Structure and Function of a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem : The Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research Site

Contributors
1. Introduction, Kris M. Havstad and William H. Schlesinger
2. Regional Setting of the Jornada Basin, H. Curtis Monger, Greg H. Mack, Barbara A. Nolen, and Leland H. Gile
3. Climate and Climatolgical Variations in the Jornada Basin, John Wainright
4. Soil Development in the Jornada Basin, H. Curtis Monger
5. Patterns and Controls of Soil Water in the Jornada Basin, Keirith A. Snyder, Katherine A. Mitchell, and Jeffery E. Herrick
6. Nutrient Cyclying within an Arid Ecosystem, William H. Schlesinger, Sandy L. Tartowski, and Sebastian M. Schmidt
7. Biogeochemical Fluxes across Piedmont Slopes of the Jornada Basin, Athol D. Abrahams, Melissa Neave, William H. Schlesinger, John Wainright, David A. Howes, and Anthony J. Parsons
8. Water and Energy Balances within the Jornada Basin, Vincent P. Gutschick and Keirith A. Snyder
9. Eolian Processes on the Jornada Basin, Dale Gillette and H. Curtis Monger
10. Plant Communities in the Jornada Basin: The Dynamic Landscape, Debra P.C. Peters and Robert P. Gibbens
11. Patterns of Net Primary Production in Chihuahuan Destert Ecosystems, Laura F. Huenneke and William H. Schlesinger
12. Chihuahuan Desert Fauna: Effects on Ecosystem Properties and Processes, Walter G. Whitford and Brandon T. Bestelmeyer
13. Grazing Livestock Management in an Arid Ecosystem, Kris M. Havstad, Ed L. Fredrickson, and Laura F. Huenneke
14. Remediation Research in the Jornada Basin : Past and Future, Jeffrey E. Herrick, Kris M. Havstad, and Albert Rango
15. Applications of Remotely Sensed Data From the Jornada Basin, Albert Rango, Jerry Ritchie, Tom Schmugge, William Kustas, and Mark J. Chopping
16. Modeling the Unique Attributes of Arid Ecosystems: Lessons from the Jornada Basin, James F. Reynolds, Paul R. Kemp, Kiona Ogle, Roberto J. Fernandez Qiong Gao, and Jianguo Wu
17. A Holistic View of an Arid Ecosystem: A Synthesis of Research and Its Applications, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Joel R. Brown, Kris M. Havstad, and Ed L. Fredrickson
18. Future Directions in Jornada Research: Applying an Interactive Landscape Model to Solve Problems, Debra P.C. Peters, William H. Schlesinger, Jeffery E. Herrick, Laura F. Huenneke, and Kris M. Havstad
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