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Titre(s) : Patterns of land degradation in drylands [Texte électronique] : understanding self-organised ecogeomorphic systems / Eva Nora Mueller, John Wainwright, Anthony J. Parsons, Laura Turnbull editors
Publication : Dordrecht : Springer, cop. 2014
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Land degradation in drylands is a multi-faceted problem. Consequently, current management
approaches that attempt to mitigate such land degradation often fail to produce significant
improvements. The processes associated with land degradation in drylands fall at the
interface of ecology and geomorphology. For a better understanding of this degradation,
there is a need to uncover the underlying dynamics and characteristic responses to
environmental drivers and human-induced disturbances. A primary characteristic of
this land degradation is a change in processes and the emergence of patterns; but
there remain many unknowns as to how these changing processes and emerging patterns
are connected. In the first section of this keystone manual, the theory of ecogeomorphic
pattern-process linkages is explored, establishing an integrated view of current concepts
of pattern emergence and self-organization from an ecogeomorphic perspective. 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.
Four case studies from drylands in Europe, Africa, Australia and North America outline
the advances in ecogeomorphic research that have been made in these systems. Learning
from this diverse range of studies and approaches, a research agenda for the emerging
field of ecogeomorphology in land-degradation studies in drylands is set forth."--Page
4 of cover
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Wainwright, John (1967-....)
Mueller, Eva Nora. Fonction indéterminée
Parsons, A. J.. Fonction indéterminée
Turnbull, Laura (1981-....). Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Terres -- Dégradation
Écologie des régions arides
Géomorphologie
Indice(s) Dewey :
333.714 (23e éd.) = Études d'impact sur l'environnement
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789400757271
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb447220302
Notice n° :
FRBNF44722030
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Land degradation in drylands: an ecogeomorphological approach /Eva Nora Mueller, John
Wainwright, Anthony J. Parsons and Laura Turnbull ; The study of land degradation
in drylands: state of the art /Tamara Hochstrasser, James D.A. Millington, Vasilios
P. Papanastasis [and 5 others] ; Resilience, self-organization, complexity and pattern
formation /Florian Jeltsch, Laura Turnbull, Stefania Scarsoglio, Concepcion L. Alados
[and 7 others] ; Short-range ecogeomorphic processes in dryland systems /Nicolas Barbier,
Juan Bellot, Pierre Couteron, Anthony J. Parsons and Eva Nora Mueller ; Long-range
ecogeomorphic processes /Artemi Cerdà, Francesc Gallart, Junran Li, Vasilios P. Papanastasis
[and 4 others] ; Integrating short- and long-range processes into models: the emergence
of pattern /Kelly K. Caylor, Greg S. Okin, Laura Turnbull, John Wainwright, Thorsten
Wiegand [and 2 others] ; Approaches to Modelling Ecogeomorphic Systems /Laura Turnbull,
Tamara Hochstrasser, Mareike Wieczorek, Andreas Ba
