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An Agroecological Exploration
of the Arabian Peninsula
©2002 International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) All rights reserved. ICARDA encourages the fair use of this material. Proper citation is requested. The author: Eddy De Pauw is Agroecologist at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). Recommended Citation: De Pauw, E. 2002. An agroecological exploration of the Arabian Peninsula. ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria, 77 pp. ISBN: 92-9127-119-5 Key words: agroecology, desertification, GIS, Arabian Peninsula, arid zones Front cover photograph Landscape in Ahfara, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. The relative lushness of the vegetation is the result of above-normal rainfall. Pronounced rainfall variability, both in space and time, is a key characteristic of climate in the Arabian Peninsula, and responsible for tremendous variations in rangeland productivity. |
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Contents
| Foreword | PDF 10 KB |
| Acknowledgements | PDF 6 KB |
| Abstract | PDF 9 KB |
| 1. Introduction | PDF 9 KB |
| 2. Human geography | PDF 127 KB |
| 3. Relief and geomorphology | PDF 314 KB |
| 4. Climate | |
| 4.1. General | PDF 7 KB |
| 4.2. Precipitation | PDF 168 KB |
| 4.3. Temperature | PDF 283 KB |
| 4.4. Evaporation and water deficit | PDF 127 KB |
| 4.5. Agroclimatic patterns | PDF 490 KB |
| 4.6. Climatic growing period | PDF 271 KB |
| 4.7. Biomass productivity and climate | PDF 215 KB |
| 5. Soils of the Arabian Peninsula | |
| 5.1. General soil pattern | PDF 144 KB |
| 5.2. Soil management properties | PDF 174 KB |
| 5.3. Conclusions | PDF 45 KB |
| 6. Agricultural production systems | PDF 269 KB |
| 7. Research priorities in agroecological characterization | PDF 66 KB |
| 8. Methods and data sources | PDF 60 KB |
| References | PDF 10 KB |