Since 1973 the International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified asbestos as a
certain carcinogen, but today it is still used in several countries. To date, mesothelioma risk …

Temperate grasslands are globally widespread, play an important role as carbon storage,
and harbor unique biodiversity. Livestock grazing is the most widespread land use in …

Mediterranean rangelands are unique marginal ecosystems, which are characterized by a
highly heterogeneous structure and are often interwoven with other ecosystems …

Soil and vegetation degradation around watering points has been observed in many
drylands around the world. It can be recognized in spaceborne imagery as radial brightness …

In arid and semiarid environments surface‐water strongly constrains the distribution and
abundance of large herbivores during the dry season. Surprisingly, we know very little about …

Drylands cover 41% of the terrestrial surface and support> 36% of the world's population.
However, the magnitude of dryland degradation is unknown at regional and global spatial …

Vegetation gradients developing around water sources (ie piospheres) are important
features of arid and semi‐arid ecosystems. Studied extensively in pastoral areas …

A volume in the three-volume Remote Sensing Handbook series, Remote Sensing of Water
Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies documents the scientific and methodological …

In drylands livestock grazing is the main production activity, but overgrazing due to
mismanagement is a major cause of biodiversity loss. Continuous grazing around water …

Domestic animals potentially affect the reproductive output of plants by direct removal of
aboveground plant parts but also could alter the structure and fertility of the upper soil and …