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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Gorden L. Bender , Gordon L. BenderPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Greenwood Press Dimensions: Width: 22.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 29.20cm Weight: 1.687kg ISBN: 9780313213076ISBN 10: 0313213070 Pages: 594 Publication Date: 29 June 1982 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews?Although this massive, multi-author handbook is ... concerned mainly with the contrasting environments of the four components of the Great American Desert--the Mojave, Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Great Basin--as well as with the American Artic desert, its implications are far wider. In addition to the chapters that are devoted to the five desert regions listed, there are others on animal and plant adaptations, sand dunes, desert varnish, research facilities, and desertification, which are of more general interest. ...it will undoubtedly be invaluable to everyone working in the desert research institutes of the United States and elsewhere.?-Journal of Arid Environments ""Although this massive, multi-author handbook is ... concerned mainly with the contrasting environments of the four components of the Great American Desert--the Mojave, Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Great Basin--as well as with the American Artic desert, its implications are far wider. In addition to the chapters that are devoted to the five desert regions listed, there are others on animal and plant adaptations, sand dunes, desert varnish, research facilities, and desertification, which are of more general interest. ...it will undoubtedly be invaluable to everyone working in the desert research institutes of the United States and elsewhere.""-Journal of Arid Environments ?Although this massive, multi-author handbook is ... concerned mainly with the contrasting environments of the four components of the Great American Desert--the Mojave, Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Great Basin--as well as with the American Artic desert, its implications are far wider. In addition to the chapters that are devoted to the five desert regions listed, there are others on animal and plant adaptations, sand dunes, desert varnish, research facilities, and desertification, which are of more general interest. ...it will undoubtedly be invaluable to everyone working in the desert research institutes of the United States and elsewhere.?-Journal of Arid Environments Author Informationnder /f Gordon /i Lawrence Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |