Adaptations of Desert Organisms – serie
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Nomadic Desert Birds
Inbunden, 2003
1636 kr
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My interest in the behaviour and movements of birds of arid and semi-arid ecosystems began when my wife, Sue Milton, and I were Roy Siegfried, Director, at that time, of the Percy approached by Prof. FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, to set up a project to investigate granivory in the …
Survival Strategies of Annual Desert Plants
Inbunden, 2002
1636 kr
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Annual desert plant species of unrelated taxa in the Negev Desert of Israel have developed complementary sets of adaptations and survival strategies as ecological equivalents with physiological, morphological and anatomical resemblances, in the various stages of their life cycles. After 40 years of …
Ecophysiology of Economic Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands
Inbunden, 1998
1636 kr
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Eeonomie plants range from those that are eommercially utilised by the industrial nations of the world to those that safeguard the survival of hunter-gatherer aboriginal eommunities. In a world of inereasing human and livestock populations, land and environment degradation, species loss and …
Plants in the Deserts of the Middle East
Inbunden, 2000
2179 kr
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Usually authors write introductions for their books, although they know that not many readers will read it. Despite this, authors insist on writing an introduction and no publisher will publish a book without one. I would like to inform my dear readers that I have spent almost all of the first …
Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants
Av Stanley D. Smith, R.K. Monson m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
550 kr
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This book begins with the physical and biological characterization of the four North American deserts and a description of the primary adaptations of plants to environmental stress. In the following chapters the authors present case studies of key species representing dominant growth forms of the …
Carnivore Ecology in Arid Lands
Inbunden, 1998
1636 kr
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Arid lands require that organisms inhabiting them be well-adapted to thrive or even just to survive. This book provides a review of the ecological adaptations - be they behavioural, physiological or morphological - of carnivores to arid environments. Following a general introduction into aridity …
Ecophysiology of Amphibians Inhabiting Xeric Environments
Inbunden, 1997
1636 kr
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Scarcity of water has brought about a number of structural, behavioural, physiological and ecological adaptations in amphibians inhabiting seasonally xeric habitats. This book describes structural and functional adaptations of key organs such as skin, kidneys, bladder, lungs and ovaries. …
Dispersal Biology of Desert Plants
Av Karen van Rheede van Oudtshoorn, Margaretha W. van Rooyen
Inbunden, 1998
2396 kr
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Dispersal processes have important effects on plant distribution and abundance. Although adaptations to long range dispersal (telechory) are by no means rare in desert plants, many desert plant species do not possess any features to promote dispersal (atelechory), while others have structures that …
Desert Arthropods: Life History Variations
Av Fred Punzo
Inbunden, 1999
1636 kr
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It is difficult for me to recollect a time when I was not fascinated with the very notion of a desert. Walt Disney's film, The Living Desert, which I initially saw when I was 8 years of age, provided me with my first glimpse of this wondrous yet seemingly ho stile environment. The images were …
Nomadic Desert Birds
Häftad, 2010
1636 kr
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My interest in the behaviour and movements of birds of arid and semi-arid ecosystems began when my wife, Sue Milton, and I were Roy Siegfried, Director, at that time, of the Percy approached by Prof. FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, to set up a project to investigate granivory in the …
Ecophysiology of Economic Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands
Häftad, 2010
1636 kr
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Eeonomie plants range from those that are eommercially utilised by the industrial nations of the world to those that safeguard the survival of hunter-gatherer aboriginal eommunities. In a world of inereasing human and livestock populations, land and environment degradation, species loss and …
Plants in the Deserts of the Middle East
Häftad, 2010
2179 kr
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Usually authors write introductions for their books, although they know that not many readers will read it. Despite this, authors insist on writing an introduction and no publisher will publish a book without one. I would like to inform my dear readers that I have spent almost all of the first …
Carnivore Ecology in Arid Lands
Häftad, 2010
1636 kr
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Arid lands require that organisms inhabiting them be well-adapted to thrive or even just to survive. This book provides a review of the ecological adaptations - be they behavioural, physiological or morphological - of carnivores to arid environments. Following a general introduction into aridity …
Dispersal Biology of Desert Plants
Av Karen van Rheede van Oudtshoorn, Margaretha W. van Rooyen
Häftad, 2010
2396 kr
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Dispersal processes have important effects on plant distribution and abundance. Although adaptations to long range dispersal (telechory) are by no means rare in desert plants, many desert plant species do not possess any features to promote dispersal (atelechory), while others have structures that …
Desert Arthropods: Life History Variations
Av Fred Punzo
Häftad, 2010
1636 kr
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It is difficult for me to recollect a time when I was not fascinated with the very notion of a desert. Walt Disney's film, The Living Desert, which I initially saw when I was 8 years of age, provided me with my first glimpse of this wondrous yet seemingly ho stile environment. The images were …
