JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

The Journal of Arid Environments is an international journal publishing original scientific and technical research articles on physical, biological and cultural aspects of arid, semi-arid, and desert environments. As a forum of multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary dialogue it addresses research on all aspects of arid environments and their past, present and future use. Research Areas include: Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironments Climate and Climate Change Hydrological processes and systems Geomorphological processes and systems Soils (physical and biological aspects) Ecology (Plant and Animal Sciences) Anthropology and human ecology (archaeology, sociology, ethnobotany, human adaptations,etc. Agriculture Land use grazing, mining, tourism, etc) Land use (agronomy, grazing, mining, tourism, etc) Conservation (theory, policy, sustainability, economics, heritage) Land degradation (desertification) and rehabilitation Environmental monitoring and management