Banded Vegetation Patterning in Arid and Semiarid Environments Ecolo
Aerial photography has revealed the striking, widespread phenomenon of repeating patterns of vegetation in more arid areas of the world. Two interdependent phases, bands of dense and sparse vegetation, alternate in the landscape. This volume synthesizes h
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Edited by M.M. Caldwell, Logan, USA G. Heldmaier, Marburg, Germany O.L. Lange, Wiirzburg, Germany H.A. Mooney, Stanford, USA E.-D. Schulze, Jena, Germany U. Sommer, Kiel, Germany
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David J. Tongway Josiane Seghieri
Christian Valentin
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Banded Vegetation Patterning in Arid and Semiarid Environments Ecological Processes and Consequences for Management
Foreword by Jean-Claude Menaut and Brian Walker With 62 Illustrations
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David 1. Tongway CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems GPO Box 284 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia [email protected]
Christian Valentin Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD) 213 rue La Fayette F-75 480 Paris cedex 10 France
Josiane Seghieri Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD) Laboratoire d'etude du Comportement des Sols Cultives (LCSC) 911 avenue Agropolis, BP 5045 F-34 032 Montpellier cedex 1 France [email protected] Cover illustration: Oblique aerial photograph of "typical" tiger bush in Niger, 13°40 N, 2°40 E. (Photo from Christian Valentin.)
Library of Congress CataIoging-in-Publication Data Banded vegetation patteming in arid and semiarid environments : Ecological processes and consequences for management I edited by David Tongway, Christian Valentin, Josiane Seghieri. p. cm. - (Ecological studies; v. 149) Includes bibliographical references (p. ). ISBN 978-1-4612-6559-7 ISBN 978-1-4613-0207-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4613-0207-0 1. Vegetation dynamics. 2. Landscape ecology. Christian. III. Seghieri, Josiane. IV. Series. QK910 .B36 2001 581.7'54----{1c2l
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Foreword
Although the pattern of banded landscapes had been recognized in the late 1930s both in East and West Africa, their extent, nature, and ecological
