Showing papers in "Journal of Arid Environments in 1988"

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have used two indicators: the Rain Use Efficiency Factor (RUE) which is the quotient of annual primary production (kg DM/ha/year) by rainfall (mm/year).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how to download and install wind as a geological process on earth mars venus and titan, in the past currently we extend the join to buy and make bargains.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the interception of artificially applied rainfall by creosotebush and tarbush plants for improved understanding of this phenomenon in hydrologic processes and developed a generalized equation to describe rainfall interception by both shrub species.

TL;DR: In this article, thin sections of gypsum crusts from southern Tunisia and the central Namib Desert reveal that the exposure and degradation of illuvial, pedogenic crusts are characterized by distinct diagenetic features.

TL;DR: It is concluded that abiotic factors (physical weathering) are responsible for a large portion of the mass loss of grass litter in arid environments.

TL;DR: Blue wildebeest were found to be the most water-dependent species, while springbok, gemsboks, red hartebeest and steenbok showed greater use of mineral lick sites at waterholes than of the water itself.

TL;DR: In this paper, the predominantly arid to semi-arid Kalahari Beds have accumulated in central southern Africa since Tertiary times and they accumulated in a series of contiguous sedimentary basins.

TL;DR: The activity patterns of eight epigaeic ant species from the Namib Desert were studied in summer and winter, and before and after a rainfall event, finding that interspecific differences in activity pattern were greater in summer than winter.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effect of mangrove mortality associated with road construction and asphyxiation from dumping of dredge-spoil in the arid Dampier-Cossack region of Western Australia.

TL;DR: In this paper, data from the AVHRR sensor of polar-orbiting meteorological satellites were used to estimate biomass production on the southern border of the Sahara from 1981-1986.

TL;DR: Aerial survey of much of mainland Australia indicated a minimum population of feral Camelus dromedarius of 43 000, most were in sand-dune desert across the broad band of country from Port Hedland in Western Australia to Innamincka in South Australia as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The importance of nutrients associated with shrub canopies on the micro-distribution of many desert-annuals is becoming evident through LTER and other studies.

TL;DR: Grazing domesticated mammals show highest selectivity ratios (preferences) towards plants with relatively low availability, but the palatability of a few species of plants is related to their phenological development.

TL;DR: Trogid species of the genus Omorgus in the arid Kalahari are morphologically, behaviourally and physiologically adapted to survive extremely arid periods interspersed with short favourable periods during which feeding and breeding take place.