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Ecology and Utilization of Desert Shrub Rangelands in Iraq

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

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      Pages 3-25

    2. Literature Review

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      Pages 27-37

    3. Research Approach

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      Pages 39-48

  3. Ecology

    1. Environmental Setting

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      Pages 51-118

    2. Range Cover Types

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      Pages 119-162

    3. Ecology Of Three Key Species

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      Pages 163-214

  4. Utilization

    1. Grazing

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      Pages 217-266

    2. Fuel, the Effect of Cutting

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      Pages 267-289

    3. Cultivation, the Effect of Ploughing

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      Pages 291-310

    4. Exclosures, the Effect of Protection

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      Pages 311-332

    5. Combined Effects, the Overall Picture

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      Pages 333-344

  5. Management

    1. Economic Justification

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      Pages 347-359

    2. Evaluation, Survey and Measurement

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      Pages 361-386

    3. Past, Present and Future

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      Pages 387-392

    4. Summary

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      Pages 393-399

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 401-448
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A. Scope of the study 5 B. Background 6 C. Desert shru b rangelands 7 1. Definition 7 2. World distribution of desert shrub vegetation 8 3. Resource value of desert shrubs 12 D. Iraq, a brief introduction to the country 14 1. Environment 14 2. Population 17 3. Land use 18 4. Vegetation 19 I. INTRODUCTION I. A. Scope of the study The degradation of renewable natural resources in the arid areas of South West Asia has become a matter of great concern. Locally the effects of careless utili­ zation of the land and its resources had been felt long ago. It is, however, only relatively recently that the gravity of the situation is being generally and fully realised. It is now well understood that action is required to save what is left and possibly to restore what was once there. Such action requires organization and coordination, but above all knowledge of the present state of the resources and the impact of utilization processes. Part of this knowledge is already available. The problems are not confined to this part of the world's arid lands, but exist equally well elsewhere. Especially over the last decades an ever increasing number of studies have been published dealing with aspects of arid zone research. Problem analyses were followed by compila­ tions of knowledge in particular fields (White 1956; Hills 1966; Mc Ginnies et al. 1967, 1969, 1971;KauI1970;Clawsonetal.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecology and Utilization of Desert Shrub Rangelands in Iraq

  • Authors: D.. C. P. Thalen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9622-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Dr. W. Junk by Publishers 1979

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-6193-593-3Published: 31 August 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-9624-3Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9622-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 460

  • Topics: Plant Sciences

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