important role in surface hydrologic
processes in dryland ecosystems and can be dramatically altered with soil surface …