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035 |a (OCoLC)1016660399 
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100 1 |a McGinnies, William G. 
245 1 0 |a Discovering the Desert :   |b The Legacy of the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory 
264 1 |a Tucson :  |b University of Arizona Press,  |c 2016. 
264 3 |a Baltimore, Md. :  |b Project MUSE,   |c 2018 
264 4 |c ©2016. 
300 |a 1 online resource (294 pages). 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
505 0 |a 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. 
505 0 |a 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. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
610 2 7 |a Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00529894 
610 2 0 |a Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution  |x History. 
650 7 |a Desert plants.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00891173 
650 7 |a Desert ecology.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00891153 
650 7 |a SCIENCE  |x General.  |2 bisacsh 
650 6 |a Écologie des deserts  |z Amerique du Nord. 
650 6 |a Flore desertique  |z Amerique du Nord. 
650 0 |a Desert ecology  |z North America. 
650 0 |a Desert plants  |z North America. 
651 7 |a North America.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01242475 
655 7 |a History.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 
655 7 |a Electronic books.   |2 local 
710 2 |a Project Muse.  |e distributor 
830 0 |a Book collections on Project MUSE. 
856 4 0 |z Texto completo  |u https://projectmuse.uam.elogim.com/book/48729/ 
945 |a Project MUSE - Custom Collection 
945 |a Project MUSE - Archive Complete Supplement VI 
945 |a Project MUSE - Archive Ecology and Evolution Supplement V