… American deserts, as also of most deserts the world over. On the average the winds of the
southwestern deserts … The occasional strong desert winds are more conspicuous because the …

… and Sonoran deserts; and (2) the more disjunct Chihuahuan Desert (… American desert, but
it is not included in this review.) The Great Basin Desert is the coldest and northernmost desert …

… , deserts are characteristically less affected by fire than are most ecosystems. And, as a
corollary, the more arid the desert, … Thus, as in portions of the desert grassland of the Southwest, …

This lively book traces the development of American attitudes toward the desert using case
studies from the writings of John C. Fr� (c) mont, William Lewis Manly, Mark Twain, William …

… --9 kyr BP (Fig.2), when desert thermophiles began to increase (Figs 3, 4). In conclusion, the
deserts of southwestern North America lie at higher latitudes, and were in closer proximity to …

… FTs in response to rainfall pulses that occur in the three principal warm desert regions of
North America. These desert regions, while contiguous and sharing similar plant FTs, provide a …

… It is possible to designate a series of desert regions, … , to the deserts with at least one
dis-tinctly favorable season and with relatively well developed vegetation. Such a series of deserts …

… to describe food desert counties. We present a national map of all food desert counties
and a map of severe food desert counties using gis software. Severe food desert counties are …

Aim To examine the role of geological history, connectivity and distance in shaping the
biogeographical structure of North American desert clades that are restricted to habitat islands (…

… America contains essentially all of our deserts, warm and cold. The main exceptions are (1)
a piece of the Great Basin desert … by the main western North American mountain masses, the …