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Book Reviews ISRAEL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES, Vol. 44, 1996, pp. 219-220 IRONWOOD: AN ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL KEYSTONE OF THE SONORAN DESERT. Edited by G.P. Nabhan and J.L. Carr. 1994. Conservation International, Washington, DC, 92 pp. Available from University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London. Softcover, $10.95 or £8.75. ISBN 1-881173-070. Olneya tesota (ironwood, Leguminosae) is an important component of desert vegetation in the Sonoran Desert. In three articles, the authors deal with the tree's population biology in selected places and with the impact of the tree on distribution and species diversity of the vegetation in its close vicinity. The authors conclude that ironwood influences plants with a high diversity of life history features, including annuals, various perennials, trees, columnar Cactaceae, and vines. Analyzing the data from several study sites, the authors of two papers conclude that ironwood is a species which modifies the environment and enables the establishment of many other species. The authors paid attention to past and present impact of human activity as part of the components of the ecosystem. In their overall view of the keystone plant species and its companions, the authors produced an important contribution to conservation biology. This study should initiate similar studies in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Israel Journal of Plant Sciences Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0792-9978
DOI
10.1080/07929978.1996.10676648
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ISRAEL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES, Vol. 44, 1996, pp. 219-220 IRONWOOD: AN ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL KEYSTONE OF THE SONORAN DESERT. Edited by G.P. Nabhan and J.L. Carr. 1994. Conservation International, Washington, DC, 92 pp. Available from University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London. Softcover, $10.95 or £8.75. ISBN 1-881173-070. Olneya tesota (ironwood, Leguminosae) is an important component of desert vegetation in the Sonoran Desert. In three articles, the authors deal with the tree's population biology in selected places and with the impact of the tree on distribution and species diversity of the vegetation in its close vicinity. The authors conclude that ironwood influences plants with a high diversity of life history features, including annuals, various perennials, trees, columnar Cactaceae, and vines. Analyzing the data from several study sites, the authors of two papers conclude that ironwood is a species which modifies the environment and enables the establishment of many other species. The authors paid attention to past and present impact of human activity as part of the components of the ecosystem. In their overall view of the keystone plant species and its companions, the authors produced an important contribution to conservation biology. This study should initiate similar studies in

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Israel Journal of Plant SciencesBrill

Published: May 13, 1996

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