Overview
- Important overview of the coastal desert vegetation of a wide area
- Useful for sustainable development of a very difficult environment
- Applications for nature conservancies, vegetation mapping, planning of vegetation management, monitoring
Part of the book series: Plant and Vegetation (PAVE, volume 4)
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About this book
Deserts are unique ecosystems with their own biotic and abiotic components, and are often rich in renewable natural resources, the appropriate management of which can contribute significantly to the sustainable management of desert regions for the welfare of the people.
Yet while there are many books on the flora of the countries fringing the important desert countries of the Mediterranean and Red Seas, there or few books reporting on their ecophysiology and vegetation ecology. This book presents the vegetation types of the African and Asian countries of the Mediterranean and Red Sea coastal regions, and discusses the ecological threats and economic applications of these critical resources. In particular, it examines the relationships between climate and vegetation, and discusses these within the context of desertification, agro-industrial applications, ecotourism and sustainable development.
The book will provide a valuable reference for researchers and graduate students involved in plant ecology, biogeography, economic botany and environmental management in the Afro-Asian Mediterranean and Red Sea coastal regions, as well as other desert regions around the world.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate - Vegetation:
Book Subtitle: Afro-Asian Mediterranean and Red Sea Coastal Lands
Authors: M.A. Zahran
Editors: Francis Gilbert
Series Title: Plant and Vegetation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8595-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8594-8Published: 22 March 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3181-3Published: 05 May 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-8595-5Published: 10 March 2010
Series ISSN: 1875-1318
Series E-ISSN: 1875-1326
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 321
Topics: Conservation Biology/Ecology, Plant Ecology, Biodiversity, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Environmental Management