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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, flora and fauna, and past/present land-use patterns, it elucidates ecological and geomorphological processes and their interrelations, based on long-term monitoring, in situ experiments and satellite imagery. Particular attention is drawn to the impact of the topsoil biological crust in controlling water availability at local/regional scales. The interdisciplinary approach adopted in this case study offers a good example of a highly complex and dynamic system, which could easily be applied to other sandy ecosystems. This is a valuable source of information for soil ecologists and microbiologists, conservation biologists, desert ecologists and geographers, geomorphologists, soil scientists and climatologists, lecturers, policy makers and others interested in deserts and desertification.

Desert ecology --- Desert ecology. --- Sand dunes. --- Geography. --- Geobiology. --- Physical geography. --- Ecology. --- Climate change. --- Geoecology. --- Environmental geology. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Physical Geography. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Biogeosciences. --- Climate Change. --- Geoecology/Natural Processes. --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Geoecology --- Environmental protection --- Physical geology --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Geography --- Biosphere --- Cosmography --- World history --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Environmental aspects --- Ecology --- Dunes --- Landforms --- Deserts --- Arid regions ecology --- Xeric ecology --- Climatic changes. --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Ecology . --- Global environmental change

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Meteorology. Climatology --- General ecology and biosociology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Agriculture. Animal husbandry. Hunting. Fishery