We used correlative models with species occurrence points, Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) vegetation indices, and topo-climatic predictors to map the …

Groundwater resources are crucial to safe drinking supplies in sub‐Saharan Africa, and will
be increasingly relied upon in a context of climate change. The need to better understand …

Identifying groundwater-dependent ecosystems is the first step towards their protection. This
paper presents a machine learning approach that maps groundwater-dependent …

Land degradation is a major environmental and social issue in temperate steppes. It is
commonly determined from vegetation cover using remote sensing techniques. Steppes in …

In many arid mountains, dwarf shrubs represent the most important fodder and firewood
resources; therefore, they are intensely used. For the Eastern Pamirs (Tajikistan), they are …

The study attempts to evaluate the effect of fertilization and irrigation on steppe productivity
in dry southern Mongolian desert-steppes. We conducted an irrigation-and NPK fertilization …

This study was carried out in 2013 and 2014 to compare the potential of artificial neural
networks and logistic regression to predict dominant weed presence on dryland chickpea …

Tropical arid to semi‐arid ecosystems are nearly as diverse as more humid forests and
occupy large parts of the tropics. In comparison, however, they are vastly understudied. For …

Prior to this study, knowledge of Gobi Desert prehistory was mostly limited to early and mid-
20 th century descriptions of undated stone tool assemblages from unanalyzed museum …

Questions El N iño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a strong driver of climatic and ecosystem
variability in coastal NW P eru. La N iña amplifies the already dry local conditions, and led to …