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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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, “Consumption and release of nitrogen by harvester termite, Anacanthothermes ubachi Naves in the northern Negev Desert”, Soil Biol. Biochem., vol. 35, p. 1299-1303, 2003.
, “The content and contribution of the accumulated aeolian organic matter in a dry ecosystem”, Atmospheric Environment, vol. 35, p. 769-776, 2001.
, “Control of desertification by microphytic crusts in a Negev desert shrubland. Desertification and Soil Processes”, The Sixth International Rangeland Congress Proceedings, vol. 1, p. 111-113, 1999.
, “Desert snails' daily grind”, Nat. Hist, vol. 103, p. 56-61, 1994.
, “Diversity of vegetation patterns and desertification”, The Physical Review Letters, vol. 87, p. 198101-198104, 2001.
, “The dynamics of abundance and incidence of annual plant species during colonization in a desert”, Ecography, vol. 21, p. 63-73, 1998.
, “Ecosystem engineering by organisms: why semantics matters”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 12, p. 275, 1997.
, “Ecosystem management of desertified shrublands in Israel”, Ecosystems, vol. 1, p. 475-483, 1998.
, “The effects of grazing on abiotic and biotic parameters in a semiarid ecosystem: a case study from the northern Negev desert, Israel”, Arid Soil Res. Manage, vol. 15, p. 245-261, 2001.
, “Fertilization of the desert soil by rock-eating snails”, Nature, vol. 346, p. 839-841, 1990.
, “Harvester ant response to spatial and temporal heterogeneity in seed availability: pattern in the process of granivory”, Oecologia, vol. 125, p. 495-503, 2000.
, “Herbivory in rocks and the weathering of a desert”, Science, vol. 236, p. 1098-1099, 1987.
, “Infiltration through three contrasting soil crusts in patterned Negev Desert landscapes”, Catena, vol. 40, p. 323-336, 2000.
, “Integration of ecosystem engineering and trophic effects of herbivores”, Oikos, vol. 92, p. 436-444, 2001.
, “Linking ecosystem engineers to soil processes: A framework using the Jenny State Factor Equation”, European J. Soil Biol., vol. 42, p. S39-S53, 2006.
, “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.
, “Microphytic crusts, shrub patches and water harvesting in the Negev Desert: the Shikim system”, Landscape Ecol., vol. 17, p. 587-597, 2002.
, “Nitrogen fixation in macro- and microphytic patches in the Negev desert”, Soil Biol. Biochem., vol. 30, p. 449-454, 1998.
, “Organisms as ecosystem engineers”, Oikos, vol. 69, p. 373-386, 1994.
, “Population response of Hemilepistus reaumuri to soil moisture and patchiness”, Isr. J. Zool, vol. 44, p. 359-378, 1998.
, “Positive and negative effects of organisms as physical ecosystem engineers”, Ecology, vol. 78, p. 1946-1957, 1997.
, “Positive feedback of consumer population density on resource supply”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 4, p. 234-238, 1989.
, “Predictability of ecosystem engineering effects on species richness across environmental variability and spatial scales”, J. Ecol., vol. 94, p. 815-824, 2006.
, “Release and consumption of nitrogen from snail feces in Negev desert soils”, Biol. Fertil. Soils, vol. 23, p. 399-405, 1996.
, “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.