Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, Part 1Michael Evenari, Imanuel Noy-Meir, David W. Goodall This two-volume work presents an authoritative world-wide view of our knowledge about, and understanding of, hot-desert ecosystems. This includes some semi-arid and arid areas, as well as deserts in the strict sense. The hot deserts are distinguished from the temperate deserts (which form the subject of another volume in the series) by the virtual absence of snowfall, even though frosts may occur. For each major hot-desert region, expert authors have summarized existing knowledge according to a general outline. This includes descriptions of the ecosystem components (climate, soil, flora and fauna), and discussion of interaction between components and overall ecosystem functioning. The information from the regional chapters has then been integrated into a world-wide view in the ''synthesis'' chapters. Because of its length, the volume is published in two parts. The first volume includes the general synthesis chapters, and regional descriptions of the hot deserts of America and Australia, while the second volume covers the hot deserts of Asia and Africa. |
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A A ABD EL RAHMAN DAVID W GOODALL | 4 |
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Lyneham A C T Australia CEPELouis Emberger | 10 |
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adaptations America animals annual areas Arizona Asia Asteraceae Atriplex Australia Baja California bajada Barbour Basin Beatley Biology biomass Brassicaceae Cambridge Chenopodiaceae Chihuahuan Desert climate communities continents correlated D.W. Goodall density desert ecosystems desert flora desert plants desert regions desert shrubs desert species dispersal distribution diversity dominant dunes Ecol Ecology Ecosystems Evenari evolution extreme deserts Fabaceae families floristic genera genus Goodall and R.A. grassland growth-form H.B. Johnson habitats halophytic hot deserts humidity Irano-Turanian Larrea Larrea tridentata MacMahon mammals Mexico moisture Mojave Desert Namib Negev Nevada nitrogen North American deserts northern occur Oecologia Oecologia Berl patterns perennial photosynthesis Plumbaginaceae Poaceae populations precipitation production Prosopis R.A. Perry Editors rain rainfall rodents Sahara saline savanna season Seely semi-arid semi-desert Shachak Shmida Shreve Shrublands shrubs soil Sonoran Desert South southern Africa subtropical succulent summer taxa taxon temperature tion Whittaker winter World xerotrop Zohary zone Zygophyllaceae