Title	Desertification
Publication Type	Book Chapter
Year of Publication	2001
Authors	Reynolds J.F
Editor	Levin SAsher(ed.
Series Editor	Levin SAsher(ed.
Book Title	Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Volume 2
Pagination	61-78
Publisher	Academic Press
City	San Diego, CA
Call Number	00779
Keywords	book, books, chapter, chapters, desertification, model, desertification, report, reports
Abstract	The phenomenon of desertification involves the loss of biological or economic productivity and biodiversity in arid and semiarid croplands, pastures, rangelands, and subhumid woodlands due mainly to nonsustainable human activities, such as overcultivation, fuel gathering, overgrazing by domestic animals, deforestation, and poor irrigation practices, and is often triggered or exacerbated by climate variability, mainly drought.
Reprint Edition	In File (10/09/2001)