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1987
M. Shachak, C. G. Jones, and Y. Granot, “Herbivory in rocks and the weathering of a desert”, Science, vol. 236, p. 1098-1099, 1987.
1989
T. S. Bianchi, C. G. Jones, and M. Shachak, “Positive feedback of consumer population density on resource supply”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 4, p. 234-238, 1989.
1990
C. G. Jones and M. Shachak, “Fertilization of the desert soil by rock-eating snails”, Nature, vol. 346, p. 839-841, 1990.
M. Shachak, C. G. Jones, and W. Porter, Snail herbivory and dewfall as regulators of desert nitrogen flux. 1990.
1994
C. G. Jones and M. Shachak, “Desert snails' daily grind”, Nat. Hist, vol. 103, p. 56-61, 1994.
S. T. A. Pickett, et al., “Integrated models of forested regions”, in P. Groffman and G. E. Likens (eds.). Integrated Regional Models: Interactions Between Humans and Their Environment, 1994, p. 120-141.
C. G. Jones, J. H. Lawton, and M. Shachak, “Organisms as ecosystem engineers”, Oikos, vol. 69, p. 373-386, 1994.
1995
M. Shachak and C. G. Jones, “Ecological flow chains and ecological systems: concepts for linking species and ecosystem perspectives”, in C. G. Jones and J. H. Lawton (eds.). Linking Species and Ecosystems, 1995, p. 280-294.
M. Shachak, C. G. Jones, and S. Brand, “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.
1996
E. Zaady, P. M. Groffman, and M. Shachak, “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.
C. G. Jones, J. H. Lawton, and M. Shachak, “Organisms as ecosystem engineers”, in F. B. Samson and F. L. Knopf (eds.). Readings in Ecosystem Management, 1996, p. 130-147.
E. Zaady, P. M. Groffman, and M. Shachak, “Release and consumption of nitrogen from snail feces in Negev desert soils”, Biol. Fertil. Soils, vol. 23, p. 399-405, 1996.
1997
R. S. Ostfeld, S. T. A. Pickett, M. Shachak, and G. E. Likens, “Defining the scientific issues”, 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. 3-10.
The Ecological Basis of Conservation: Heterogeneity, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity. 1997, p. 466.
C. G. Jones, J. H. Lawton, and M. Shachak, “Ecosystem engineering by organisms: why semantics matters”, Trends Ecol. Evol., vol. 12, p. 275, 1997.
M. Shachak and S. T. A. Pickett, “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.
C. G. Jones, J. H. Lawton, and M. Shachak, “Positive and negative effects of organisms as physical ecosystem engineers”, Ecology, vol. 78, p. 1946-1957, 1997.
S. T. A. Pickett, M. Shachak, R. S. Ostfeld, and G. E. Likens, “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.
1998
M. Shachak and G. M. Lovett, “Atmospheric deposition to a desert ecosystem and its implications for management”, Ecol. Appl., vol. 8, p. 455-463, 1998.
B. Boeken and M. Shachak, “Colonization by annual plants of an experimentally altered desert landscape: source-sink relationships”, J. Ecol., vol. 86, p. 804-814, 1998.
S. C. Pousty and M. Shachak, “Comparative spatial patterns of the terrestrial isopod, Hemilepistus reaumuri, at multiple scales”, Isr. J. Zool, vol. 44, p. 355-358, 1998.
B. Boeken and M. Shachak, “The dynamics of abundance and incidence of annual plant species during colonization in a desert”, Ecography, vol. 21, p. 63-73, 1998.
M. Shachak, M. Sachs, and I. Moshe, “Ecosystem management of desertified shrublands in Israel”, Ecosystems, vol. 1, p. 475-483, 1998.
E. Zaady, P. M. Groffman, and M. Shachak, “Nitrogen fixation in macro- and microphytic patches in the Negev desert”, Soil Biol. Biochem., vol. 30, p. 449-454, 1998.
S. Brandwine and M. Shachak, “Population response of Hemilepistus reaumuri to soil moisture and patchiness”, Isr. J. Zool, vol. 44, p. 359-378, 1998.

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