Plants in the deserts of the Middle East /
"This volume elucidates the adaptations of these plants in order to sustain their life and reproduce to continue their survival. Topics covered include climate aridity and topographic influence on plant life in the deserts, the role of plants in the lives of the Bedouins, the concept of adaptat...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
[2001]
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| Series: | Adaptations of desert organisms.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This volume elucidates the adaptations of these plants in order to sustain their life and reproduce to continue their survival. Topics covered include climate aridity and topographic influence on plant life in the deserts, the role of plants in the lives of the Bedouins, the concept of adaptation, its purpose and causes, adaptations that promote increased water uptake and reduction of water output, as well as those which help the plants to tolerate and/or resist the drought, escaping drought and adaptation to desiccation, and the mechanisms by which halophytes can tolerate and/or resist salinity."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 193 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-181) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783662044803 (electronic bk.) 3662044803 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 1430-9432 |