Márton Vörös , Imelda Somodi , Edina Csákvári , Anna Cseperke Csonka , Bruna Paolinelli Reis , Nóra Sáradi , Katalin Török , Melinda Halassy
{"title":"Towards harmonised monitoring of grassland restoration: a review of ecological indicators used in the temperate region","authors":"Márton Vörös , Imelda Somodi , Edina Csákvári , Anna Cseperke Csonka , Bruna Paolinelli Reis , Nóra Sáradi , Katalin Török , Melinda Halassy","doi":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105426","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105426","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Monitoring restoration success should be consistent with the scope of restoration, therefore indicators are usually target and ecosystem specific. At the same time, there is a growing need to introduce ecosystem-specific standardisation to allow comparison of different restoration methods between regions and to help select best practices. This study aims to review the ecological indicators applied to assess the success of grassland restoration in temperate regions, to determine their frequency of use and to identify indicators suitable for future standardisation. Based on 322 publications on monitoring and evaluation of temperate grassland restoration in the Northern Hemisphere, a large variety of metrics (85 ecological indicators in total) exists with no obvious standardisation. We categorise indicators according to the three main ecosystem attribute classes (vegetation structure, diversity & composition, ecosystem function) proposed earlier in restoration literature. Diversity & composition (mainly species richness) is the most commonly measured characteristic when monitoring grassland restoration, followed by vegetation structure (mainly plant cover). The class of ecosystem function has the largest variety of indicators, but none is widely used. Many studies are already using indicators from at least two ecosystem attribute classes to follow grassland restoration, which is a good start towards the goal of monitoring all three classes. Based on our results, monitoring of grassland restoration could be harmonised by including a minimal set of core indicators that are already widely used: plant cover, a diversity indicator focusing on naturalness, and soil organic C, which indicates the carbon storage function of the ecosystem.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arid Environments","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 105426"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144314151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jingfang Zhang , Fanhao Meng , Min Luo , Yixin Fang , Hongguang Chen , Chula Sa , Wenfeng Chi , Yuhai Bao
{"title":"Investigating spatiotemporal variability of drought and its impact on grassland GPP in Inner Mongolia","authors":"Jingfang Zhang , Fanhao Meng , Min Luo , Yixin Fang , Hongguang Chen , Chula Sa , Wenfeng Chi , Yuhai Bao","doi":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105425","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105425","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Drought events are one of the main factors driving changes in grassland ecosystem productivity. This study aims to investigate the spatiotemporal characteristics of drought in Inner Mongolia's grasslands and its impact mechanisms on grassland productivity. The findings show that: (1) From 1992 to 2018, the overall trend in Inner Mongolia's Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) was declined (56.54 %), with a decline rate of 0.364 gC·m<sup>−2</sup>·a<sup>−1</sup>. Among the three grassland types, only desert steppe GPP exhibited an increasing trend. The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) exhibited an overall declining trend, covering 95.54 % of the area. (2) The positive correlation between GPP and SPEI in Inner Mongolia's grasslands was the strongest (88.78 %), with a significant positive correlation in 35.44 % of the area. (3) SPEI has a significant positive effect on grassland GPP, with an influence coefficient of 0.203, and it also had significant indirect effects through soil moisture (SM), Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD), and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). Among different grassland types, the effect of SPEI on meadow and typical steppe GPP gradually weakened, while its influence on desert steppe GPP progressively strengthened. This study provides important theoretical support for the sustainable development of the region's grassland ecosystems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arid Environments","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 105425"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144291597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Makabudi Phakoago , Wendy Panaino , Shane K. Maloney , Andrea Fuller
{"title":"Prey preference and dietary overlap between the aardvark and Temminck's pangolin in the kalahari","authors":"Makabudi Phakoago , Wendy Panaino , Shane K. Maloney , Andrea Fuller","doi":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105422","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105422","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aardvark (<em>Orycteropus afer</em>) and Temminck's pangolin (<em>Smutsia temminckii</em>; hereafter pangolin) feed on ants and termites. Previous research in the Kalahari (Tswalu Kalahari Reserve) in southern Africa has indicated that the diet of the two species does not overlap, with aardvark preying predominantly on harvester termites (<em>Hodotermes mossambicus</em>) and pangolin preying predominantly on ants (mainly <em>Crematogaster</em> spp). However, the research on each species was conducted at different times, so the dietary differences might have been due to various factors that differed between the study periods. We therefore studied the diet of aardvark and pangolin