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Desert Ecosystems: Their Resources in Space and Time
Environmental Conservation, 1982The dynamics of desert ecosystems control levels of resources that are essential to the survival of desert biotas. Because precipitation is both low and relatively unpredictable in arid regions, the climates, topographies, and soils, of these areas present formidable constraints to resource availability in space and time.
James R. Gosz, Clifford S. Crawford
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Invertebrates in Desert Ecosystems: Summary Remarks [PDF]
, 1981 Part 1 of this book established a “desert perspective” to serve as a background for the material to follow. It also introduced an underlying theme, namely the contribution of invertebrates to the structure and function of desert ecosystems. Yet up to now, this inclusive concept has been treated only indirectly in the book’s three major units ...
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The Namib Dune Desert: an unusual ecosystem
Journal of Arid Environments, 1978Namib Desert dunes of coastal southwestern Africa support a fauna including species adapted to a life committed exclusively to vegetationless dune crests and slipfaces. Fog and wind-blown plant detritus constitute a trophic base for this fauna, composed predominantly of tenebrionid beetles, arachnids and reptiles. Occurrence and characteristics of this
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Temperate Deserts and Semi-Deserts. Ecosystems of the World.
The Journal of Ecology, 1984M. J. Chadwick, Neil E. West
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Anthropogenic Transformation of Desert Ecosystems in Mongolia
2001Some aspects of the differentiation of Gobi desert ecosystems caused by climate (sectoral position of the territory on Eurasian continent, latitudinal-longitudinal changes) are reviewed. Diversity of dominant species of plant communities is noted in different regions.
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