Arid environments and wind erosion [[electronic resource] /] / Antonio Fernandez-Bernal and Mauricio Alberto De La Rosa, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.54 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Fernandez-BernalAntonio
De la RosaMauricio Alberto |
Soggetto topico |
Arid regions ecology
Revegetation Reclamation of land |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-60876-534-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452475603321 |
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Arid environments and wind erosion [[electronic resource] /] / Antonio Fernandez-Bernal and Mauricio Alberto De La Rosa, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.54 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Fernandez-BernalAntonio
De la RosaMauricio Alberto |
Soggetto topico |
Arid regions ecology
Revegetation Reclamation of land |
ISBN | 1-60876-534-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779646403321 |
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 | ||
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Arid environments and wind erosion [[electronic resource] /] / Antonio Fernandez-Bernal and Mauricio Alberto De La Rosa, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.54 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Fernandez-BernalAntonio
De la RosaMauricio Alberto |
Soggetto topico |
Arid regions ecology
Revegetation Reclamation of land |
ISBN | 1-60876-534-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- ARID ENVIRONMENTS AND WIND EROSION -- ARID ENVIRONMENTS AND WIND EROSION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- BRAZIL'S SEMIARID CERRADO: A REMOTE SENSING PERSPECTIVE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY -- 3. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANDFORM EVOLUTION, SOILS AND CERRADO VEGETATION COVER -- 4. VEREDAS DO PERUAÇU STATE PARK: A RESEARCH STATION ON CERRADO -- 5. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF SPECIES PERFORMANCE AND TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS FOR REVEGETATION IN THE MOJAVE DESERT, USA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- FUTURE RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX 1. SUMMARY OF 55 SPECIES PLANTED OR SEEDED IN 23 REVEGETATION STUDIES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT, SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES -- EFFECT OF IRRIGATION ON RUNOFF AND LOCAL CLOUD SYSTEMS IN THE YELLOW RIVER BASIN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS AND DATA -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ARID ZONES: THE INFLUENCE OF WATER AVAILABILITY IN THE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ BASIN, MEXICO -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. INTERACTION BETWEEN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DYNAMIC AND WATER RESOURCES -- 3. THE SAN LUIS POTOSI BASIN -- 4. STAGES IN SOCIO-ECONOMICS AND WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT -- 5. SOCIO-ECONOMIC FORCES THAT DRIVE FUTURE WATER STRESS -- 6. WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN RESPONSE TO WATER STRESS -- 7. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- RARITY AND COMMONNESS AMONG COLUMNAR CACTI: AN EXPLORATION OF THE STORAGE EFFECT FROM A DEMOGRAPHIC VIEWPOINT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- THE STUDY ON IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE AGRICULTURE IN NORTHWEST CHINA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. RESPONSES OF AGRICULTURAL CLIMATE TO GLOBAL WARMING.
2.2 RESPONSES OF AGRICULTURAL CLIMATE -- 3. IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SOIL MOISTURE AND CLIMATIC PRODUCTIVITY -- 4. IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CROPS -- 5. CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- SOIL ACIDIFICATION AND BUFFERING MECHANISMS IN THE BOREAL BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- ACIDIFICATION AND BUFFERING EFFECT IN THE SOIL -- FIELD OBSERVATION DURING 1999-2003 -- LABORATORIAL EXPERIMENT -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- DROUGHT AVOIDANCE AS A MAIN STRATEGY OF CROP SURVIVAL IN ARID ENVIRONMENTS* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NEGLECTED PLANTS OF ARID AND SEMIARID ENVIRONMENTS -- TRENDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ARID LAND PLANTS* -- ARID AND SEMIARID ZONES: CONCEPTS AND CLASSIFICATION -- SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION -- CAUSES OF DRYNESS -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARID ZONES -- ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ARID AND SEMI-ARID ZONES -- BIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND DROUGHT -- CASE STUDY -- MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF THORNSCRUB IN THE SEMIARID ZONES OF NORTHEASTERN MEXICO -- INTRODUCTION -- DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY AREA -- STRUCTURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PLANTS OF SEMI-ARID ZONES OF NORTHEASTERN MEXICO -- PREVIOUS USES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE RESOURCE -- ESTIMATION OF THE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND YIELD -- CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- RECENT EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE SALTATING SAND PARTICLE TRANSPORT AND