Approximately 1 billion ha of the global land surface is currently salt-affected, representing
about 7% of the earth's land surface. Whereas most of it results from natural geochemical …

Background Deep roots are a common trait among a wide range of plant species and
biomes, and are pivotal to the very existence of ecosystem services such as pedogenesis …

Cloud cover can influence numerous important ecological processes, including
reproduction, growth, survival, and behavior, yet our assessment of its importance at the …

This article summarizes the changes in landscape structure because of human land
management over the last several centuries, and using observed and modeled data …

There has been much attention given to the spatial and temporal characteristics of changes
in mean and extreme rainfall over Australia during the past century. As Australia is the …

Future drought is projected to occur under warmer temperature conditions as climate
change progresses, referred to here as global-change-type drought, yet quantitative …

Land use and land cover change (LUCC) affects regional climate through modifications in
the water balance and energy budget. These impacts are frequently expressed by: changes …

Aims Australia is among one of the world's wealthiest nations; yet, its relatively small human
population (22.5 million) has been responsible for extensive deforestation and forest …

We use the Budyko framework to calculate catchment‐scale evapotranspiration (E) and
runoff (Q) as a function of two climatic factors, precipitation (P) and evaporative demand …

Humans have exerted large‐scale changes on the terrestrial biosphere, primarily through
agriculture; however, the impacts of such changes on the hydrologic cycle are poorly …