The Journal of Arid Environments is an international journal publishing original scientific and technical research articles on physical, biological and cultural aspects of arid, semi-arid, and desert environments. As a forum of multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary dialogue it addresses research on all aspects of arid environments and their past, present and future use.
Research Areas include:
Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironments
Climate and Climate Change
Hydrological processes and systems
Geomorphological processes and systems
Soils (physical and biological aspects)
Ecology (Plant and Animal Sciences)
Anthropology and human ecology (archaeology, sociology, ethnobotany, human adaptations,etc. Agriculture Land use grazing, mining, tourism, etc)
Land use (agronomy, grazing, mining, tourism, etc)
Conservation (theory, policy, sustainability, economics, heritage)
Land degradation (desertification) and rehabilitation
Environmental monitoring and management

Research Articles
Short Communications
Review Articles
Think Notes
Letter to the Editor

Editor-in-Chief
Professor D.A. Ravetta
Museo Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, Chubut, Argentina
Editors
Dr. A.J. Castro
Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain
Dr. D. Eldridge
UNSW Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dr. L.K. Horwitz
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Dr. F. Parrini
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Professor D.S.G. Thomas
University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK
Professor L. Wang
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Dr. N. Yamaguchi
Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
Consulting Editors
Dr. C. Armas
Dr. K.H. Berry
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Riverside, California, USA
Dr. M. Boyers
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr. Y. Cantón Castilla
Universidad de Almería, La Cañada, Almeria, Spain
Dr. A. Cibils
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
Dr. S. Daryanto
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Dr. N. Drake
King's College London, London, UK
Dr. R. Fernández
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. J. Garatuza
Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Cd. Obregon, Son., , Mexico
Professor N. Lancaster
Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, USA
Dr. T. Luo
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
Dr. M. Muñoz Rojas
University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Dr. C. Quintas Soriano
Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA
Dr. S. Soliveres
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
Dr. A. Thomas
Aberystwyth University, Aberyswyth, Wales, UK
Dr. A.C. Treydte
Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Professor E.R. Vivoni
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Dr. L. Yahdjian
IFEVA (Inst. de Inv. Fisiológicas y Ecológicas Vinculadas a la Agricultura), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Editorial Board
Dr. S. Archer
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Professor R. Balling, Jr
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Dr. B.T. Bestelmeyer
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
Professor J.N. Blignaut
University of Pretoria, Derdepark, South Africa
Dr. D. Burnside
URS Corporation, East Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Dr. W.R.J. Dean
University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Professor M.J. Delany
University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
Dr. D.L. Dunkerley
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Ing. J.C. Guevara
Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Aridas, Mendoza, Argentina
Professor H. Heatwole
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Dr. J. Henschel
South African Environmental Observation Network, Kimberly, South Africa
Professor M.T. Hoffman
University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
Professor C.F. Hutchinson
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Dr. F.M. Jaksic
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Dr. E.G. Jobbagy
Dr. G.I.H. Kerley
Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Professor K.T. Killingbeck
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
Dr. S.R. Morton
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Dr. M.K. Seely
Gobabel Research and Training Centre, Walvis Bay, Namibia
Dr. P. Shaw
University of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Dr. F. Tiver
University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia, Australia
Professor W.G. Whitford
New Mexico State University, La Cruces, New Mexico, USA
Dr. B. Wu
Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF), Beijing, China
Dr. X. P. Yang
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China