Arid environments
Effects of irrigation on water salinization in semi-arid environments. : A case study in Las Bardenas, Spain
... The increase in conductivity during the period without irrigation is caused by the smaller discharges of outflow and the relative higher contribution from uncultivated dur- ing this phase. An inverse relation exists ...
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DEM-based analysis of morphometric features in humid and hyper-arid environments using artificial neural network
... hyper-arid environments with rainfall total less than 50 mm including central Asia, the Lut desert in Iran, northern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the Libyan desert in Egypt, central Sahara, the Namib Desert, the ...
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Groundwater recharge rates and surface runoff response to land use and land cover changes in semi-arid environments
... 283 km 3 yr − 1 in 2000 as reported by Huang et al. (2013). Further, as noted by Scanlon et al. (2006), previous reviews on recharge studies in semi-arid and arid regions lacked a global perspective. The ...
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Linking the spatial patterns of organisms and abiotic factors to ecosystem function and management: Insights from semi-arid environments
... semi-arid environments from Spain (degraded calcareous shrubland, steppes dominated by Stipa tenacissima, and gypsum shrublands) to: 1) evaluate whether the spatial patterns of the dominant biotic elements ...
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Green Areas and Microscale Thermal Comfort in Arid Environments: A Case Study in Mendoza, Argentina
... on arid environments by studying the influence of vegetation (whether natural or irrigated) on thermal com- fort in the city of Mendoza, ...an arid en- vironment with regard to diverse LULC? And 2) ...
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Soil salinity mapping and hydrological drought indices assessment in arid environments based on remote sensing techniques
... Abstract. Vegetation indices are mostly described as crop water derivatives. The normalized difference vegetation in- dex (NDVI) is one of the oldest remote sensing applica- tions that is widely used to evaluate crop ...
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Conserving history in changing arid environments: A geomorphological approach
... Arid environments are home to a vast range of different heritage sites; these vary from the stunning remains of Babylon (Iraq), where wholly intact temples, murals and houses can still be seen, to the ...
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In situ unsaturated zone water stable isotope (2H and 18O) measurements in semi arid environments: A soil water balance
... lison et al., 1994; Scanlon et al., 2002; Koeniger et al., 2016). However, the usefulness of evaporation profiles to determine recharge rates remains debatable (Herczeg and Leany, 2011). In most unsaturated zone studies, ...
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What do Plants Leave after Summer on the Ground? The Effect of Afforested Plants in Arid Environments
... Continental arid environments are characterized by excessive heat and variable precipitation distributed all over the year, with a tendency to a peak during summer months ...northern arid lands in ...
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Adaptation to drought in arid and semi-arid environments: Case of the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe
... in arid to semi-arid SSA often experience insufficient food as a result of water stress (Nyakudya & Stroosnijder ...in arid and semi-arid regions of Zimbabwe are strongly ...
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Elevated atmospheric [CO2] can dramatically increase wheat yields in semi-arid environments and buffer against heat waves
... drought conditions, reducing transpiration (Kimball et al., 1995; Wall et al., 2006) and potentially increasing soil water later in the season (Leakey et al., 2009). Kirkegaard et al., (2007) reported that post-anthesis ...
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Urban riverine hinterland synergies in semi arid environments : millennial scale change, adaptations, and environmental responses at Gerasa/Jerash
... of environments, what is urgently needed is a better understanding of the evol- ution of the urban-riverine hinterland relationship within long-term and historical frameworks spanning centuries or even ...
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CCA application for vegetation - environment relationships evaluation in arid environments (southern Khorasan rangelands)
... Average annual precipitation of study area range from 105.16 to 271 mm. Rainfall is not only low but also falls in short periods interspersed with long dry periods. Climate is arid, according to Demartonn method. ...
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LOSS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND BIODIVERSITY IN THE SEMI ARID ENVIRONMENTS 0F NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA
... 3. Farmers in the semi-arid regions; the study area inclusive have good reasons for not wanting to plant and tend trees voluntarily. For one thing, the tree planting time coincides with peak and critical farming ...
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Understanding of morphometric features for adequate water resource management in arid environments
... Therefore, watershed analysis using remote sensing data, GDEM data and GIS techniques is an efficient, precise tool for the un- derstanding of any terrain attributes such as surface runo[r] ...
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USE OF NOVEL FMEA METHOD IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES OF ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IN ARID ENVIRONMENTS
... Abstract - In this study was used a novel FMEA method called VEGAM matrix that was designed and applied to this investigation and was made from 2015 to 2016 in an electronics industry of the Mexicali city, which is ...
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A genotypically distinct, melanic variant of Anopheles arabiensi s in Sudan is associated with arid environments
... Background: Anopheles arabiensis, an important malaria vector in Sudan and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, exhibits considerable ecological and behavioural plasticity allowing it to survive in the harsh conditions ...
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PHYTOREMEDIATION - A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH FOR CONTAMINANT REMEDIATION IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS – A REVIEW
... in arid regions, for mitigating the toxicity of organic and inorganic contaminants is summarized, emphasizing the comparative merits of different phyto- ...in arid and semi-arid environments ...
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Decolonization and the arid world
... the arid world as ...great Arid Zone. The diversity of arid and semi-arid environments may defy easy generalisation, but the broad similarities of human responses to them are striking, ...
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Development of vegetation based soil quality indices for mineralized terrane in arid and semi-arid ecosystems.
... cator present in most SQIs, relating its important role and limiting nature in biotic activity of terrestrial ecosystems. Other macronu- trients such as S and P are SQI indicators that could provide insight into the ...
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