Screen LibraryThe biology of deserts /
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| Published: |
Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: |
The biology of habitats series
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| Item Description: | Previous edition: 2009. |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 370 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-344) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780198732754 0198732759 9780198732761 0198732767 |
| Index Number: | QH541 |
| CLC: | Q151.94 |
| Call Number: | Q151.94/W257/2nd ed. |
| Contents: | Abiotic factors -- Morphological and physiological adaptations of desert plants to the abiotic environment -- Morphological, physiological, and behavioural adaptations of desert animals to the abiotic environment -- The role of competition and facilitation in structuring desert communities -- The importance of predation and parasitism -- Plant-animal interactions in deserts -- Desert food webs and ecosystem ecology -- Biodiversity and biogeography of deserts -- Human impacts and desertification -- Conservation of deserts. |