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  title info:
    title: Plant Responses to Hyperarid Desert Environments
  name:
    name part: Abd El-Ghani, Monier M.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Huerta-Martínez, Francisco Martín.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Hongyan, Liu.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Qureshi, Rahmatullah.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XV, 598 p. 227 illus., 148 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book provides a comprehensive discussion on plant responses in hyperarid regions of Egypt, China, Mexico, and Pakistan. It describes their location, physiographic features, accidental vegetation along two transects, endangered vegetation species, and human impact, variety of plant types (e.g. climbing, succulent, and parasitic). Studies on biotic and abiotic interactions, plant biodiversity, and soil-plant relationships are also covered. Covering a wide range of plant conditions and adaptations, this book analyzes what happens when plants must endure very high temperatures and aridity. Plants have adapted by evolving their physical structure to store and conserve water. Examples are the absence of leaves which reduces transpiration and the growth of extremely long roots, allowing them to acquire moisture at, or near the water table. Plants in hyperarid habitats have also made behavioral adaptations in order to survive by synchronizing with the seasons of greatest moisture and/or coolest temperatures. For example, desert perennials remain dormant during dry periods of the year, then spring to life when water becomes available. The book includes many color illustrations, and has extensive and up-to-date references for further reading.
  table of contents: Arid Desert of the World: Origin, Distribution and Features -- Part I: Egypt: The Land of Three Deserts -- The Desert of Egypt -- The Coastal Desert -- The Inland Eastern Desert -- The Inland Western Desert -- The Sinai Desert -- Human Impacts -- Plant Responses To Desert Environment -- Part II: The Desert and Semi Desert of Mexico -- The Deserts of Mexico -- Plant-Environment Relationships in Mexican Arid and Semiarid Regions -- Part III: The Desert OF China -- The Deserts of China -- Vegetation and Environment -- Part IV: The Desert of Pakistan -- The Deserts of Pakistan.
  note: by Monier M. Abd El-Ghani, Francisco Martín Huerta-Martínez, Liu Hongyan, Rahmatullah Qureshi.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant biochemistry
  subject:
    topic: Plant ecology
  subject:
    topic: Plant anatomy
  subject:
    topic: Plant development
  subject:
    topic: Plant pathology
  subject:
    topic: Plant physiology
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant Anatomy/Development
  subject:
    topic: Plant Physiology
  subject:
    topic: Plant Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Plant Biochemistry
  subject:
    topic: Plant Pathology
  subject:
    topic: Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
  classification: QK640
  classification: 571.32
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783319591353
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59135-3
  record info:
    record creation date: 171112
    record change date: 20171112173850.0
    record identifier: 978-3-319-59135-3