Plant Responses to Hyperarid Desert Environments

• Main Authors: Abd El-Ghani, Monier M. (Author), Huerta-Martínez, Francisco Martín (Author), Hongyan, Liu (Author), Qureshi, Rahmatullah (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant ecology.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant pathology.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Pathology.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

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. c...

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.