National Science Foundation announces special issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment - Emerging perspectives and shifting paradigms in water-limited systems (February 2015)

Drylands: Desolate, scorched, uninhabitable? Scientists say otherwise - Complex ecosystem is patchwork of grasses, shrubs, agricultural fields, urban-dwelling species, including humans (Released  February 2, 2015)

USDA Agricultural Research Service Latest News - Special Journal Issue Highlights New Perspectives on the Dynamics of Dry Lands

By Rosalie Marion Bliss - February 2, 2015

Vast acreage of dry lands may evoke images of desolate, scorched, uninhabitable desert. But the arid and semi-arid dry lands of about half of both the United States' and the world's land surfaces actually are complex ecosystems made up variously of grasses, shrubs, agriculture, and even urban-dwellers. Now, ecological education is taking a step forward with the publication of seven scientific papers on new paradigms for dryland ecology and management. The papers are in a special issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, now available to the public via open access [https://www.esajournals.org/toc/fron/13/1].  Read more ...