Patterns of Land Degradation in Drylands

Understanding Self-Organised Ecogeomorphic Systems

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

AvEva Nora Mueller,John Wainwright,Anthony J. Parsons,Laura Turnbull

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Land degradation in drylands is a multi-faceted problem. The second section of the book explores methods for confronting models with data for the study of pattern-process linkages, bringing together divergent empirical and modelling methodologies to provide a fully integrated understanding of land degradation in drylands.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-08-29
Mått155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt696 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor389
Upplaga2014
FörlagSpringer
ISBN9789400757264

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Preface.- 1. Land Degradation in Drylands: An Ecogeomorphological Approach.- 2. The Study of Land Degradation in Drylands: State of the Art.- 3. Resilience, Self-organization, Complexity and Pattern Formation.- 4. Short-range Ecogeomorphic Processes in Dryland Systems.- 5. Long-range Ecogeomorphic Processes.- 6. Integrating Short- and Long-range Processes into Models: the Emergence of Pattern.- 7. Approaches to Modelling Ecogeomorphic Systems.- 8. Characterizing Patterns.- 9. Assessment of Patterns in Ecogeomorphic Systems.- 10. Uncertainty assessment.- 11. Vegetation Change in the Southwestern USA: Patterns and Processes.- 12. Vegetation Mosaics of Arid Western New South Wales, Australia: Considerations of Their Origin and Persistence.- 13. Case Study of Self-organized Vegetation Patterning in Dryland Regions of Central Africa.- 14. Abandonment of Agricultural Land, AgriculturalPolicy and Land Degradation in Mediterranean Europe.- 15. Land Degradation in Drylands: Reёvaluating Pattern-process Interrelationships and the Role of Ecogeomorphology.- Index

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