Research Catalog

Title

Regeneration of plants in arid ecosystems resulting from patch disturbance / by Yitzchak Gutterman.

Author

Gutterman, Y. (Yitzchak), 1936-

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©2001.

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Description

xv, 243 pages : illustrations, maps; 27 cm.

Summary

• "The main subject of this book is the interaction between diggings created by porcupines when consuming geophytes, and their influences on annual and perennial vegetation in a desert biome. The accumulation of run-off water in diggings and depressions made by animals increases the carrying capacity of these microhabitats in the desert biome." "The accumulation of run-off water does not only benefit the natural vegetation; a system of human-made depressions can be evolved to increase the catchment of the run-off water that is typical to many desert habitats, and can lead to run-off agriculture in such areas."
• "This book will be of interest to anyone working in the fields of development of deserts from the ecological point of view, water resources, soil protection and erosion, plant ecophysiology and settlement, and agronomy. It will be helpful to students, researchers, teachers, and anyone interested in any of these areas."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Geobotany ; 27

Uniform Title

Geobotany ; 27.

Subject

• Desert plants > Ecophysiology > Israel > Negev
• Desert plants > Regeneration > Israel > Negev
• Porcupines > Food > Israel > Negev
• Regeneration (Botany)
• Desert plants > Ecophysiology
• Pflanzen
• Regeneration
• Trockengebiet
• Wasserhaushalt
• Israel > Negev
• Negev

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232) and indexes.

Contents

The Desert Biome -- The Negev Desert of Israel: location, rains and phytogeographic regions -- Shrubs and Annuals -- Geophytes and Hemicryptophytes (Perennial Plants) -- Annual Plants -- Porcupines in the Negev Desert and the Karoo Deserts of South Africa -- The Influence of Ibex Wallows on the Vegetation -- Amounts and distribution of rain in the Negev Desert highlands -- Rains and runoff water -- Rain and Water Infiltration in the Soil -- Desert Cryptogamic Crust, Runoff Water and Soil Erosion -- Slope Angle and Runoff -- Depressions, Micro-Topography, Runoff, Seed Accumulation and Seed Germination -- Evaporation rates, relative humidity and dew -- Seasonal temperatures -- The temperature on the soil surface and in depressions as a regulator for post maturation and germination of seeds -- Temperatures on the soil surface and in simulated porcupine diggings during the year -- The Locations of the Micro Sensors -- Temperatures During Days With Rain -- Temperatures in the digging in comparison with the soil surface (locations 1 & 2) during a day with rain and one day later -- Temperatures in the diggings and in soil 10 cm below the soil surface (Locations 2 & 4) -- Temperatures on soil surface and southern slope (Locations 1 & 3) -- Temperatures on a Hot Day ("Hamsin") -- Temperatures on the matrix in comparison with in the digging (Locations 1 & 2) -- Temperatures in the diggings and in soil 10 cm below the soil surface (Locations 2 & 4) -- Temperatures on soil surface and southern slope (Locations 1 & 3).

ISBN

• 0792367251
• 9780792367253

LCCN

00051440

OCLC

• ocm45172167
• 45172167
• SCSB-9558368

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library