Soil erosion is a critical environmental problem throughout the world's terrestrial
ecosystems. Erosion inflicts multiple, serious damages in managed ecosystems such as …

Panels of experts from the Society for Range Management and the National Research
Council proposed that status of rangeland ecosystems could be ascertained by evaluating …

Large-scale vegetation restoration in the Chinese Loess Plateau has been initiated by the
central government over the past decades to control soil and water loss. However, no …

Geostatistical analyses show that the distribution of soil N, P and K is strongly associated
with the presence of shrubs in desert habitats. Shrubs concentrate the biogeochemical cycle …

Large-scale vegetation restoration in China's Loess Plateau has been initiated by the central
government for controlling soil and water losses in the past three decades. However, there is …

Daily runoff depths from 28 plots (5m× 2m) recorded during a 2-year period in the semi-arid
to subhumid highlands of Tigray were analyzed to study the effect of vegetation restoration …

In the Tigray highlands of Northern Ethiopia, the establishment of exclosures (ie, areas
closed for grazing and agriculture) has become an important measure to combat land …

Rainfall simulation experiments were performed in areas of semiarid grassland (Bouteloua
eriopoda) and arid shrubland (Larrea tridentata) in the Chihuahuan desert of New Mexico …

Forest management policies in Mediterranean areas have traditionally encouraged land
cover changes, with the establishment of tree cover (Aleppo pine) in natural or degraded …

Since European settlement, there has been a dramatic increase in the density, cover and
distribution of woody plants in former grassland and open woodland. There is a widespread …