Arid Dune Ecosystems The Nizzana Sands in the Negev Desert
Sand dune dynamics plays a key role in many arid deserts. This volume provides a synthesis of a specific sand dune ecosystem, the Nizzana site in the Negev Desert. Describing its climate and geophysical/geochemical properties of soils, geological history,
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Ecological Studies, Vol. 200 Analysis and Synthesis
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Siegmar-W. Breckle • Aaron Yair • Maik Veste Editors
Arid Dune Ecosystems The Nizzana Sands in the Negev Desert
Prof. Dr. Siegmar-W. Breckle University of Bielefeld Department of Ecology Wasserfuhr 24-26 33619 Bielefeld Germany
Prof. Dr. Aaron Yair Hebrew University Department of Geography Mount Scopus Campus Jerusalem 91905 Israel
Dr. Maik Veste University of Hohenheim Institute of Botany Experimental Botany 70599 Stuttgart Germany
Cover illustration: Nizzana Sands: active crest of a linear dune. South-facing slip faces caused by afternoon sea breezes during summer months. (Photograph Axel Allgaier)
ISBN 978-3-540-75497-8
e-ISBN 978-3-540-75498-5
Ecological Studies ISSN 0070-8356 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007941784 © 2008 Spring
