Biodiversity in Drylands : Toward a Unified Framework.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780198032014
- 577.54
- QH541.5.A74B56 2005
Intro -- 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 Drylands -- II: 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 Management -- 14 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.
Biodiversity in Drylands, the first internationally based synthesis volume in the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Series, unifies the concepts of species and landscape diversity with respect to deserts. In the face of global change, integration is crucial for dealing with the problem of sustaining biodiversity. This book promises to be a vital resource for students, researchers, and managers interested in integrative species, resource, and landscape diversities.
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