Arid Land Ecosystems: Volume 2, Structure, Functioning and Management: 17 (International Biological Programme Synthesis Series, Series Number 17)
Cambridge University Press, 6/16/2009
EAN 9780521105569, ISBN10: 0521105560
Paperback, 624 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
This volume was first published in 1981. The history of man's use of arid lands is a sad record of deterioration of the natural resource base and of low and declining living standards for the 300 million people who live in them. One prerequisite to meeting the challenge of reversing the deterioration and of raising living standards is a sound knowledge of the natural ecosystems.
Part I. Composite and interactive processes
1. Introduction F. H. Wagner
2. Soil-vegetation-atmosphere interactions M. A. Ayyad
3. Plant–plant interactions M. G. Barbour
4. Animal-animal interactions F. H. Wagner and R. D. Graetz
5. Plant-animal interactions R. D. Graetz
6. Effects of biotic components on abiotic components K. E. Lee
7. Population dynamics F. H. Wagner
8. Primary productivity L. E. Rodin
9. Production by desert animals F. B. Turner and R. M. Chew
Part II. Ecosystem dynamics
10. Introduction J. A. MacMahon
11. Short-term water and energy flow in arid ecosystems J. A. Ludwig and W. G. Whitford
12. Nutrient cycling in desert ecosystems N. E. West
13. Short-term dynamics of minerals in arid ecosystems P. Binet
14. Long-term dynamics in arid-land vegetation and ecosystems of North Africa H. N. Le Houerou
15. The modelling of arid ecosystem dynamics D. W. Goodall
16. Spatial effects in modelling of arid ecosystems I. Noy-Meir
17. Simulation of plant production in arid regions
a hierarchical approach H. van Keulen and C. T. de Wit
18. Understanding arid ecosystems
the challenge I. Noy-Meir
Part III. Management of arid lands
19 Introduction R. A. Perry
20. Management of arid-land resources for domestic livestock forage C. M. McKell and B. E. Norton
21. Management of arid-land resources for dryland and irrigated crops H. S. Mann
22. Recreation and tourism in arid lands M. D. Sutton
23. Management of water resources in arid lands J. L. Thames and J. N. Fischer
24. Some social aspects of managing arid ecosystems M. D. Young
25. Synthesis M. Evenari.