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- Title Pages
- In Memory of Gary Allan Polis (28 August 1946–27 March 2000)
- Preface
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction: A Framework for Biodiversity Studies
- 2 How Can High Animal Diversity Be Supported in Low-Productivity Deserts?: The Role of Macrodetritivory and Habitat Physiognomy
- 3 Biodiversity Along Core–Periphery Clines
- 4 Species Diversity, Environmental Heterogeneity, and Species Interactions
- 5 SHALOM: A Landscape Simulation Model for Understanding Animal Biodiversity
- 6 Spatial Scale and Species Diversity: Building Species–Area Curves from Species Incidence
- 7 Microbial Contributions to Biodiversity in Deserts
- 8 Unified Framework I: Interspecific Interactions and Species Diversity in Drylands
- 9 Species Diversity and Ecosystem Processes in Water-Limited Systems
- 10 Linking Species Diversity and Landscape Diversity
- 11 The Impact of Animals on Species Diversity in Arid-Land Plant Communities
- 12 Resource Partitioning and Biodiversity in Fractal Environments with Applications to Dryland Communities
- 13 Unified Framework II Ecosystem Processes: A Link Between Species and Landscape Diversity
- 14 The Effects of Grazing on Plant Biodiversity in Arid Ecosystems
- 15 Sustainability in Arid Grasslands: New Technology Applications for Management
- 16 Reconciliation Ecology and the Future of Species Diversity
- 17 Management for Biodiversity: Human and Landscape Effects on Dry Environments
- 18 Unified Framework III: Human Interactions with Biodiversity
- 19 Toward a Unified Framework in Biodiversity Studies
- Index
In Memory of Gary Allan Polis (28 August 1946–27 March 2000)
In Memory of Gary Allan Polis (28 August 1946–27 March 2000)
- Source:
- Biodiversity in Drylands
- Author(s):
Moshe Shachak
Stewart T. A. Pickett
James R. Gosz
Avi Perevolotski
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
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- Title Pages
- In Memory of Gary Allan Polis (28 August 1946–27 March 2000)
- Preface
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction: A Framework for Biodiversity Studies
- 2 How Can High Animal Diversity Be Supported in Low-Productivity Deserts?: The Role of Macrodetritivory and Habitat Physiognomy
- 3 Biodiversity Along Core–Periphery Clines
- 4 Species Diversity, Environmental Heterogeneity, and Species Interactions
- 5 SHALOM: A Landscape Simulation Model for Understanding Animal Biodiversity
- 6 Spatial Scale and Species Diversity: Building Species–Area Curves from Species Incidence
- 7 Microbial Contributions to Biodiversity in Deserts
- 8 Unified Framework I: Interspecific Interactions and Species Diversity in Drylands
- 9 Species Diversity and Ecosystem Processes in Water-Limited Systems
- 10 Linking Species Diversity and Landscape Diversity
- 11 The Impact of Animals on Species Diversity in Arid-Land Plant Communities
- 12 Resource Partitioning and Biodiversity in Fractal Environments with Applications to Dryland Communities
- 13 Unified Framework II Ecosystem Processes: A Link Between Species and Landscape Diversity
- 14 The Effects of Grazing on Plant Biodiversity in Arid Ecosystems
- 15 Sustainability in Arid Grasslands: New Technology Applications for Management
- 16 Reconciliation Ecology and the Future of Species Diversity
- 17 Management for Biodiversity: Human and Landscape Effects on Dry Environments
- 18 Unified Framework III: Human Interactions with Biodiversity
- 19 Toward a Unified Framework in Biodiversity Studies
- Index
