Ecology Of Sonoran Desert Plants And Plant Communities

Author : Robert H. Robichaux
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780816552467

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Ecology of Sonoran Desert Plants and Plant Communities by Robert H. Robichaux Pdf

The Sonoran Desert is a distinctive biotic region that fascinates scientist, students, and nature lovers. This book offers an accessible introduction to Sonoran Desert ecology. Eight original essays by Sonoran Desert specialists provide an overview of the practice of ecology at landscape, community, and organismal scales. The essays explore the rich diversity of plant life in the Sonoran Desert and the ecological patterns and processes that underlie it. They also reveal the history and scientific legacy of the Desert Laboratory in Tucson, which has conducted research on the Sonoran Desert since 1903. Coverage includes diversity and affinities of the flora, physical environments and vegetation, landscape complexity and ecological diversity, population dynamics of annual plants, form and function of cacti, and the relationship between plants and the animals that use them as feeding and breeding resources. The text also examines the ecological consequences of modern agricultural development, as well as the impact on the modern biota of 40,000 years of change in climate, vegetation, megafauna, and ancient cultures. This comprehensive book covers a broad range of spatial and temporal scales to highlight the diversity of research being pursued in the Sonoran Desert. It is both a testament to these ongoing studies and an authoritative introduction to the diverse plant life in the region. Contents 1. Diversity and Affinities of the Flora of the Sonoran Floristic Province, Steven P. McLaughlin and Janice E. Bowers 2. Vegetation and Habitat Diversity at the Southern Edge of the Sonoran Desert, Alberto Bórquez, Angelina Martínez Yrízar, Richard S. Felger, and David Yetman 3. The Sonoran Desert: Landscape Complexity and Ecological Diversity, Joseph R. McAuliffe 4. Population Ecology of Sonoran Desert Annual Plants, D. Lawrence Venable and Catherine E. Pake 5. Form and Function of Cacti, Park S. Nobel and Michael E. Loik 6. Ecological Genetics of Cactophilic Drosophila, William J. Etges, W. R. Johnson, G. A. Duncan, G. Huckins, and W. B. Heed 7. Ecological Consequences of Agricultural Development in a Sonoran Desert Valley, Laura L. Jackson and Patricia W. Comus 8. Deep History and a Wilder West, Paul S. Martin

Author : Raymond M. Turner,Janice Emily Bowers,Tony L. Burgess
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780816525195

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Sonoran Desert Plants by Raymond M. Turner,Janice Emily Bowers,Tony L. Burgess Pdf

The Sonoran Desert, a fragile ecosystem, is under ever-increasing pressure from a burgeoning human population. This ecological atlas of the region's plants, a greatly enlarged and full revised version of the original 1972 atlas, will be an invaluable resource for plant ecologists, botanists, geographers, and other scientists, and for all with a serious interest in living with and protecting a unique natural southwestern heritage. An encyclopedia as well as an atlas, this monumental work describes the taxonomy, geographic distribution, and ecology of 339 plants, most of them common and characteristic trees, shrubs, or succulants. Also included is valuable information on natural history and ethnobotanical, commercial, and horticultural uses of these plants. The entry for each species includes a range map, an elevational profile, and a narrative account. The authors also include an extensive bibliography, referring the reader to the latest research and numerous references of historical importance, with a glossary to aid the general reader. Sonoran Desert Plants is a monumental work, unlikely to be superseded in the next generation. As the region continues to attract more people, there will be an increasingly urgent need for basic knowledge of plant species as a guide for creative and sustainable habitation of the area. This book will stand as a landmark resource for many years to come.

Author : Robert H. Robichaux
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816535408

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Ecology of Sonoran Desert Plants and Plant Communities by Robert H. Robichaux Pdf

This book offers an accessible introduction to Sonoran Desert ecology. Eight original essays by Sonoran Desert specialists provide an overview of the practice of ecology at landscape, community, and organism levels. The essays explore the rich diversity of plant life in the Sonoran Desert and the ecological patterns and processes that underlie it. They also reveal the history and scientific legacy of the Desert Laboratory in Tucson, which has conducted research on the Sonoran Desert since 1903.

Author : Stanley D. Smith,Russell Monson,Jay E. Anderson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642592126

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Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants by Stanley D. Smith,Russell Monson,Jay E. Anderson Pdf

Following a description of the physical and biological characterization of the four North American deserts together with the primary adaptations of plants to environmental stress, the authors go on to present case studies of key species. They provide an up-to-date and comprehensive review of the major patterns of adaptation in desert plants, with one chapter devoted to several important exotic plants that have invaded these deserts. The whole is rounded off with a synthesis of the resource requirements of desert plants and how they may respond to global climate change.

Author : Kathryn Mauz
Publisher : BRIT Press
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781889878355

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An Agreeable Landscape by Kathryn Mauz Pdf

Author : David Earl Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015032104716

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Biotic Communities by David Earl Brown Pdf

Biotic Communities catalogs and defines by biome, or biotic community, the region centered on Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Baja California Norte, plus portions of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Coahuila, Sinaloa, and Baja California Sur. This ambitious guide is an essential companion for anyone working in natural resources management and ecological research, as well as nonspecialists looking for solid information about a particular southwestern locale. Biotic Communities is arranged by climatic formation with a short chapter for each biome describing climate, physiognomy, distribution, dominant and common plant species, and characteristic vertebrates. Subsequent chapters contain careful descriptions of zonal subdivisions.

