Ecological Studies

The Nizzana Sands in the Negev Desert

By: Siegmar-W Breckle (Editor), Aaron Yair (Editor), Maik Veste (Editor)

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Hardcover | 23 May 2008

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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 patterns, it elucidates ecological and geomorphological processes and their interrelations, based on long-term monitoring, in situ experiments and satellite imagery. Particular attention is drawn to the impact of the topsoil biological crust in controlling water availability at local/regional scales. The interdisciplinary approach adopted in this case study offers a good example of a highly complex and dynamic system, which could easily be applied to other sandy ecosystems.

This is a valuable source of information for soil ecologists and microbiologists, conservation biologists, desert ecologists and geographers, geomorphologists, soil scientists and climatologists, lecturers, policy makers and others interested in deserts and desertification.

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"The book ... offers a comprehensive view of the dune system of the Nizzana area situated in the eastern margins of the Sinai Desert (Israel). The Nizzanna Research site is a long-term research facility that has accumulated interdisciplinary knowledge through time. ... If you are scientifically, academically or professionally interested in desert dune systems or if you have the intellectual curiosity in the complex and fascinating world of dunes, this is a book you should not miss." (Jose Luis Rubio, ESSC Newsletter, Issue 3, 2009)

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Desert Sand Dunes and Aims of the Book - Special Characteristics of the Nizzana Research Site	p. 1
Geological Background of the Nizzana Area	p. 9
Geo-Ecology of the North-Western Negev Sand Field	p. 17
Formation and Geomorphology of the North-Western Negev Sand Dunes	p. 25
The Regional Climatic Setting	p. 49
Soil Characteristics and Pattern of the Nizzana Research Site	p. 65
Land Use and its Effect on the Mobilization and Stabilization of the North-Western Negev Sand Dunes	p. 79
The Flora of the Nizzana Research Site	p. 93
The Vegetation of the Nizzana Research Site	p. 105
A Glance on the Fauna of Nizzana	p. 125
Biological Crusts	p. 149
Land Cover in the Nizzana Sandy Arid Ecosystem. Mapping Surface Properties with Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing Data	p. 157
Topoclimate and Microclimate	p. 175
Evapotranspiration, Transpiration and Dewfall	p. 183
Morphological Changes at Active Dune Crests	p. 201
Aeolian Sand Transport and Vegetation Cover	p. 211
Soil Processes and Salt Dynamics in Dune Soils	p. 225
Runoff and Erosion Processes Within a Dune System	p. 239
Effects of Surface Runoff and Subsurface Flow on the Spatial Variability of Water Resources in Longitudinal Dunes	p. 251
Atmospheric Input of Nutrient Elements and Dust into the Sand Dune Field of the North-Western Negev	p. 271
Succession Stages in the Recovery Processes of the Topsoil Crust in a Disturbed Sandy Arid Area	p. 285
Dew Formation and Activity of Biological Soil Crusts	p. 305
Nitrogen Input Pathways into Sand Dunes: Biological Fixation and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition	p. 319
Vascular Plant Response to Microbiotic Soil Surface Crusts	p. 337
Ion Relations of Plants and Soil Patterns	p. 353
Temporal and Spatial Variability of Plant Water Status and Leaf Gas Exchange	p. 367
Standing Biomass and its Modelling	p. 377
Effects of Shrubs on Annual Plant Populations	p. 385
Demography of Annual Plants: The Role of Habitat Heterogeneity and Competition	p. 401
Sensitivity of a Sandy Area to Climate Change Along a Rainfall Gradient at a Desert Fringe	p. 425
General Conclusions - Sand Dune Deserts, Desertification, Rehabilitation and Conservation	p. 441
Subject Index	p. 461
Taxonomic Index	p. 473
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