Arid Dune Ecosystems
The Nizzana Sands in the Negev Desert
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.
| ISBN: | 9783540754978 |
|---|---|
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 475 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Herausgeber: | Breckle, Siegmar-W. Veste, Maik Yair, Aaron |
| Verlag: | Springer Berlin |
| Veröffentlicht: | 23.05.2008 |
| Untertitel: | The Nizzana Sands in the Negev Desert |
| Schlagworte: | Controlling Desert Dew Fauna Flora Rain Scale climate change ecology ecosystem processes |
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