simultaneously by analysing faecal samples that were collected from the two species over 1 year at Tswalu Kalahari Reserve. We used pitfall trapping to assess the relative abundance of ant prey species bimonthly; however, this method was ineffective for sampling termites. Termite abundance was inferred from their widespread presence in aardvark diets and visible termite activity at the study site. Aardvark preyed predominantly on <em>Trinervitermes</em> termites in spring (88 %) and summer (43 %), and <em>Hodotermes</em> termites in autumn (50 %) and winter (47 %), while pangolins fed primarily on <em>Crematogaster</em> ants in spring (62 %) and winter (51 %), and <em>Anoplolepis</em> ants in summer (60 %) and autumn (48 %). Although <em>Anoplolepis</em> and <em>Crematogaster</em> are commonly consumed, they were not frequently captured in pitfall traps, representing only 16.4% and 1.5% of the ant species collected, respectively. Pianka's index revealed that there was considerable overlap in dietary niche between the two mammals when resources were abundant in summer (60 %) and autumn (73 %), but less dietary overlap when resources became scarcer in winter (45 %) and spring (44 %). Less dietary overlap when resources are scarce likely reduces direct competition between these two myrmecophagous species, but it is also possible that differences in foraging over time and space may allow the aardvark and pangolin to coexist while exploiting the same food resources. Our study was conducted during an unusually wet year in the Kalahari, so whether niche partitioning occurs to the same extent in drier years remains to be determined.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arid Environments","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 105422"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144280363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrated assessment of livelihood vulnerability to climate Variability: An empirical study of tribal communities in chhindwara district, central India","authors":"Amit Kumar , Juna Probha Devi , T. Mohanasundari","doi":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105421","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105421","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate change creates significant challenges globally, especially for vulnerable populations like tribal communities, due to socio-economic and environmental factors. Despite various studies on climate impacts, detailed assessments of these populations remain scarce. This study evaluates livelihood vulnerabilities induced by climate change among tribal communities in the Chhindwara district of Central India, utilising the Livelihood Vulnerability Index-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (LVI-IPCC) framework. A mixed-method approach was employed, incorporating innovative trend analysis (ITA) for rainfall and temperature variation, Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI-3) for assessing dry and wet conditions, and LVI-IPCC framework was applied using survey data to evaluate the livelihood vulnerability of tribal communities. Interviews with 261 households from 26 villages in the study area provided insights into local conditions. ITA results indicated a negative trend in annual rainfall (−0.308) and significant increases in mean temperature (0.091), maximum temperature (0.133), and minimum temperature (−0.118). SPI-3 analysis highlighted increased dry conditions post-2016 and heightened wet conditions post-2019. The LVI-IPCC value (0.0094) identifies Parasia (0.073) and Junnardeo (0.069) as the most vulnerable Tehsils. Furthermore, Pearson Correlation revealed a significant relationship between LVI-IPCC and major components of vulnerabilities among tribal communities. This study highlights the need for immediate action to combat climate change and its impacts on vulnerable communities, aligning with Sustainable Development Goal 13. International collaboration and integrating Indigenous knowledge are essential for developing and implementing effective adaptation and mitigation strategies and ensuring sustainable development, offering a framework for future research and targeted interventions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arid Environments","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 105421"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144280362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Senmiao Hu , Lei Zhou , Liurun Cheng , Jingxin Zhang , Yang Yu , Jianjun Wu , Ruijie Lu
{"title":"A refined classification methodology for drought hazard-bearing bodies through fusion of temporal-spatial multidimensional features","authors":"Senmiao Hu , Lei Zhou , Liurun Cheng , Jingxin Zhang , Yang Yu , Jianjun Wu , Ruijie Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105413","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105413","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the context of escalating drought threats due to global climate change, accurately identifying the spatial distribution of drought disaster-bearing bodies is crucial for disaster risk assessment and mitigation. However, fine classification using remote sensing technology still faces numerous challenges. Existing classification methods primarily rely on single spectral features, making it difficult to capture the spatiotemporal heterogeneity coupling effects of crops and grassland subtypes affected by drought. This results in frequent spectral confusion between wheat and corn and the homogenization of grassland subtypes, severely limiting classification accuracy improvements. This study focuses on the Yili River Basin, a typical watershed in northwest China's arid region, using 269 field sampling points from the third Xinjiang scientific expedition and 2023 Sentinel-2 temporal imagery. It proposes a multi-dimensional feature classification framework that