Arid Dune Ecosystems The Nizzana Sands in the Negev Desert /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Breckle, Siegmar-W (Editor), Yair, Aaron (Editor), Veste, Maik (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
• Series: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 200
• Subjects: Geography.; Geobiology.; Physical geography.; Ecology.; Climate change.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Physical Geography.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Biogeosciences.; Climate Change.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

Sand dune dynamics plays a key role in many arid deserts. This volume provides a synthesis of a specific sand dune ecosystem, the Nizzana site in the Negev Desert. Describing its climate and geophysical/geochemical properties of soils, geological history, flora and fauna, and past/present land-use p...