Biodiversity in Drylands: Toward a Unified Framework

✍ Scribed by Moshe Shachak, James R. Gosz, Stewart T. A. Pickett, Avi Perevolotsky

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 366
• Series: Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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

Contents......Page 12
Contributors......Page 16
1 Introduction: A Framework for Biodiversity Studies......Page 22
I: Living Components of Biodiversity: Organisms......Page 32
2 How Can High Animal Diversity Be Supported in Low-Productivity Deserts?: The Role of Macrodetritivory and Habitat Physiognomy......Page 34
3 Biodiversity Along Core–Periphery Clines......Page 49
4 Species Diversity, Environmental Heterogeneity, and Species Interactions......Page 76
5 SHALOM: A Landscape Simulation Model for Understanding Animal Biodiversity......Page 89
6 Spatial Scale and Species Diversity: Building Species–Area Curves from Species Incidence......Page 108
7 Microbial Contributions to Biodiversity in Deserts......Page 128
8 Unified Framework I: Interspecific Interactions and Species Diversity in Drylands......Page 141
II: Ecological Complexes of Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Landscapes......Page 170
9 Species Diversity and Ecosystem Processes in Water-Limited Systems......Page 172
10 Linking Species Diversity and Landscape Diversity......Page 186
11 The Impact of Animals on Species Diversity in Arid-Land Plant Communities......Page 208
12 Resource Partitioning and Biodiversity in Fractal Environments with Applications to Dryland Communities......Page 225
13 Unified Framework II: Ecosystem Processes: A Link Between Species and Landscape Diversity......Page 239
III: Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management......Page 250
14 The Effects of Grazing on Plant Biodiversity in Arid Ecosystems......Page 252
15 Sustainability in Arid Grasslands: New Technology Applications for Management......Page 269
16 Reconciliation Ecology and the Future of Species Diversity......Page 285
17 Management for Biodiversity: Human and Landscape Effects on Dry Environments......Page 305
18 Unified Framework III: Human Interactions with Biodiversity......Page 324
19 Toward a Unified Framework in Biodiversity Studies......Page 339
B......Page 356
C......Page 357
E......Page 358
G......Page 359
I......Page 360
M......Page 361
P......Page 362
S......Page 363
U......Page 365
Z......Page 366