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9780195139853

Biodiversity in Drylands Toward a Unified Framework

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    9780195139853

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    0195139852

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-12-09
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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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. Within this framework, the book treats several emerging themes, among them: · how animal biodiversity can be supported in deserts · diversity's relation to habitat structure, environmental variability, and species interactions · the relation between spatial scale and diversity · how to use a landscape simulation model to understand diversity · microbial contributions to biodiversity in deserts · species diversity and ecosystem processes · resource partitioning and biodiversity in fractal environments · effects of grazing on biodiversity · reconciliation ecology and the future of conservation management 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.

Table of Contents

Contributors xv
1 Introduction
A Framework for Biodiversity Studies
3(150)
Moshe Shachak, James R. Gosz, Avi Perevolotsky, and Steward T.A. Pickett
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
15(55)
Yoram Ayal, Gary A. Polis, Yael Lubin, and Deborah E. Goldberg
3 Biodiversity Along Core-Periphery Clines
30(27)
Salit Kark, Sergei Vohs, and Ariel Novoplansky
4 Species Diversity, Environmental Heterogeneity, and Species Interactions
57(13)
William A. Mitchell, Burt P. Kotler, Joel S. Brown, Leon Blaustein, and Sasha R.X. Dall
5 SHALOM
A Landscape Simulation Model for Understanding Animal Biodiversity
70(19)
Yaron Ziv, Michael L. Rosenzweig, and Robert D. Holt
6 Spatial Scale and Species Diversity
Building Species Area Curves from Species Incidence
89(33)
William Edward Kunin and Jack J. Lennon
7 Microbial Contributions to Biodiversity in Deserts
109(13)
Peter M. Groffman, Eli Zaady, and Moshe Shachak
8 Unified Framework I
Interspecific Interactions and Species Diversity in Drylands
122(31)
Gary A. Polis, Yoram Ayal, Alona Bachi, Sasha R.X. Dall, Deborah E. Goldberg, Robert D. Holt, Salit Kark, Burt P. Kotler, and William A. Mitchell
II Ecological Complexes of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Landscapes
9 Species Diversity and Ecosystem Processes in Water-Limited Systems
153(14)
Moshe Shachak, Steward T.A. Pickett, and James R. Gosz
10 Linking Species Diversity and Landscape Diversity
167(22)
Bertrand Boeken, Yarden Oren, Shlomo Brandwine, and Sol Brand
11 The Impact of Animals on Species Diversity in Arid-Land Plant Communities
189(17)
Andrew Wilby, Bertrand Boeken, and Moshe Shachak
12 Resource Partitioning and Biodiversity in Fractal Environments with Applications to Dryland Communities
206(14)
Mark E. Ritchie and Han Olff
13 Unified Framework II
Ecosystem Processes: A Link Between Species and Landscape Diversity
220(30)
Moshe Shachak, Robert Waide, and Peter M. Groffman
III Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management
14 The Effects of Grazing on Plant Biodiversity in Arid Ecosystems
233(17)
David Ward
15 Sustainability in Arid Grasslands
New Technology Applications for Management
250(36)
Arian Pregenzer, Robert R. Parmenter, Howard Passell, John R. Vande Castle, Thomas K. Budge, and Gregory Michael Bonito
16 Reconciliation Ecology and the Future of Species Diversity
266(20)
Michael L. Rosenzweig
17 Management for Biodiversity
Human and Landscape Effects on Dry Environments
286(19)
Avi Perevolotsky, Moshe Shachak, and Steward T.A. Pickett
18 Unified Framework III
Human Interactions with Biodiversity
305(15)
Anna A. Sher, Bruce M. Kahn, and Christopher R. Dickman
19 Toward a Unified Framework in Biodiversity Studies
320(17)
Moshe Shachak, James R. Gosz, Avi Perevolotsky, and Steward T.A. Pickett
Index 337

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