Arid and semi-arid environments : biogeodiversity, impacts, and environmental challenges / Gabriel Ferguson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferguson, Gabriel, editor.

Series:

Environmental science, engineering and technology series.

Environmental Science, Engineering, and Technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arid regions ecology.

Arid regions agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Water is the most limiting factor for irrigated agriculture in arid and semi-arid areas of European Mediterranean countries. In this book, the authors' explore the different mechanisms and robust tools to monitor plant-water status, with the aim of keeping crops within a certain threshold of moderate-to-mild water stress. Other chapters include research on agricultural techniques in semi-arid environments that would benefit the surrounding environment and impact soil management. The third chapter includes site-specific documentation of landforms developed in the Ejina Basin in Central Asia and its implications for late quaternary landscape evolution and palaeoenvironmental change. The fourth chapter focuses on the links between economic value addition, demographics, personal income and entrepreneurship in selected South African towns. The last chapter reviews thirty years of ecological monitoring in Algerian arid rangelands.

Contents:

ARID AND SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS: BIOGEODIVERSITY, IMPACTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; ARID AND SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS: BIOGEODIVERSITY, IMPACTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: LINKING SEMIARID-MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS AND ADVERSE IMPACT; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS; 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: THERMAL IMAGING TO ASSESS THE PLANTWATER STATUS IN WOODY CROPS UNDER ARID AND SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION

2. REMOTE MONITORING OF CROP WATER STATUS3. WHY IS NECESSARY THE USE OF THERMAL INDEXES TO MONITOR THE CROP WATER STATUS?; 4. THERMAL IMAGING APPLICATION TO WOODY CROPS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: GEOMORPHODIVERSITY OF THE EJINA BASIN IN INNER MONGOLIA, CENTRAL ASIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE QUATERNARY LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. REGIONAL SETTING AND METHODS; 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter 4: NEW UTILIZATION/CONSERVATION DILEMMAS IN THE KAROO, SOUTH AFRICA: POTENTIAL ECONOMIC, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CONSEQUENCESABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PART 1; PART 2; PART 3; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: THIRTY YEARS OF ECOLOGICAL MONITORING IN ALGERIAN ARID RANGELANDS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; 1. MATERIAL AND METHODS; 2. LAND COVER MAPS; 3. EVOLUTION OF THE BIODIVERSITY; 4. SOCIO-ECONOMIC FEATURES; 5. DISCUSSION AND INTERPRETATION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63483-410-0