integrates seasonal-phenological temporal features with spatial constraints, and develops a random forest fine classification model based on feature optimization. Experimental results show that the method achieves an overall accuracy of 91.9 %, a Kappa coefficient of 0.89, and a field verification accuracy of 83.6 %, representing an 18.9 % improvement over the 73 % accuracy of traditional spectral feature methods. Feature importance analysis reveals that seasonal-phenological temporal features contribute 44.4 %, while spatial features contribute 21 %, confirming the effectiveness of multi-dimensional feature fusion. The temporal-spatial multi-feature classification method for drought disaster-bearing bodies developed in this study effectively categorizes these bodies, providing a scientific basis for drought disaster monitoring and management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arid Environments","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 105413"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144255431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interannual variation in lizard communities in areas with and without vineyards in the central Monte Desert, Argentina","authors":"Elín A. Avellá Machado , Rodrigo Gómez Alés","doi":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105409","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105409","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The great variation in species’ responses to habitat fragmentation has made it difficult to identify trends that help predict how populations and communities behave. This study aimed to characterize two lizard assemblages terms of diversity, population structure and body size, conducting an interannual comparison between areas with and without vineyards in the central Monte Desert of Argentina. Two sampling years were examined, comparing a cultivated site with a non-cultivated site, between 2016 and 2019. Our findings indicate that the cultivated site showed more richness and lower diversity than the non-cultivated one; however, overall, the body size of the species at the non-cultivated site was greater, especially in the second year (2018–2019). Additionally, there was a higher total abundance of lizards (species pool) at the non-cultivated site, with variation between seasons across years and within the same year, but with overall peak abundance during the summer. We conclude that environmental factors and changes at the cultivated site affect the interannual structural parameters of the populations under study. This work contributes to future studies focused on the effect of agricultural activity on lizard populations, and to the development of conservation strategies that preserve lizard species and their functionality in dry agroecosystem land.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arid Environments","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 105409"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144221013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simon Measho Yhdego , Hubert Hirwa , Gang Chen , Getachew Dubache
{"title":"Analyzing land use/land cover changes and aridity dynamics in the Nile river basin, Northeastern Africa","authors":"Simon Measho Yhdego , Hubert Hirwa , Gang Chen , Getachew Dubache","doi":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105412","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105412","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Nile River Basin (NRB) within East-Northern Africa is experiencing progressive aridity due to climate variability and changes in land use/land cover (LUC). To address these challenges, it is crucial to understand the interactions between LUC patterns and aridification at a basin broader scale. This study aims to assess the LUC shifts and aridity index changes under climate variability from 2000 to 2020. The LUC changes were evaluated using the land use dynamic index (K), and aridity index was calculated based on the UNEP classification. The results indicated essential patterns in the LUC classes, aridity index trends, and aridity index-based climate classes. The LUC dynamics in the basin showed a slow and progressive lateral change. The settlement area showed a significant increase of 3536.11 km<sup>2</sup> with a K value of 9.71 %. The largest LUC decline was observed in the shrubland by 35,448 km<sup>2</sup> with a K value of −0.31 % during the two decades. The overall aridity index slope decreased at an average rate of −4.5 × 10<sup>3</sup> per year. The forest LUC showed the most significant decrease in the aridity trends followed by shrubland and wetland LUC types, while the bare land experienced an increasing aridity trend. The aridity index in the arid, semi-arid, and hyper-arid lands increased by about 13.77 %. On the contrary, the aridity index in the dry, sub-humid, humid, and hyper-humid lands declined by −20.32 % during the study period. The outcome of this study can potentially serve as a basis for developing sustainable adaptation strategies in NRB, and the information can be further utilized in other climatic regions for comparative analyses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arid Environments","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 105412"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144212306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Suad S. Al Mazrooei , Walid S. Ghazala , Gary Brown
