The main subject of this book is the interaction between diggings
created by porcupines when consuming geophytes, and their influences on
annual and perennial vegetation in a desert biome. The accumulation of
run-off water in diggings and depressions made by animals increases the
carrying capacity of these microhabitats in the desert biome.
The accumulation of run-off water does not only benefit the natural
vegetation; a system of human-made depressions can be evolved to
increase the catchment of the run-off water that is typical to many
desert habitats, and can lead to run-off agriculture in such areas.
This book will be of interest to anyone working in the fields of
development of deserts from the ecological point of view, water
resources, soil protection and erosion, plant ecophysiology and
settlement, and agronomy. It will be helpful to students, researchers,
teachers, and anyone interested in any of these areas.