Initially introduced to western United States to provide ecosystem services such as erosion
control, Tamarix by the mid‐1900s had became vilified as a profligate waster of water. This …

Although it is generally acknowledged that invasions by exotic plant species represent a
major threat to biodiversity and ecosystem stability, little attention has been paid to the …

This volume provides the first comprehensive summary of how plant, animal, and microbial
communities develop under the harsh conditions following dramatic natural disturbances …

The many ways that people have used and managed land throughout history has emerged
as a primary cause of land‐cover change around the world. Thus, land use and land …

Clearing of natural vegetation for pastures and the deliberate introduction of African grasses
constitute significant threats to the biological diversity of the tropics, subtropics, and warm …

Community assembly is a branch of ecology that looks at how communities are assembled
as they follow trajectories through time. A trajectory is controlled by biotic and abiotic …

Riparian vegetation in dry regions is influenced by low‐flow and high‐flow components of
the surface and groundwater flow regimes. The duration of no‐flow periods in the surface …

Recent interest in the valuation of ecosystem services has provided tools for assessing the
costs of invasive species in natural areas. This study evaluates the economic impacts of …

Bromus tectorum is an exotic annual grass that currently dominates many western US semi‐
arid ecosystems, and the effects of this grass on ecosystems in general, and soil biota …

Physiological activity and structural dynamics in arid and semi-arid ecosystems are driven
by discrete inputs or “pulses” of growing season precipitation. Here we describe the short …