Author : Gerald A. Rosenthal
Publisher : Academic Insights
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Desert biology
ISBN : 0578069083

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Sonoran Desert Life by Gerald A. Rosenthal Pdf

This lavishly illustrated and informatively written book offers readers a guide to the Sonoran Desert that will enhance their understanding of the plants and animals that live there.

Author : Steven J. Phillips,Patricia Wentworth Comus
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0520219805

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A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert by Steven J. Phillips,Patricia Wentworth Comus Pdf

"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert provides the most complete collection of Sonoran Desert natural history information ever compiled and is a perfect introduction to this biologically rich desert of North America."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Ragan M. Callaway
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402062247

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Positive Interactions and Interdependence in Plant Communities by Ragan M. Callaway Pdf

This book marshals ecological literature from the last century on facilitation to make the case against the widely accepted individualistic notion of community organization. It examines the idea that positive interactions are more prevalent in physically stressful conditions. Coverage also includes species specificity in facilitative interactions, indirect facilitative interactions, and potential evolutionary aspects of positive interactions.

Author : Forrest Shreve,Ira Loren Wiggins
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 1818 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Science
ISBN : 0804701636

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Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert by Forrest Shreve,Ira Loren Wiggins Pdf

A Stanford University Press classic.

Author : Brain F. Chabot
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400948303

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Physiological Ecology of North American Plant Communities by Brain F. Chabot Pdf

Although, as W.D. Billings notes in his chapter in this book. the development of physiological ecology can be traced back to the very beginnings of the study of ecology it is clear that the modern development of this field in North America is due in the large part to the efforts of Billings alone. The foundation that Billings laid in the late 1950s came from his own studies on deserts and subsequently arctic and alpine plants, and also from his enormous success in instilling enthusiasm for the field in the numerous students attracted to the plant ecology program at Duke University. Billings' own studies provided the model for subsequent work in this field. Physiological techniques. normally confined to the laboratory. were brought into the field to examine processes under natural environmental conditions. These field studies were accompanied by experiments under controlled conditions where the relative impact of various factors could be assessed and further where genetic as opposed to environmental influences could be separated. This blending of field and laboratory approaches promoted the design of experiments which were of direct relevance to understanding the distribution and abundance of plants in nature. Physiological mechanisms were studied and assessed in the context of the functioning of plants under natural conditions rather than as an end in itself.

Author : Philip W. Rundel,Arthur C. Gibson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521465410

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Ecological Communities and Processes in a Mojave Desert Ecosystem by Philip W. Rundel,Arthur C. Gibson Pdf

This book provides a broad overview of plant and animal ecology in the Mojave Desert.

Author : Colleen K. Kelly,Michael G. Bowler,Gordon A. Fox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107728844

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Temporal Dynamics and Ecological Process by Colleen K. Kelly,Michael G. Bowler,Gordon A. Fox Pdf

In contrast with the fundamental ecological expectation that similarity induces competition and loss of species, temporal dynamics allows similar species to co-occur. In fact, the coexistence of similar species contributes significantly to species diversity and could affect ecosystem response to climate change. However, because temporal processes take place over time, they have often been a challenge to document or even to identify. Temporal Dynamics and Ecological Process brings together studies that have met this challenge and present two specific aspects of temporal processes: reproductive scheduling and the stable coexistence of similar species. By using plants to extract general principles, these studies uncover deep ties between temporal niche dynamics and the above central ecological issues, thereby providing a better understanding of what drives temporal processes in nature. Written by leading scientists in the field, this title will be a valuable source of reference to research ecologists and those interested in temporal ecology.

Author : Mohammad Pessarakli
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351104593

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Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress, Fourth Edition by Mohammad Pessarakli Pdf

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress, continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their effects on plants and crops have resulted in the compilation of a large volume of the latest discoveries. Following its predecessors, this fourth edition offers a unique and comprehensive collection of topics in the fields of plant and crop stress. This new edition contains more than 80% new material, and the remaining 20% has been updated and revised substantially. This volume presents 10 comprehensive sections that include information on soil salinity and sodicity problems; tolerance mechanisms and stressful conditions; plant/crop responses; plant/crop responses under pollution and heavy metal; plant/crop responses under biotic stress; genetic factors and plant/crop genomics under stress conditions; plant/crop breeding under stress conditions; empirical investigations; improving tolerance; and beneficial aspects of stressors. Features: Provides exhaustive coverage written by an international panel of experts in the field of agriculture, particularly in plant/crop stress areas Contains 40 new chapters and 10 extensively revised and expanded chapters Includes three new sections on plant breeding, stress exerted to weeds by plants, and beneficial aspects of stress on plants/crops Numerous case studies With contributions from 100 scientists and experts from 20 countries, this Handbook provides a comprehensive resource for research and for university courses, covering soil salinity/sodicity issues and plant/crop physiological responses under environmental stress conditions ranging from cellular aspects to whole plants. The content can be used to plan, implement, and evaluate strategies to mitigate plant/crop stress problems. This new edition includes numerous tables, figures, and illustrations to facilitate comprehension of the material as well as thousands of index words to further increase accessibility to the desired information.

Author : Peter F. Ffolliott,Leonard F. DeBano
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780203497753

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Riparian Areas of the Southwestern United States by Peter F. Ffolliott,Leonard F. DeBano Pdf

The demand for water resulting from massive population and economic growth in the southwestern U.S. overwhelmed traditional uses of riparian areas. As a consequence, many of these uniquely-structured ecosystems have been altered or destroyed. Within recent years people have become increasingly aware of the many uses and benefits of riparian zones a