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The Institute communicates its scientific and educational information in a number of ways. One major outlet is peer-reviewed publications and reports. Cary Institute staff regularly publish in the best-rated journals in their respective fields.
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, “Vegetation patterns along a rainfall gradient”, Chaos Solitons Fractals, vol. 19, p. 367-376, 2004.
, “Toward a unified framework in biodiversity studies”, in M. Shachak, J. Gosz, S. T. A. Pickett, and A. Perevolotsky (eds.). Biodiversity in Drylands: Toward a Unified Framework, 2004, p. 320-336.
, “Toward a comprehensive conservation theory”, in S. T. A. Pickett, R. S. Ostfeld, M. Shachak, and G. E. Likens (eds.). The Ecological Basis of Conservation: Heterogeneity, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity, 1997, p. 384-399.
, “Temporal dynamics of soil and vegetation spectral responses in a semiarid environment”, Int. J. Remote Sens, vol. 23, p. 4073-4087, 2002.
, “The study and management of dryland population systems”, in T. W. Hoekstra and M. Shachak (eds.). Arid Lands Management: Toward Ecological Sustainability, 1999, p. 75-96.
, “Settling behavior of the desert isopod, Hemilepistus reaumuri, in response to variation in soil moisture and other environmental cues”, Isr. J. Zool, vol. 44, p. 345-354, 1998.
, “The role of animals in an arid ecosystem: snails and isopods as controllers of soil formation, erosion and desalinization”, Adv. GeoEcol., vol. 28, p. 37-50, 1995.
, “Release and consumption of nitrogen from snail feces in Negev desert soils”, Biol. Fertil. Soils, vol. 23, p. 399-405, 1996.
, “Predictability of ecosystem engineering effects on species richness across environmental variability and spatial scales”, J. Ecol., vol. 94, p. 815-824, 2006.
, “Positive feedback of consumer population density on resource supply”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 4, p. 234-238, 1989.
, “Positive and negative effects of organisms as physical ecosystem engineers”, Ecology, vol. 78, p. 1946-1957, 1997.
, “Population response of Hemilepistus reaumuri to soil moisture and patchiness”, Isr. J. Zool, vol. 44, p. 359-378, 1998.
, “Plant species diversity and ecosystem processes in water limited systems”, in M. Shachak, J. Gosz, S. T. A. Pickett, and A. Perevolotsky (eds.). Biodiversity in Drylands: Toward a Unified Framework, 2004, p. 153-166.
, “Organisms as ecosystem engineers”, Oikos, vol. 69, p. 373-386, 1994.
, “Organisms as ecosystem engineers”, in F. B. Samson and F. L. Knopf (eds.). Readings in Ecosystem Management, 1996, p. 130-147.
, “Nitrogen fixation in macro- and microphytic patches in the Negev desert”, Soil Biol. Biochem., vol. 30, p. 449-454, 1998.
, “Microphytic crusts, shrub patches and water harvesting in the Negev Desert: the Shikim system”, Landscape Ecol., vol. 17, p. 587-597, 2002.
, “Microbial contribution to biodiversity at organism, landscape and ecosystem scales”, in M. Shachak, J. Gosz, S. T. A. Pickett, and A. Perevolotsky (eds.). Biodiversity in Drylands: Toward a Unified Framework, 2004, p. 109-121.
, “Managing patchiness, ecological flows, productivity and diversity in dry lands: concepts and applications in the Negev Desert”, in T. W. Hoekstra and M. Shachak (eds.). Arid Lands Management: Toward Ecological Sustainability, 1999, p. 254-263.
, “The management of ecological systems.”, in T. W. Hoekstra and M. Shachak (eds.). Arid Lands Management: Toward Ecological Sustainability, 1999, p. 8-17.
, “Management for biodiversity: Human and landscape effects on dry environments”, in M. Shachak, J. Gosz, S. T. A. Pickett, and A. Perevolotsky (eds.). Biodiversity in Drylands: Toward a Unified Framework, 2004, p. 286-304.
, “Litter as a regulator of nitrogen and carbon dynamics in macrophytic patches in Negev desert soils”, Soil Biol. Biochem., vol. 28, p. 39-46, 1996.
, “Linking ecosystem engineers to soil processes: A framework using the Jenny State Factor Equation”, European J. Soil Biol., vol. 42, p. S39-S53, 2006.
, “Linking ecological understanding and application: patchiness in a dryland system”, in S. T. A. Pickett, R. S. Ostfeld, M. Shachak, and G. E. Likens (eds.). The Ecological Basis of Conservation: Heterogeneity, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity, 1997, p. 108-119.