Journal of Arid Environments - 81-82, 2012

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Editorial Board

Seed dispersal and seed fate in Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia)
B.A. Waitman, S.B. Vander Wall, T.C. Esque

Spatiotemporal variability of cultivable microfungal communities inhabiting a playa area in the western Negev Desert, Israel
 J. Yu, I. Grishkan, C. Sherman, Y. Steinberger

High temperatures constrain microhabitat selection and activity patterns of the insular Cape Verde wall gecko
 R. Vasconcelos, X. Santos, M.A. Carretero
     
An exploration of direct and indirect drivers of herbivore reproductive performance in arid and semi arid rangelands by means of structural equation models
 M. Texeira, G. Baldi, J. Paruelo

Characteristics of the Gobi desert and their significance for dust emissions in the Ala Shan Plateau (Central Asia): An experimental study
 X. Wang, L. Lang, T. Hua, H. Wang, C. Zhang, Z. Wang

Provenance of sediments deposited at paleolake San Felipe, western Sonora Desert: Implications to regimes of summer and winter precipitation during last 50 cal kyr BP
 P.D. Roy, M. Caballero, S. Lozano, O. Morton, R. Lozano, M.P. Jonathan, J.L. Sánchez, M.C. Macías
    
Ecological effects of experimental drought and prescribed fire in a southern California coastal grassland
 D.L. Potts, K.N. Suding, G.C. Winston, A.V. Rocha, M.L. Goulden
     
Savanna land use and its effect on soil characteristics in southern Ethiopia
 A. Angassa, B. Sheleme, G. Oba, A.C. Treydte, A. Linstädter, J. Sauerborn
 
Pedotransfer functions to estimate soil bulk density for Northern Africa: Tunisia case
 N. Brahim, M. Bernoux, T. Gallali

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Journal of Arid Environments - 82, 2012


Contents:
Editorial Board

Differential interception and evaporation of fog, dew and water vapour and elemental accumulation by lichens explain their relative abundance in a coastal desert
 K.W. Maphangwa, C.F. Musil, L. Raitt, L. Zedda
 
Contrasting nutrient-capture strategies in shrubs and grasses of a Patagonian arid ecosystem
 O.E. Sala, R.A. Golluscio, W.K. Lauenroth, P.A. Roset

High body temperatures in an arid, winter-rainfall environment: Thermal biology of the smallest tortoise
 Victor J.T. Loehr

Spatial and temporal precipitation variability in the Okavango–Kwando–Zambezi catchment, southern Africa
 A.E. Gaughan, P.R. Waylen

Sedimentological and morphological characteristics of gypseous coastal nabkhas on Bubiyan Island, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf
 F.I. Khalaf, J.M. Al-Awadhi
 
A simple method for estimating basin-scale groundwater discharge by vegetation in the basin and range province of Arizona using remote sensing information and geographic information systems
 F.D. Tillman, J.B. Callegary, P.L. Nagler, E.P. Glenn

Hydrological impacts of mesquite encroachment in the upper San Pedro watershed
 W. Nie, Y. Yuan, W. Kepner, C. Erickson, M. Jackson
     
A field study of wind erosion following a grass fire on the Llano Estacado of North America
 J.E. Stout

Artificial neural network models for reference evapotranspiration in an arid area of northwest China
 Z. Huo, S. Feng, S. Kang, X. Dai

Ecosystem responses to mowing manipulations in an arid Inner Mongolia steppe: An energy perspective
 C. Shao, J. Chen, L. Li, L. Zhang
 
The use of precipitation intensity in estimating gross primary production in four northern grasslands
 C. Wu, J.M. Chen
 
Plant species composition and soil characteristics around Iranian piospheres
 E. Shahriary, M.W. Palmer, D.J. Tongway, H. Azarnivand, M. Jafari, M. Mohseni Saravi
 
Changes in the soil, litter, and vegetation nitrogen and carbon concentrations of semiarid shrublands in response to chronic dry season nitrogen input
 G.L. Vourlitis, J.S. Fernandez
 
Secondary succession following cultivation in an arid ecosystem: The Owens Valley, California
 T. McLendon, E. Naumburg, D.W. Martin

Nipa (Distichlis palmeri): A perennial grain crop for saltwater irrigation
 S.L. Pearlstein, R.S. Felger, E.P. Glenn, J. Harrington, K.A. Al-Ghanem, S.G. Nelson
 
Can phytoliths provide an insight into past vegetation of the Middle Kalahari palaeolakes during the late Quaternary?
 S.L. Burrough, E. Breman, C. Dodd
 
Intensive field surveys in conservation planning: Priorities for cactus diversity in the Saltenian Calchaquíes Valleys (Argentina)
 P. Ortega-Baes, S. Bravo, J. Sajama, S. Sühring, J. Arrueta, E. Sotola, M. Alonso-Pedano, A.C. Godoy-Bürki, N.R. Frizza, G. Galíndez, P. Gorostiague, A. Barrionuevo, A. Scopel
 
Students' familiarity and initial contact with species in the Monte desert (Mendoza, Argentina)
 C.M. Campos, S. Greco, J.J. Ciarlante, M. Balangione, J.B. Bender, J. Nates, P. Lindemann-Matthies
 
Observations on the diet of the North African houbara bustard during the non-breeding season
 K. Bourass, J.-F. Léger, A. Zaime, A. Qninba, H. Rguibi, M.A. El Agbani, A. Benhoussa, Y. Hingrat
 
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