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Desert Ecology

Desert Ecology is a branch of terrestrial ecology that focuses on the structure, function, and dynamics of ecosystems in arid environments characterized by low and unpredictable precipitation, high evaporation rates, and specialized adaptations of flora and fauna to water-limited conditions.

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323.5K

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2.5K

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2017–2026

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Desert Ecosystems: Environment and Producers

Imanuel Noy‐Meir · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1973 · 3.4K citations

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Biological Feedbacks in Global Desertification

William H. Schlesinger, James F. Reynolds, Gary L. Cunningham et al. · Science · 1990 · 2.5K citations

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Onset of Asian desertification by 22 Myr ago inferred from loess deposits in China

Zhengtang Guo, William F Ruddiman, Qingzhen Hao et al. · Nature · 2002 · 1.8K citations

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Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands

Fernando T. Maestre, José L. Quero, Nicholas J. Gotelli et al. · Science · 2012 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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World Atlas of Desertification

Norman Pye, David S.G. Thomas · Geographical Journal · 1994 · 1.5K citations

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Authors

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  1. WG
    Walter G. Whitford

    New Mexico State University, United States

    68 publications · 6K citations

    36

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  2. JH
    James H. Brown

    University of New Mexico, United States

    37 publications · 5.4K citations

    33

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  3. YS
    Yosef Steinberger

    Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    45 publications · 2.1K citations

    26

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  4. JR
    James R. Ehleringer

    University of Utah, United States

    27 publications · 3.4K citations

    25

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  5. TE
    Travis E. Huxman

    University of Arizona, United States

    25 publications · 3.5K citations

    24

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Institutions

2.5K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    79 h-index

    1.8K publications

    97.8K citations

  2. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    66 h-index

    330 publications

    27.8K citations

  3. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    56 h-index

    282 publications

    16.6K citations

  4. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    55 h-index

    374 publications

    22.8K citations

  5. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    50 h-index

    194 publications

    29.8K citations

  6. New Mexico State University

    Las Cruces, United States

    48 h-index

    274 publications

    23.1K citations

  7. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography

    Ürümqi, China

    47 h-index

    545 publications

    24.7K citations

  8. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    46 h-index

    264 publications

    13.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Arid Environments

    595 publications · 31.4K citations

    88

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  2. Ecology

    170 publications · 21.2K citations

    82

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  3. Oecologia

    154 publications · 13.1K citations

    61

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  4. Journal of Ecology

    87 publications · 7.1K citations

    50

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  5. Journal of Vegetation Science

    JVS · 67 publications · 2.9K citations

    34

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