Survival Strategies of Annual Desert Plants
Häftad, 2012
1636 kr
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Annual desert plant species of unrelated taxa in the Negev Desert of Israel have developed complementary sets of adaptations and survival strategies as ecological equivalents with physiological, morphological and anatomical resemblances, in the various stages of their life cycles. After 40 years of …
Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants
Av Stanley D. Smith, Russell Monson m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
550 kr
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This book begins with the physical and biological characterization of the four North American deserts and a description of the primary adaptations of plants to environmental stress. In the following chapters the authors present case studies of key species representing dominant growth forms of the …
Spatial Ecology of Desert Rodent Communities
Av Georgy I. Shenbrot, Boris R. Krasnov m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
1093 kr
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Rodents are conspicuous and important components of the desert biome. Many general concepts in modern community and behavioral ecology use them as a main model.This volume compiles and generalizes data on the spatial structure of desert rodent communities, taking into account both global …
Ecophysiology of Small Desert Mammals
Häftad, 2011
1093 kr
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Since small mammals have a large surface to mass ratio, one would expect them to quickly dehydrate and perish at high environmental temperatures. Nonetheless, a large number of small mammal species inhabit deserts. This fascinating phenomenon is investigated by Prof. A. Allan Degen in his book.The …
Avian Desert Predators
Häftad, 2011
1093 kr
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Birds are not particularly well suited to desert life. Unlike mammals, they are generally active during the day and do not usually go underground to escape the intense desert heat. Among the few types of birds that have successfully invaded the desert ecosystem are the predators. Many species of …
Homeostasis in Desert Reptiles
Häftad, 2011
1093 kr
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Deserts, whether hot or cold, are considered to be one of the most difficult environments for living systems, lacking the essential free water which ac counts for approximately 60-70% of their body mass and more than 98% of their constituent atoms {Macfarlane 1978}. Amongst vertebrates, reptiles …
Ecophysiology of Amphibians Inhabiting Xeric Environments
Häftad, 2011
1636 kr
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A description of the structural and functional adaptations of the key organs such as skin, kidneys, bladder, lungs and ovaries, with special emphasis placed on physiological adaptations: water, electrolyte, nitrogen, and thermal balance and their endocrine control. One whole chapter devoted to …
Energetics of Desert Invertebrates
Häftad, 2012
1093 kr
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Desert invertebrates live in an environment where resources alternate unpredictably between brief periods of plenty and prolonged scarcity. This book describes the adaptive strategies of desert invertebrates in acquiring energy and sustaining life under such vicissitudes. Some cooperate in …
Plants of Desert Dunes
Häftad, 2011
1093 kr
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Based on three decades of field experience in southwest Asia, southern Africa, and the southwest United States, the author summarizes the major adaptations of plants to desert dunes. This integrative study of plant and diaspore morphology, reactive growth, life cycles, and environmental factors …
Biotic Interactions in Arid Lands
Häftad, 2011
1093 kr
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The exigencies of life in the desert environment have resulted in the se lection of a diversity of adaptations, both morphological and physiologi cal, in the flora and fauna. At the same time, many plants and most small animals are able not merely to exist but even to thrive under desert …
Structure-Function Relations of Warm Desert Plants
Häftad, 2011
1202 kr
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For centuries biologists have been extremely interested in the structure of desert plants as examples of natural selection to harsh environmental conditions. Indeed, desert plants are frequently used as examples in many biology classes and textbooks to illustrate natural selection, but this has led …
Ecophysiology of Desert Birds
Häftad, 2011
550 kr
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In the Preface to his volume on Ecophysiology of the Camelidae and Desert Ruminants in this series, Trevor Wilson mentions his hesitation at the invitation from John Cloudsley-Thompson to write the book, because he had been out of direct touch with desert biology for some years. My response to …
Ecophysiology of the Camelidae and Desert Ruminants
Häftad, 2011
550 kr
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I have spent less time in the arid zone in the last few years than I did during the 1960's, 1970's and early 1980's. This results from a progression through age and a career structure which gradually shifted the emphasis of my work from being essentially field-oriented to essentially office-hound. …
Ecophysiology of Desert Arthropods and Reptiles
Häftad, 2011
1093 kr
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Ecophysiology of Desert Arthropods and Reptiles starts with a new classification of the world's deserts, based upon the type of precipitation and the effect on their faunas of arthropods and reptiles. This is followed by an account of microclimates and the avoidance of environmental extremes. …
Seed Germination in Desert Plants
Häftad, 2011
1093 kr
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During germination, the most resistant stage of the life cycle - the seed - changes to the most sensitive stage, namely the seedling. Therefore, in desert plant species seed dispersal and subsequent germination in the optimum time an place place are particularly critical parameters. Discussed here …
