Desert Biology
：Special Topics on the Physical and Biological Aspects of Arid Regions
Publication subTitle ：Special Topics on the Physical and Biological Aspects of Arid Regions
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9781483223711
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781483198682
Subject： Q1 General Biology
Keyword： 植物学
Language： ENG
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Description
Desert Biology: Special Topics on the Physical and Biological Aspects on Arid Regions, Volume I covers the biology, geophysical characteristics, and ways of life in arid regions.
This book is composed of 11 chapters, and begins with a brief description of a desert community, the Merkhiyat Jebels, with its diverse fauna and flora. The subsequent chapters look into the climate, geographical distribution, geologic and geomorphic aspects, and the evolution of desert community. These topics are followed by intensive discussions on desert plants, animals, and limnology. The last chapter describes the adaptive processes and human adaptation capacity to arid environments.
This book will prove useful to upper division and graduate students in desert biology.