Overview
- A case study in the Negev desert valid also for other sandy ecosystems
- An interdisciplinary investigation of a highly complex and dynamic ecosystem
- Discusses the obtained data also regarding global climate change
Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 200)
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Table of contents (30 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The North-Western Negev
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Ecosystem Processes
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About this book
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.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"The book … offers a comprehensive view of the dune system of the Nizzana area situated in the eastern margins of the Sinai Desert (Israel). The Nizzanna Research site is a long-term research facility that has accumulated interdisciplinary knowledge through time. … If you are scientifically, academically or professionally interested in desert dune systems or if you have the intellectual curiosity in the complex and fascinating world of dunes, this is a book you should not miss." (José Luis Rubio, ESSC Newsletter, Issue 3, 2009)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Arid Dune Ecosystems
Book Subtitle: The Nizzana Sands in the Negev Desert
Editors: Siegmar-W. Breckle, Aaron Yair, Maik Veste
Series Title: Ecological Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75498-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-75497-8Published: 23 May 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09473-6Published: 16 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-75498-5Published: 19 July 2008
Series ISSN: 0070-8356
Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 475
Number of Illustrations: 214 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: Physical Geography, Ecology, Soil Science & Conservation, Biogeosciences, Climate Change, Geoecology/Natural Processes