Drylands cover ca. 40% of the land surface and are hypothesised to play a major role in global carbon cycle, controlling both long-term trends interannual variation. These insights originate from models (LSMs) that have not been extensively calibrated evaluated for water-limited ecosystems. We need learn more about dryland dynamics, particularly as transitory response rapid turnover rates semi-...

Abstract Indonesia has a dry land area of 79.69%, with low soil productivity (physical, chemical, and biological), as well uneven unpredictable rainfall. The dryland potential is optimally utilized using biofertilizers that can produce microbes to increase fertility. This research aims determine the effects on improvement crop production. study was conducted from February May 2021 in Central Ja...

To gain insights on long-term social-ecological resilience, we examined adaptive responses of small-scale societies to dryland-related hazards in different regions and chronological periods, spanning from the mid-Holocene to the present. Based on evidence from Africa (Sahara and Sahel), Asia (south margin of the Thar desert), and Europe (South Spain), we discuss key traits and coping practices ...

Drylands range across more than half of the global terrestrial area and harbour about a quarter continental vertebrate species, many them endemic. However, this fauna is being increasingly th...