Bibliograph

Desert ecology, an introduction to life in the arid southwest, John Sowell

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Desert ecology, an introduction to life in the arid southwest, John Sowell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-185) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Desert ecology

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

45087206

Responsibility statement

John Sowell

Review

"Explore the life cycle of the yucca and creosote bush, trace the wanderings of the gila monster and tenebrionid beetle in the rhythms of the desert at night. Unlike books that merely identify which plants and animals live in the desert, this book explores how these organisms live where they do. Sowell explains in terms that nonspecialists will understand and physiologic and behavioral adaptations that enable plants and animals, even humans, to survive and persist in such inhospitable places as the Intermountain, Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts. This book is for the curious, for all who enter the "wasteland" on foot or in their imaginations."--Jacket

Sub title

an introduction to life in the arid southwest

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