1. Introduction

   • David A. Mouat
   • Charles F. Hutchinson
   • Beaumont C. Mcclure

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 4

2. Effect of Mediterranean shrub on water erosion control

   • V. Andreu
   • J. L. Rubio
   • R. Cerní

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 15

3. Secondary desertification due to salinization of intensively irrigated lands: The Israeli experience

   • A. Banin
   • A. Fish

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 37

4. Surface disturbances: Their role in accelerating desertification

   • Jayne Belnap

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 57

5. A hierarchical approach for desertification assessment

   • Ger Bergkamp

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 78

6. Properties and erosional response of soils in a degraded ecosystem in Crete (Greece)

   • C. Boix
   • A. Calvo
   • I. R. Tiemessen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 92

7. Identification and observation of desertification processes with the aid of measurements from space: Results from the European Field Experiment in Desertification-threatened Areas (EFEDA)

   • Hans-Jürgen Bolle

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 101

8. Where, why, and to what extent have rangelands in the Karoo, South Africa, desertified

   • W. R. J. Dean
   • S. J. Milton
   • M. A. Du Plessis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 110

9. Desertification control: A framework for action

   • H. E. Dregne

   OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 122

10. Policy roots of land degradation in the arid region of the United States: An overview

    • Karl Hess Jr.
    • Jerry L. Holechek

    OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 141

11. Use of earth observation satellite data for land degradation mapping and monitoring in Mediterranean ecosystems: Towards a satellite-observatory

    • J. Hill
    • S. Sommer
    • J. Megier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 158

12. Desertification of the eastern Karoo, South Africa: Conflicting paleoecological, historical, and soil isotopic evidence

    • M. T. Hoffman
    • W. J. Bond
    • W. D. Stock

    OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 177

13. Government policy influences on rangeland conditions in the United States: A case example

    • Jerry L. Holechek
    • Karl Hess Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 187

14. Integrated response plot designs for indicators of desertification

    • R. O. Kuehl
    • R. P. Breckenridge
    • M. Panda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 209

15. Desertification of subtropical thicket in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: Are there alternatives?

    • Graham I. H. Kerley
    • Michael H. Knight
    • Mauritz de Kock

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 230

16. Desertification in Australia: An eye to grass roots and landscapes

    • John A. Ludwig
    • David J. Tongway

    OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 237

17. Regional landscape-ecological planning and desertification control in arid regions of the Commonwealth of Independent States

    • E. V. Milanova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 244

18. South Africa's arid and semiarid rangelands: Why are they changing and can they be restored?

    • Suzanne J. Milton
    • W. Richard J. Dean

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 264

19. Impact of desertification on temperature trends in the Middle East

    • Hassan A. Nasrallah
    • Robert C. Balling Jr.

    OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 271

20. Satellite monitoring of desert plant community response to moisture availability

    • A. J. Peters
    • M. D. Eve

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 287

21. Implications of the disintegration of the former Soviet Union for desertification control

    • T. A. Saiko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 302

22. Monitoring soil productive potential

    • David Tongway

    OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 318

23. Persistence of desertified ecosystems: Explanations and implications

    • Walter G. Whitford
    • Gustavo Martinez-Turanzas
    • Ernesto Martinez-Meza

    OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 332

24. A field study of the influence of land management and soil properties on runoff and soil loss in central Spain

    • Andrew G. Williams
    • J. Les Ternan
    • Raoul Blanco

    OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 345

25. Desertification in Russia: Problems and solutions (an example in the Republic of Kalmykia-Khalmg Tangch)

    • Igor S. Zonn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 347 - 363

26. Announcement

    • Gladys Klemeic
    • Jileen Shobe

    Announcement Pages: 365 - 365