Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Desert Communities: An Overview of Patterns and Processes - Gary A. Polis
2. Population Biology of Desert Annual Plants - Richard S. Inouye
3. Soil Communities in Deserts: Microarthropods and Nematodes - John C. Zak and Diana W. Freckman
4. The Community Ecology of Macroarthropod Detririvores - Clifford S. Crawford
5. The Role of Ants and Termites in Desert Communities - William P. MacKay
6. Patterns of Heterogeneity in Desert Herbivorous Insect Communities - Charles S. Wisdom
7. The Ecology and Importance of Predaceous Arthropods in Desert Communities - Gary A. Polis and Tsunemi Yamashita
8. The Community Ecology of Desert Anurans - Bruce D. Woodward and Sandra L. Mitchell
9. Desert Reptile Communities - Laurie J. Vitt
10. The Ecology of Desert Birds - John A. Wiens
11. Desert Mammal Communities - O. J. Reichman
12. Sand Dune Communities - Mary K. Seely
13. Food Webs in Desert Communities: Complexity via Diversity and Omnivory - Gary A. Polis
Contributors
Index of Genera
Subject Index