Encyclopedia of Deserts represents a milestone: it is the first comprehensive reference to the
first comprehensive reference to deserts and semideserts of the world. Approximately seven�…

The Atlas of the World's Deserts examines the hostile and extreme environments that
characterize deserts, and is divided into chapters that concentrate on specific aspects of a�…

This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology and adopts a
strong evolutionary focus. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis�…

This book, containing many photographs and maps, describes the state of the world's
deserts in sections covering:(a) physical and climatic aspects of deserts;(b) the arid�…

Deserts make up a third of the planet's land surface, but if you picture a desert, what comes
to mind? A wasteland? A drought? A place devoid of all life forms? Deserts are remarkable�…

This highly readable, spectacularly illustrated compendium is an ecological journey into a
wondrous land of extremes. The California Deserts explores the remarkable diversity of life�…

A stunning variety of shrubs and trees grow across the vast desert that extends from
California to western Texas and from central Utah into Mexico. Shrubs and trees of the�…

AS Walker's book'Deserts: Geology and Resources' is a comprehensive exploration of the
geological features and resources of desert environments. Delving into the unique�…

This book reconstructs climatic changes in deserts and their margins at a variety of scales in
space and time. It draws upon evidence from land and sea, including desert dunes, wind�…

The Sonoran Desert, a fragile ecosystem, is under ever-increasing pressure from a
burgeoning human population. This ecological atlas of the region's plants, a greatly�…