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Discovering the Desert : the Legacy of the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. The Establishment of the Desert Laboratory; Beginning of an Era; Early Transportation; The Carmel Laboratory; Desert Laboratory, 1910-25; Closing of the Desert Laboratory; Chapter 2. The Nature of Deserts; What Is a Desert?; Evolution of Deserts; Deserts of North America; Deserts of Southern Mexico; Chapter 3. The Sonoran Desert; General Description; Lower Colorado Valley; Arizona Upland; Plains of Sonora; Foothills of Sonora; Central Gulf Coast of Sonora; Baja California; Vizcaíno Region; Magdalena Region; Cape Region.
- Chapter 4. Desert MountainsDesert Region; Encinal Region; Forest Region; Santa Catalinas Compared With Other Mountains; Chapter 5. Desert Climate; Precipitation; Temperature; Evapotranspiration; Chapter 6. Desert Soils and Physiographic Conditions; Sandy Areas; Desert Pavement; Caliche; Soil Studies; Chapter 7. Desert Plants and Their Relationship to the Environment; General Environmental Relationships; Plant Life Forms; Plant Names; Common Names-Scientific Names; Scientific Names-Common Names; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index.