Fire shapes ecosystems globally, including semi-arid ecosystems. In Australia, semi-arid
'mallee'ecosystems occur primarily across the southern part of the continent, forming an …

Abstract Question: Biological soil crusts (BSCs) exist in arid and semi‐arid ecosystems
worldwide, and their recovery following the removal of a disturbance agent is integral to the …

Increasing fertiliser use in agricultural landscapes is likely to threaten the viability of remnant
native vegetation in many parts of the world. Australia's prime grain production landscapes …

Mismatches in boundaries between natural ecosystems and land governance units often
complicate an ecosystem approach to management and conservation. For example …

In fire‐prone regions, the occurrence of some faunal species is contingent on the presence
of resources that arise through post‐fire plant succession. Through planned burning …

This paper presents a model of flow and solute transport of intermittent catchments in arid
and semi-arid regions, highlighting challenges caused by the complex interactions between …

Question Biocrust composition is important for the diversity, structure and function of dryland
ecosystems globally, but there is no universally applicable model of biocrust succession …

The nineteenth century mass mammal extinctions in the semi-arid zone of the Murray‒
Darling basin, southeastern Australia, are examined in the context of prior traditional land …

Plant ecologists require spatial information on functional soil properties but are often faced
with soil classifications that are not directly interpretable or useful for statistical models. Sand …

Vegetation classifications are a valuable tool for guiding management decisions. Vegetation
can be classified at different levels of resolution for different purposes. Aggregating finer …