Structure and function of a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem : the Jornada Basin long-term ecological research site /

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For nearly 100 years in the USA federal scientists, university faculty, agriculturalists, natural resource managers, and the interested public have collaborated on research to understand basic ecological principles and their application to arid land management in the Chihuahuan Desert of New Mexico....

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Havstad, Kris M. (Editor), Huenneke, L. F. (Editor), Schlesinger, William H. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:Long-Term Ecological Research Network series.
Subjects:
Jornada Experimental Range.
Jornada Experimental Range
Desert ecology > Chihuahuan Desert.
Écologie des déserts > Chihuahua, Désert du.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Deserts.
Desert ecology
North America > Chihuahuan Desert
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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