WIND-SAND INTERACTION IN SALTATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. EXPERIMENTAL FACILITY AND METHOD -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE DYNAMIC INTERACTION OF CLIMATE, VEGETATION, AND DUST EMISSION, MOJAVE DESERT, USA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDY AREA. REGIONAL CLIMATIC CONTROLS ON DUST EMISSION FROM THE MOJAVE DESERT -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDY SITES -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SHADOWS ANALYSIS TO MEASURE SOIL SURFACE ROUGHNESS TO EVALUATE WIND EROSION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SOIL SURFACE ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENTS -- 3. SOIL SURFACE ROUGHNESS INDEXES -- 4. SHADOWS ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY -- 5. CONCLUSION -- 6. REFERENCES -- CARBON AND NITROGEN DYNAMICS WITH ENHANCED WIND EROSION-MODEL EVALUATION AND PREDICTION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIAL AND METHODS -- 3. RESULTS -- 4. DISCUSSION -- 5. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- NEW CONCEPT AND CONTROL MEASURES FOR WIND EROSION IN AGRICULTURAL LAND: A CASE STUDY IN NORTHERN CHINA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MECHANISMS OF WIND EROSION -- 3. DAMAGE OF WIND EROSION TO AGRICULTURE -- 4. WIND EROSION CONTROL -- 5. PROSPECT AND NEW STRATEGIES FOR WIND EROSION CONTROL -- 6. CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE ON MICROHABITAT USE BY LAND SNAILS IN ARID VERSUS HUMID ENVIRONMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREAS -- STUDY SPECIES -- SAMPLING METHOD -- STATISTICAL ANALYSES -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Untitled -- EFFECTS OF SOLAR DISINFECTION AND HEATING ON THE SENSITIVITY OF VIRULENT MULTIPLE-ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT AND NON VIRULENT SENSIBLE STRAINS OF NON-01 VIBRIO CHOLERAE AND FECAL COLIFORMS ISOLATED FROM MARRAKESH GROUNDWATER -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 3. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS -- 4. RESULTS -- 5. DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- TREND OF PHREATOPHYTE CONTROL IN ARID ENVIRONMENTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTROL MONITORING AND EVALUATING -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- MONITORING OF PHREATOPHYTE CONTROLS. REMOTE SENSING OF ET -- EVALUATE ET AND WATER SAVINGS FROM SALTCEDAR CONTROL -- DETECT BEETLE SPREADING OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL -- CONTROL EFFICIENCY -- REFERENCES -- EVALUATION AND PREDICTION OF WATER EROSION IN ARID STEEPLY SLOPED AREAS IN THE CENTRAL-WESTERN PART OF ARGENTINA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815039703321 |
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 | ||
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The arid lands : history, power, knowledge / / Diana K. Davis |
Autore | Davis Diana K. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.54 |
Collana | History for a sustainable future |
Soggetto topico |
Deserts
Deserts - History Arid regions Desert ecology Desert resources development |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/General
HUMANITIES/History |
ISBN |
0-262-33354-6
0-262-33353-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Deserts, Dogma, and Dryland Development Policy; 2 Deserts in the Classical, Early Christian, and Medieval Worlds; 3 Exploration, Desiccation, and Improvement; 4 Imperialism and the Desert Blame Game; 5 The Twentieth Century; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Index; Color Plates |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798147603321 |
Davis Diana K.
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The arid lands : history, power, knowledge / / Diana K. Davis |
Autore | Davis Diana K. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.54 |
Collana | History for a sustainable future |
Soggetto topico |
Deserts
Deserts - History Arid regions Desert ecology Desert resources development |
Soggetto non controllato |
ENVIRONMENT/General
HUMANITIES/History |
ISBN |
0-262-33354-6
0-262-33353-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Deserts, Dogma, and Dryland Development Policy; 2 Deserts in the Classical, Early Christian, and Medieval Worlds; 3 Exploration, Desiccation, and Improvement; 4 Imperialism and the Desert Blame Game; 5 The Twentieth Century; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Index; Color Plates |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821208603321 |
Davis Diana K.
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The arid lands : history, power, knowledge / / Diana K. Davis |
Autore | Davis Diana K. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.54 |
Collana | History for a sustainable future |
Soggetto topico |
Deserts
Deserts - History Arid regions Desert ecology Desert resources development |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-262-33353-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Deserts, Dogma, and Dryland Development Policy; 2 Deserts in the Classical, Early Christian, and Medieval Worlds; 3 Exploration, Desiccation, and Improvement; 4 Imperialism and the Desert Blame Game; 5 The Twentieth Century; 6 Conclusion; Notes; Index; Color Plates |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466120403321 |
Davis Diana K.
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Biodiversity in drylands / / edited by Moshe Shachak [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.54 |
Collana | Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series |
Soggetto topico |
Arid regions ecology
Arid regions biodiversity |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-756172-1
1-280-48130-7 1-4237-6087-5 0-19-803201-3 1-4337-0079-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction: A Framework for Biodiversity Studies; I: Living Components of Biodiversity: Organisms; 2 How Can High Animal Diversity Be Supported in Low-Productivity Deserts?: The Role of Macrodetritivory and Habitat Physiognomy; 3 Biodiversity Along Core-Periphery Clines; 4 Species Diversity, Environmental Heterogeneity, and Species Interactions; 5 SHALOM: A Landscape Simulation Model for Understanding Animal Biodiversity; 6 Spatial Scale and Species Diversity: Building Species-Area Curves from Species Incidence; 7 Microbial Contributions to Biodiversity in Deserts
8 Unified Framework I: Interspecific Interactions and Species Diversity in DrylandsII: Ecological Complexes of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Landscapes; 9 Species Diversity and Ecosystem Processes in Water-Limited Systems; 10 Linking Species Diversity and Landscape Diversity; 11 The Impact of Animals on Species Diversity in Arid-Land Plant Communities; 12 Resource Partitioning and Biodiversity in Fractal Environments with Applications to Dryland Communities; 13 Unified Framework II: Ecosystem Processes: A Link Between Species and Landscape Diversity III: Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management14 The Effects of Grazing on Plant Biodiversity in Arid Ecosystems; 15 Sustainability in Arid Grasslands: New Technology Applications for Management; 16 Reconciliation Ecology and the Future of Species Diversity; 17 Management for Biodiversity: Human and Landscape Effects on Dry Environments; 18 Unified Framework III: Human Interactions with Biodiversity; 19 Toward a Unified Framework in Biodiversity Studies; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457980803321 |
Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005 | ||
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Biodiversity in drylands / / edited by Moshe Shachak [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.54 |
Collana | Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series |
Soggetto topico |
Arid regions ecology
Arid regions biodiversity |
ISBN |
0-19-756172-1
1-280-48130-7 1-4237-6087-5 0-19-803201-3 1-4337-0079-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction: A Framework for Biodiversity Studies; I: Living Components of Biodiversity: Organisms; 2 How Can High Animal Diversity Be Supported in Low-Productivity Deserts?: The Role of Macrodetritivory and Habitat Physiognomy; 3 Biodiversity Along Core-Periphery Clines; 4 Species Diversity, Environmental Heterogeneity, and Species Interactions; 5 SHALOM: A Landscape Simulation Model for Understanding Animal Biodiversity; 6 Spatial Scale and Species Diversity: Building Species-Area Curves from Species Incidence; 7 Microbial Contributions to Biodiversity in Deserts
8 Unified Framework I: Interspecific Interactions and Species Diversity in DrylandsII: Ecological Complexes of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Landscapes; 9 Species Diversity and Ecosystem Processes in Water-Limited Systems; 10 Linking Species Diversity and Landscape Diversity; 11 The Impact of Animals on Species Diversity in Arid-Land Plant Communities; 12 Resource Partitioning and Biodiversity in Fractal Environments with Applications to Dryland Communities; 13 Unified Framework II: Ecosystem Processes: A Link Between Species and Landscape Diversity III: Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management14 The Effects of Grazing on Plant Biodiversity in Arid Ecosystems; 15 Sustainability in Arid Grasslands: New Technology Applications for Management; 16 Reconciliation Ecology and the Future of Species Diversity; 17 Management for Biodiversity: Human and Landscape Effects on Dry Environments; 18 Unified Framework III: Human Interactions with Biodiversity; 19 Toward a Unified Framework in Biodiversity Studies; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784660103321 |
Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005 | ||
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Biodiversity in drylands / / edited by Moshe Shachak [and three others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.54 |
Collana | Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series |
Soggetto topico |
Arid regions ecology
Arid regions biodiversity |
ISBN |
0-19-756172-1
1-280-48130-7 1-4237-6087-5 0-19-803201-3 1-4337-0079-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction: A Framework for Biodiversity Studies; I: Living Components of Biodiversity: Organisms; 2 How Can High Animal Diversity Be Supported in Low-Productivity Deserts?: The Role of Macrodetritivory and Habitat Physiognomy; 3 Biodiversity Along Core-Periphery Clines; 4 Species Diversity, Environmental Heterogeneity, and Species Interactions; 5 SHALOM: A Landscape Simulation Model for Understanding Animal Biodiversity; 6 Spatial Scale and Species Diversity: Building Species-Area Curves from Species Incidence; 7 Microbial Contributions to Biodiversity in Deserts
8 Unified Framework I: Interspecific Interactions and Species Diversity in DrylandsII: Ecological Complexes of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Landscapes; 9 Species Diversity and Ecosystem Processes in Water-Limited Systems; 10 Linking Species Diversity and Landscape Diversity; 11 The Impact of Animals on Species Diversity in Arid-Land Plant Communities; 12 Resource Partitioning and Biodiversity in Fractal Environments with Applications to Dryland Communities; 13 Unified Framework II: Ecosystem Processes: A Link Between Species and Landscape Diversity III: Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management14 The Effects of Grazing on Plant Biodiversity in Arid Ecosystems; 15 Sustainability in Arid Grasslands: New Technology Applications for Management; 16 Reconciliation Ecology and the Future of Species Diversity; 17 Management for Biodiversity: Human and Landscape Effects on Dry Environments; 18 Unified Framework III: Human Interactions with Biodiversity; 19 Toward a Unified Framework in Biodiversity Studies; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821346703321 |
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Biotic interactions in arid lands / John L. Cloudsley-Thompson |
Autore | Cloudsley-Thompson, John L. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, : Springer, 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | XI, 208 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Disciplina | 577.54(Ecologia delle terre aride e delle terre semiaride) |
ISBN | 35-405-9261-x |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-SUN0020569 |
Cloudsley-Thompson, John L.
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Berlin, : Springer, 1996 | ||
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