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Conventional wisdom considers deserts stark, harsh regions that support few living things. Most people also believe that water alone makes the desert bloom. Ecology of Desert Systems challenges these conventional views. This volume explores a broad range of topics of interest to ecosystem, population, community, and physiological ecologists. Climate, weather patterns, geomorphology, and wind and water processes are examined as variables that affect the distribution of biota through fundamental ecosystem processes. Descriptions of morphological, behavioral, and physiological adap

Desert animals. --- Desert ecology. --- Desert ecology. Deserts. --- Desert plants. --- Deserts. --- Desert ecology --- Deserts --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Arid regions --- Landforms --- Arid regions ecology --- Xeric ecology