Semi-arid environments : agriculture, water supply and vegetation / Kara M. Degenovine, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Degenovine, Kara M.

Series:

Environmental science, engineering and technology series.

Environmental science, engineering and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arid regions.

Arid regions agriculture.

Groundwater--Arid regions.

Groundwater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Semi-arid climate regions receive low annual precipitation and intermediates between the desert climates and humid climates in ecological characteristics and agricultural potential. Semi-arid climates tend to provide scrubby vegetations in regions where they exist. There are two variations of the semi-arid climate, a hot semi-arid climate and a cold semi-arid climate. This book presents topical research data in the study of semi-arid environments, including the semi-arid environments of the El Melah Lagoon in Tunisia; improving reproductive outputs of small ruminants reared in semi-arid environments; the presence of cyanobacterial soil crusts in semi-arid ecosystems is associated with an increase in carbon and nitrogen sequestration; semi-arid vegetation in Brazil; and the semi-arid zone afforestation in northern Israel.

Contents:

The Semi-Arid Environment of the El Melah Lagoon (Ne Tunisia)

Closing Evolution to a Future Sabkha / M. Isabel Prudêncio, Francisco Ruiz, M. Isabel Dias, EmilioGalán, João Carlos Waerenborgh, Manuel Abadand Isabel González

Limiting Factors and Strategies for Improving Reproductive Outputs of Small Ruminants Reared in Semi-Arid Environments / A. Gonzalez-Bulnes, C.A. Meza-Herrera, M. Rekik, H. Ben Salemand RT Kridli

Crop Residue Contribution to N Fertilization under Long Term No-Till Systems in the Central Semi-Arid Region of Argentina / Noelia Casado-Murillo and Adriana Abril

Cyanobacterial Soil Crusts : Analysing Resilience in Kalahari Sand Soils / D. M. Mager

Semi-Arid Vegetation in Brazil : Biodiversity, Impacts and Management / Marcela C. Pagano and Francisca S. Araújo

Small Hill Dams' Practice in Tunisia : Design and Planning / Slaheddine Khlifi

Influence of Climate Change on Damages to Fruit Trees Produced by Frost Temperatures at Spanish Semi-Arid Region of Murcia / A. Saa Requejo, R. García Moreno, M.C. Díaz Álvarez, F. Burgaz Moreno and A.M. Tarquis

Fragments of Caatinga in the Sub-Basin of Rio Bodocongó : A Conservation Study in the Brazilian Semi-Arid Tropics / Dilma Maria de Brito Melo Trovão, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, José Dantas Neto, Pedro Dantas Fernandes and Leonaldo Alves de Andrade

Effects of Small Hill Dams on Farming Systems : Bizerte Region -Tunisia / Mehrez Ameur, Nadhem Mtimetand Slaheddine Khlifi

Semi-Arid Zone Afforestation in Northern Israel : A Review / Paul Ginsberg and Nir Atzmon.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-61761-541-2

OCLC:

923661537