Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Desert ecosystems: Desertification or xerification?

Nature volume 321, pages 562–563 (1986)Cite this article

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Karrar, G. & Stiles, D. J. Arid Environ. 7, 309 (1984).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Nature and Resources 20 (1984).

  3. McGinnies, W.G. Desert Plants 6, 182 (1984).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Dregne, H.E. Desertification of Arid Lands (Harwood, New York, 1983).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Le Hourerou, H.N. Ann. Alger. Goeg. 3, 2 (1965).

    Google Scholar 

  6. Kovda, V.A. Land Aridization and Drought Control (West-view, Boulder, 1981).

    Google Scholar 

  7. West, N.E. Temperature Deserts and Semideserts. (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1983).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Professor of Range Ecology at the College of Natural Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 84322, USA

    N. E. West

Authors
  1. N. E. West
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

West, N. Desert ecosystems: Desertification or xerification?. Nature 321, 562–563 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/321562a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/321562a0

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing