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Plants of desert dunes

Title
Plants of desert dunes / Avinoam Danin.
Author
Danin, Avinoam.
Publication
Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1996], ©1996.

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Description
xii, 177 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Adaptations of desert organisms
Uniform Title
Adaptations of desert organisms.
Subject
  • Sand dune plants
  • Desert plants
  • Sand dune plants > Adaptation
  • Desert plants > Adaptation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-169) and indexes.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Sand Deserts of the World -- 3. Environmental Stresses in the Sand Desert -- 4. Habitat Types of Desert Dunes -- 5. Plant Case Histories and Ecomorphological Types -- 6. Typical Transects in a Few Plant Communities and Their Edaphic Relationships -- 7. Plant Adaptations to Environmental Stresses in Desert Dunes -- 8. Comparison Between Plants of Desert Dunes, Extreme Desert, and Coastal Dunes -- Appendix: List of Higher Plant Names with Authors, Synonyms, and Family Name.
ISBN
3540592601 (hardcover : acid₋b-₋sfree paper)
LCCN
95037101
OCLC
  • 33008721
  • ocm33008721
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries