Ward | The Biology of Deserts | Buch | 978-0-19-921146-3 | sack.de

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 731 g

Reihe: Biology of Habitats

Ward

The Biology of Deserts


Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-921146-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 731 g

Reihe: Biology of Habitats

ISBN: 978-0-19-921146-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press


This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology and adopts a strong evolutionary focus. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis in the book is on the organisms that dominate this harsh environment, although theoretical and experimental aspects as well as conservation and desertification are also considered

Deserts are defined by their arid conditions; a consequence of this aridity is that most of the area occupied by desert is barren and monotonous, leading many people to regard it as wasteland. However, deserts are widespread and represent surprisingly biodiverse environments, although it is the relative simplicity of these ecosystems that makes them more tractable for study than more complex environments. In these resource-poor locations, natural selection is working at its most extreme and
provides some of the best-known examples of Darwinian selection.

The Biology of Deserts includes a wide range of ecological and evolutionary issues including morphological and physiological adaptations of desert plants and animals, species interactions, the importance of predation and parasitism, food webs, biodiversity and conservation. It features a balance of plant and animal (both invertebrate and vertebrate) examples, and also emphasizes topical applied issues such as desertification and invasive species. The book concludes by considering the
positive aspects of desert conservation.
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Professor David Ward obtained his PhD in 1987 from the University of Natal, South Africa. After working in Israel and Canada he is now back in South Africa, where he is Chair of Botany at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His research interests lie in the field of the ecology and genetics of plant-animal interactions, and he has published 130 scientific articles in international journals. He is an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Vegetation Science
and Applied Vegetation Science.


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