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Following a description of the physical and biological characterization of the four North American deserts together with the primary adaptations of plants to en

Heat flux and the thermal regime of desert plants; Adaptations of desert lichens to drought and extreme temperatures; Dynamics of great basin shrub root systems

The new and updated edition of this accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of the comparative physiology of animals within an environmental context.

A synthesis of the environmental and climatic history of every major desert and desert margin, for researchers and advanced students.

Although, as W.D. Billings notes in his chapter in this book. the development of physiological ecology can be traced back to the very beginnings of the study of