Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, Volume 12, Part 1Michael Evenari, Imanuel Noy-Meir, David W. Goodall This is the second part of a two-volume work which 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 been integrated into a world-wide view in the ''synthesis'' chapters. Because of its length, the volume is published in two parts. The first part included the general synthesis chapters, and regional descriptions of the hot deserts of America and Australia. The present volume covers 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 Aizoaceae America animals annual areas Arid Environ arid regions Arizona Asia Asteraceae Atriplex Australia Baja California Basin Biology Brassicaceae cacti Chenopodiaceae Chihuahuan Desert climate coastal communities continents correlated cycle D.W. Goodall density desert ecosystems desert flora desert plants desert regions disjunct dispersal distribution diversity dominant dunes Ecol Ecology Ecosystems endemic Eremaean Evenari evolution extreme deserts Fabaceae families fauna floristic genera genus grassland growth-form habitats halophytic hot deserts humid Larrea Larrea tridentata lizards MacMahon mammals Mexico Mojave Desert Monte Namib Negev nitrogen North American deserts northern occur Oecologia patterns perennial Plumbaginaceae Poaceae Polygonaceae population precipitation Prosopis rain rainfall range Raven and Axelrod rodents run-off Sahara saline sand savanna season semi-arid semi-desert Shmida Shreve shrubland shrubs soil Solbrig Sonoran Desert South southern Africa subtropical succulent summer Tamaricaceae taxa taxon temperature tion tropical Whittaker winter World xerotrop Zohary Zygophyllaceae