{"title":"Seasonal changes in physio-biochemical responses of the xerophytic dwarf shrub Haloxylon salicornicum in the Kuwait desert","authors":"Suad S. Al Mazrooei , Walid S. Ghazala , Gary Brown","doi":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105410","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105410","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The combination of high temperatures and drought is one of the main environmental characteristics of desert ecosystems in arid regions. In the hyperarid desert of Kuwait, the xerophytic dwarf shrub <em>Haloxylon salicornicum</em> (Moq.) Bunge ex Boiss. regularly maintains its vegetative growth for prolonged periods of severe hot and dry conditions in summer. The present study was conducted to explore cellular-level mechanisms of plant tolerance to a combination of high temperatures and drought stress in summer compared to the responses of the same individual plants under moderate environmental conditions in spring. The physio-biochemical changes measured in the stem tissues involved those that enhanced osmotic adjustment and enzymatic antioxidant systems, both of which maintain photosynthetic pigment biosynthesis. The relative water content was significantly reduced in summer by 17 %, although plants stored a considerably higher amount of water in their slightly succulent branch tissues. Plants preferentially accumulated soluble sugars in substantial amounts (27 %), whereas proline content was significantly reduced by 28 %. The potential role of inorganic ions and carotenoids in enhancing the plant's abiotic stress tolerance is also addressed. Our study suggests that <em>H. salicornicum</em> can serve as an excellent model for understanding the adaptative mechanisms of xerophytes in hot and dry deserts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arid Environments","volume":"230 ","pages":"Article 105410"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144195933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modelling soil erosion risk in rural sub-catchments of Zimbabwe using RUSLE, remote sensing and machine learning","authors":"Tatenda Musasa , Cletah Shoko , Thomas Marambanyika , Timothy Dube","doi":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105407","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105407","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The study modelled soil erosion risk in the Shashe and Tugwi–Zibagwe rural sub-catchments in Zimbabwe. To derive land use and land cover (LULC) thematic maps for the years 2016, 2020 and 2023, analysis ready data (Sentinel 2) were applied using the Random Forest (RF) algorithm in the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model was applied to understand the drivers of soil loss in the sub-catchments. The rainfall erosivity (R), soil erodibility (K), length slope (LS), crop management (C) and conservation support practice factors (P) were derived in GEE and applied as input to determine soil erosion risk. The findings of the study show that, the Shashe sub-catchment had mean soil losses of 15.75, 45.25, and 23.51 t ha<sup>−1</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> for 2016, 2020, and 2023, respectively. In the Tugwi-Zibagwe sub-catchment, the mean soil losses were 11.62, 18.45, and 37.34 t ha<sup>−1</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> for the same years. The results also show that LULC changes were one of the major drivers to soil loss in the rural dominated sub-catchments. Results further show that, the area under cultivation was exposed to severe erosion which averaged 16–48 t ha<sup>−1</sup> year<sup>−1</sup> when compared to other land covers in the study areas. In conclusion, of all the two sub-catchments the Shashe experiences severe soil loss than Tugwi-Zibagwe due to variations in land use and covers. Soil loss also tends to be considerably high in areas along drainage networks and where vegetation clearance is evident. These findings highlight the pressing need for up-to-date soil management approaches to improve soil conservation in rural dominated sub-catchments of Zimbabwe.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arid Environments","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 105407"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144169317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grazing-induced changes in plant patch structure alter soil organic carbon quality in the arid rangelands of the Patagonian Monte, Argentina","authors":"Sonia Oliferuk , Analía Lorena Carrera , Hebe Saraví Cisneros , Mónica Beatriz Bertiller","doi":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105411","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105411","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Plant patches are structural and functional units in arid ecosystems. Grazing leads to cover reduction of preferred perennial grasses and shrub encroachment with high soluble phenol (Ph) concentration in leaves. We asked whether the amount and chemical quality of soil organic C (SOC) are related to grazing-induced changes in patch canopies in arid rangelands of the Patagonian Monte. We selected five sites with increasing canopy signs of grazing disturbance. We recorded canopy attributes at five patches per site and assessed surface SOC and soil Ph concentrations with different structural complexity. Plant patches of the least disturbed sites had high shrub species richness and covers, high SOC and low soil Ph concentrations. In contrast, plant patches of the most disturbed site had the lowest shrub species richness and perennial grass cover, and high SOC and Ph concentration (total and low complex). Changes in patch canopy induced by grazing disturbance were not linearly related to changes in SOC concentration. Sites with the highest and the lowest grazing disturbance exhibited similar SOC concentrations, but different chemical composition (increased concentration of Ph in most disturbed sites). Resting from grazing may prevent the loss of plant diversity and avoid the increase in soil Ph concentration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Arid Environments","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 105411"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144169316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}