Abstract
Rock-eating snails and burrowing isopods in the Negev desert are important agents of soil formation, erosion and desalinization. These snails and isopods are used as case studies to examine: the relationships between activities of animals and abiotic resource dynamics, using the concept of ecological flow chains to explicitly interrelate the flows of energy and materials controlled by biotic and abiotic factors; and the relationship between animal density to the spatial and temporal dynamics of soil formation. -Authors
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Conference paper |
Place of Publication | Germany |
Publisher | Catena Verlag |
Pages | 37-50 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Print) | 3-923381-37-9 |
State | Published - 1995 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science (all)
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (all)