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Cool desert environments : Great Basin animals and plants /

Explores the factors that bring about desertification. The adaptations of bighorn sheep, kangaroo rats, and Rocky Mountain elk to life in cool deserts, where temperatures are relatively low due to northerly latitudes and high elevation, are described.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities (Firm), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Other Authors: Aydelott, Tim, Raney, Raymond
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2000]
Subjects:
Desert ecology > Great Basin.
Desert plants > Great Basin.
Desert animals > Great Basin.
Educational films.
Description
Summary:Explores the factors that bring about desertification. The adaptations of bighorn sheep, kangaroo rats, and Rocky Mountain elk to life in cool deserts, where temperatures are relatively low due to northerly latitudes and high elevation, are described.
Item Description:Produced at the Studios of the Distance Education Center of the University of New Mexico.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (27 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Executive producer/writer, Tim Aydelott ; directed by Raymond Raney.