Rangelands cover 70% of the world's land surface, and provide critical ecosystem services
of primary production, soil carbon storage, and nutrient cycling. These ecosystem services …

The recent increase in wildfire activity across the rangeland–xeric forest continuum in the
western United States has landscape-scale consequences in terms of runoff and erosion …

Novel forms of drought are emerging globally, due to climate change, shifting teleconnection
patterns, expanding human water use, and a history of human influence on the environment …

Context Reestablishing foundational plant species through aerial seeding is an essential yet
challenging step for restoring the vast semiarid landscapes impacted by plant invasions and …

Sagebrush ecosystems of western North America are threatened by invasive annual
grasses and wildfires that can remove fire‐intolerant shrubs for decades. Fuel reduction …

Along with the increase in the frequency of disastrous wildfires and bushfires around the
world during the recent decades, scholarly research efforts have also intensified in this …

This study identifies anthropogenically disturbed areas and barren playa surfaces as the two
primary dust source types that repeatedly contribute to dust storm events in the eastern …

Spatial heterogeneity of soil properties plays a major role in regulating ecosystem structure
and functioning. In general, soil resources accumulate beneath woody plant-covered …

Many grass‐dominated ecosystems in dryland regions have experienced increasing woody
plant density and abundance during the past century. In many cases, this process has led to …

The factors that determine plant community resistance to exotic annual Bromus species
(Bromus hereafter) are diverse and context specific. They are influenced by the …