Recognized and advocated as a powerful tool, the role of remote sensing in identifying,
map**, and monitoring soil salinity and salinization will continue to expand. Remote …

Saline wetlands in the semiarid environment of Central Spain are fragile and highly dynamic
ecosystems that are affected by degradation processes as a result of anthropological …

Small playa-lakes in Monegros, Spain, are high-value habitats for endemisms, threatened
by landscape transformations and development of newly irrigated lands. The purpose of …

Water is a vital resource for supporting agriculture and wetlands in semiarid environments
and can play an important role in minimizing greenhouse gas emissions in wetlands. When …

This study was conducted to assess the state of soil degradation in a semi-arid environment
in the southern part of the Central High Atlas of Morocco (CHA), in the vicinity of the El …

Land degradation is one of the most pressing problems of environments. This research
presents a methodology to monitor land degradation in a transition zone between grassland …

Studies of caribou herds in northern regions are important to better understand population
dynamics and define wildlife management strategies. Lichen is a primary food source for …

Inventory and monitoring of eroded areas at basin scale (Mm2) can be very useful for
environmental planning and can help to reduce land degradation and sediment yield to …

Recent vegetation dynamics in the northern and western Mediterranean region are mainly
the result of socio-economical changes. Old-field succession and the cessation of extensive …

This study was undertaken to assess the accuracy of linear spectral unmixing (LSU) in
estimating fractional abundance of land cover components and to examine its applicability in …