Dryland Ecohydrology /

By combining the analysis of biotic and abiotic components of terrestrial ecosystems, this volume provides a synthesis of material on arid and semiarid landscapes, which is currently scattered in a number of books and journal articles. The focus on water-limited ecosystems is motivated by their high...

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Other Authors: D'Odorico, Paolo, 1969- (Editor), Porporato, Amilcare (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • ECOHYDROLOGY OF ARID AND SEMIARID ECOSYSTEMS: AN INTRODUCTION
  • FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES AND INTERACTIONS IN THE SOIL-CLIMATE-VEGETATION SYSTEM
  • FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES AND INTERACTIONS IN THE SOIL-CLIMATE-VEGETATION SYSTEM
  • SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, PROCESSES AND ASSOCIATED ROOT-SOIL INTERACTIONS
  • SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS IN WATER-LIMITED ECOSYSTEMS
  • ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS IN DRY ENVIRONMENTS
  • SOIL MOISTURE CONTROLS ON WATER VAPOR AND CARBON FLUXES IN SEMI-ARID REGIONS
  • INTERACTIONS AND FEEDBACKS BETWEEN CLIMATE AND DRYLAND VEGETATIONS
  • HYDROGEOMORPHOLOGY OF ARID AND SEMIARID LANDSCAPES
  • HYDROGEOMORPHOLOGY OF ARID AND SEMIARID LANDSCAPES
  • CONTROLS ON PATTERNS OF SOIL MOISTURE IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID SYSTEMS
  • THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF DESERT HYDROLOGY AND LANDFORMS: THE ROLE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
  • HYDROCLIMATOLOGY OF WIND EROSION IN ARID AND SEMIARID ENVIRMONMENTS
  • HYDROLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF RIPARIAN VEGETATION IN DRYLANDS
  • ECOHYDROLOGIC CONTROLS ON NUTRIENT CYCLING
  • ECOHYDROLOGIC CONTROLS ON NUTRIENT CYCLING
  • MODELING OF CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING IN ARID AND SEMIARID ECOSYSTEMS
  • INTERACTIONS OF WATER AND NITROGEN ON PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY ACROSS SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES IN GRASSLAND AND SHRUBLAND ECOSYSTEMS
  • INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WATER AVAILABILITY AND NUTRIENT CYCLING IN DRY TROPICAL FORESTS
  • BIOGENIC EMISSIONS OF NITRIC OXIDE AND NITROUS OXIDE FROM ARID AND SEMI-ARID LAND
  • DISTURBANCES AND PATTERNS IN ARID AND SEMIARID ECOSYSTEMS
  • DISTURBANCES AND PATTERNS IN ARID AND SEMIARID ECOSYSTEMS
  • PATTERN AND PROCESS IN SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS
  • FIRE REGIMES IN DRYLAND LANDSCAPES
  • TERMITES AS MEDIATORS OF THE WATER ECONOMY OF ARID SAVANNA ECOSYSTEMS
  • UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL DESERTIFICATION: BIOPHYSICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF HYDROLOGY.