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Structure and function of a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem : the Jornada Basin long-term ecological research site /
For several years in the USA, scientists, university faculty, agriculturalists, natural resource managers, and the public have collaborated on research to understand ecological principles and their application to land management in the Chihuahuan Desert of New Mexico. This book is a synthesis of wha...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Long-Term Ecological Research Network series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Regional Setting of the Jornada Basin; 3 Climate and Climatological Variations in the Jornada Basin; 4 Soil Development in the Jornada Basin; 5 Patterns and Controls of Soil Water in the Jornada Basin; 6 Nutrient Cycling within an Arid Ecosystem; 7 Biogeochemical Fluxes across Piedmont Slopes of the Jornada Basin; 8 Water and Energy Balances within the Jornada Basin; 9 Eolian Processes on the Jornada Basin; 10 Plant Communities in the Jornada Basin: The Dynamic Landscape; 11 Patterns of Net Primary Production in Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystems.