… Interest in desert microbial communities has increased greatly in recent years, because of
concern about the spread of desert and semi-desert regions as a result of how land has been …

… Deserts are defined by their arid conditions. A consequence of this aridity is … arid belt includes
the Namib and Kalahari deserts, the deserts of Peru and Chile, and the Australian deserts (…

… perspective of people in the desert, whether an area is semiarid or arid is often a semantic,
more than a practical, distinction. Even a semiarid area can be extremely challenging to …

… solar radiation in arid and semi-arid deserts such as those in … surfaces in various cities in
central arid deserts of Iran. The … solar radiation in arid and semi-arid deserts with an average …

… The arid areas are defined as biomes with a ratio of mean annual rainfall to mean annual …
hyper-arid areas (Bull, 2011). The extreme desiccation condition of hyper-arid deserts is often …

… In this book examples are given of the utility of aerial photographs and space images in the
study of semi-arid, arid, and hyper-arid terrains. Emphasis is placed on the physical features …

… If the desert is very extense (eg, the Sahara), an extreme arid … If the arid conditions at
the center of the desert are less … of arid Australia and South Africa and in the Sonoran-Chihuahuan …

… of deserts or arid lands, terms used synonymously here. It focuses attention on features
distinctly characteristic of deserts, ie … analysis and simulation modelling of arid ecosystems, and …

… Precipitation in the northern deserts and semi-deserts is associated mainly with the westerly
flow and has a distinct maximum in spring-early summer as the influence of the Siberian …

… It is misleading to assume that the landform assemblages that we find in present-day deserts
has developed under entirely arid conditions. In fact, few have done so, because most of …