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Semi-arid Climate

Semi-Arid Climate is a climatic classification within the broader category of dry climates characterized by mean annual precipitation that is insufficient to support dense vegetation but sufficient to permit the growth of grasses and shrubs, typically occurring as a transitional zone between arid deserts and more humid environments.

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Semi-arid Climates

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World salinization with emphasis on Australia

Pichu Rengasamy · Journal of Experimental Botany · 2006 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO <sub>2</sub> sink

Anders Ahlström, Michael Raupach, Guy Schurgers et al. · Science · 2015 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Contribution of semi-arid ecosystems to interannual variability of the global carbon cycle

Benjamin Poulter, David Frank, Philippe Ciais et al. · Nature · 2014 · 1.5K citations

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Is the change of plant–plant interactions with abiotic stress predictable? A meta‐analysis of field results in arid environments

Fernando T. Maestre, Fernando Valladares, James F. Reynolds · Journal of Ecology · 2005 · 1K citations · Full text

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Expansion of global drylands under a warming climate

Song Feng, Qiang Fu · Atmospheric chemistry and physics · 2013 · 1K citations · Full text

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  1. FT
    Fernando T. Maestre

    Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

    24 publications · 3.6K citations

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  2. UP
    Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque

    Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Brazil

    19 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. JH
    Jianping Huang

    Lanzhou University, China

    18 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. MB
    Mohammed Bahir

    Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco

    18 publications · 608 citations

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  5. SP
    S P Wani

    International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India

    17 publications · 657 citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    76 h-index

    1.2K publications

    75.9K citations

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    47 h-index

    269 publications

    14.4K citations

  3. Lanzhou University

    Lanzhou, China

    44 h-index

    527 publications

    36.5K citations

  4. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    42 h-index

    125 publications

    9.6K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    40 h-index

    250 publications

    18.9K citations

  6. Northwest A&F University

    Yangling, China

    36 h-index

    313 publications

    17.2K citations

  7. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    35 h-index

    172 publications

    15.1K citations

  8. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    34 h-index

    129 publications

    7.3K citations

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  1. Journal of Arid Environments

    293 publications · 17.7K citations

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  2. Agricultural Water Management

    150 publications · 9K citations

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  3. Journal of Hydrology

    101 publications · 9.4K citations

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  4. The Science of The Total Environment

    121 publications · 6.9K citations

    45

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  5. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

    70 publications · 4.8K citations

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