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Sand dune dynamics play a key role in many arid deserts. This volume provides a thorough analysis of a specific sand dune ecosystem, the Nizzana site in the Middle East's Negev Desert. Describing its climate, as well as its geophysical/geochemical soil properties and ecology, this brilliant work draws out the relationships between the site's ecological and geomorphological processes, based on long-term monitoring, in situ experiments and satellite imagery.

Arid Dune Ecosystems: The Nizzana Sands in the Negev Desert

General Introduction: Desert Sand Dunes and Aims of the Book - Special Characteristics of the Nizzana Research Site
Breckle S-W, Yair A, Veste M Part A: The NW Negev 1 Geological Background of the Nizzana Area
David B, A.Yair, A. 2 Geo-Ecology of the NW Negev Sand Field
Yair A, Veste M, Breckle S-W 3 Formation and Geomorphology of the NW Negev Sand Dunes
Tsoar H, Blumberg DG, Wenkart R 4 The Regional Climatic Setting
Littmann T, Berkowicz SM 5 Soil Characteristics and Pattern of the Nizzana Research Site
Blume H-P, Beyer L, Pfisterer U, Felix-Henningsen P 6 Land Use and its Effect on the Mobilization and Stabilization of the NW Negev Sand Dunes
Tsoar H Part B: Ecosystem Patterns 7 The Flora of the Nizzana Research Site
Tielbörger K, Prasse R, Leschner H 8 The Vegetation of the Nizzana Research Site
Tielbörger K, Prasse R, Bornkamm R 9 A Glance on the Fauna of Nizzana
Filser J, Prasse R 10 Biological Crusts
Büdel B, Veste M 11 Land Cover in the Nizzana Sandy Arid Ecosystem. Mapping Surface Properties with Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing Data
Hill J, Ulelhoven T, Jarmer T, Yair A Part C: Ecosystem Processes 12 Topoclimate and Microclimate
Littmann T 13 Evaporation, Transpiration and Dew
Littmann T, Veste M 14 Sand Movement and Dune Stability - Morphological Changes at Active Dune Crests
Allgaier A 15 Aeolian Sand Transport and Vegetation Cover
Allgaier A 16 Soil Processes and Salt Dynamics in Dune Soils
Felix-Henningsen P, Rummel B, Blume H-P 17 Run-off and Erosion Processes within a Dune System
Kidron GJ, Yair A 18 Effects of Surface Runoff and Subsurface Flow on the Spatial Variability of Water Resources in Longitudinal Dunes
YairA 19 Atmospheric Input of Nutrient Elements and Dust into the Sand Dune Field of the NW Negev
Littmann T, Schultz A 20 Succession Stages in the Recovery Processes of the Topsoil Crust in a Disturbed Sandy Arid Area
Yair A 21 Dew Formation and Activity of Biological Soil Crusts
Veste M, Heusinkveld BG, Berkowicz SM, Breckle S-W, Littmann T, Jacobs AFG 22 Nitrogen Input Pathways into the Sand Dunes: Biological Fixation and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition
Russow R, Veste M, Breckle S-W, Littmann T, Böhme F 23 Vascular Plant Response to Microbiotic Soil Surface Crusts
Prasse R, Bornkamm R 24 Ion and Salt Relations of Plants and Soil Pattern
Veste M, Sartorius U, Breckle S-W 25 Temporal and Spatial Variability of Plant Water Status and Leaf Gas Exchange
Veste M 26 Standing Biomass Distribution and its Modelling
Veste M, Sommer C, Breckle S-W, Littmann T 27 Effects of Perennials on Annual Plant Populations
Tielbörger K, Kadmon R 28 Demography of Annual Plants: the Role of Habitat Heterogeneity and Competition
Kadmon R Part D: Research Perspectives / Synthesis and General Conclusions 29 Sensitivity of a Sandy Area to Climate Change along a Rainfall Gradient at a Desert Fringe
Yair A, Veste M, Almog R, Breckle S-W 30 General Conclusions - Sand Dune Deserts, Desertification, Rehabilitation and Conservation
Veste M, Breckle S-W, Yair A