bokomslag Arid Dune Ecosystems
Vetenskap & teknik

Arid Dune Ecosystems

Siegmar-W Breckle Aaron Yair Maik Veste

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  • 475 sidor
  • 2008
Sand dune dynamics plays a key role in many arid deserts. This volume provides a synthesis of a specific sand dune ecosystem, the Nizzana site in the Negev Desert. Describing its climate and geophysical/geochemical properties of soils, geological history, flora and fauna, and past/present land-use patterns, it elucidates ecological and geomorphological processes and their interrelations, based on long-term monitoring, in situ experiments and satellite imagery. Particular attention is drawn to the impact of the topsoil biological crust in controlling water availability at local/regional scales. The interdisciplinary approach adopted in this case study offers a good example of a highly complex and dynamic system, which could easily be applied to other sandy ecosystems. This is a valuable source of information for soil ecologists and microbiologists, conservation biologists, desert ecologists and geographers, geomorphologists, soil scientists and climatologists, lecturers, policy makers and others interested in deserts and desertification.
  • Författare: Siegmar-W Breckle, Aaron Yair, Maik Veste
  • Illustratör: 136 schw-w und 2 farb Zeichn 198 schw-w und 16 farb Abb, 62 schw-w und 14 farb Fotos 47
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9783540754978
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 475
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2008-05-01
  • Förlag: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K