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The Ecology of Desert Communities
About this book
"Provides interesting and thought-provoking reading and is highly recommended to anyone interested in desert ecosystems or community ecology. The book . . . should serve as an inspiration to many for future research."—Journal of Biogeography
"This book is not just about deserts; it is an update of the contributions that research in desert systems is making to community ecology. . . This book will provide a useful reference for desert ecologists, as well as indicate critical directions where progress needs to be made."—Ecology
"This important book fills a significant gap in previous syntheses by presenting a detailed series of reviews of current understanding of community patterns and structure in desert environments. . . . Each chapter is thorough and well written and . . . closes with a discussion of suggested future research. . . . [T]hese ideas will do much to focus interest on the importance of desert systems in understanding community. Thus, this book has interest well beyond desert ecologists alone."—BioScience
"Valuable reading and reference for ecology students, teachers and researchers."—Quarterly Review of Biology
"This book is not just about deserts; it is an update of the contributions that research in desert systems is making to community ecology. . . This book will provide a useful reference for desert ecologists, as well as indicate critical directions where progress needs to be made."—Ecology
"This important book fills a significant gap in previous syntheses by presenting a detailed series of reviews of current understanding of community patterns and structure in desert environments. . . . Each chapter is thorough and well written and . . . closes with a discussion of suggested future research. . . . [T]hese ideas will do much to focus interest on the importance of desert systems in understanding community. Thus, this book has interest well beyond desert ecologists alone."—BioScience
"Valuable reading and reference for ecology students, teachers and researchers."—Quarterly Review of Biology
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Publisher
University of Arizona PressYear
2023Print ISBN
9780816535392, 9780816511860eBook ISBN
9780816552450Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Desert Communities: An Overview of Patterns and Processes - Gary A. Polis
- 2. Population Biology of Desert Annual Plants - Richard S. Inouye
- 3. Soil Communities in Deserts: Microarthropods and Nematodes - John C. Zak and Diana W. Freckman
- 4. The Community Ecology of Macroarthropod Detririvores - Clifford S. Crawford
- 5. The Role of Ants and Termites in Desert Communities - William P. MacKay
- 6. Patterns of Heterogeneity in Desert Herbivorous Insect Communities - Charles S. Wisdom
- 7. The Ecology and Importance of Predaceous Arthropods in Desert Communities - Gary A. Polis and Tsunemi Yamashita
- 8. The Community Ecology of Desert Anurans - Bruce D. Woodward and Sandra L. Mitchell
- 9. Desert Reptile Communities - Laurie J. Vitt
- 10. The Ecology of Desert Birds - John A. Wiens
- 11. Desert Mammal Communities - O. J. Reichman
- 12. Sand Dune Communities - Mary K. Seely
- 13. Food Webs in Desert Communities: Complexity via Diversity and Omnivory - Gary A. Polis
- Contributors
- Index of Genera
- Subject Index