Associations of Annual Plants and Shrubs in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert
Author : Karen S. Lightfoot
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Page : 150 pages
File Size : 33,80 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Annuals (Plants)
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Author : Karen S. Lightfoot
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Page : 150 pages
File Size : 33,80 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Annuals (Plants)
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Author : Carolyn Dodson
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0826350216
Plants are arranged in five sections: Trees and Shrubs, Succulents, Cacti, Wildflowers (further grouped by flower color), and Nonflowering Plants. Each plant profile is illustrated with a drawing by botanist Robert DeWitt Ivey and a photograph by the author.
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Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,57 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Forests and forestry
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Author : Jerry R. Barrow
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Page : 288 pages
File Size : 30,24 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Global environmental change
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This proceedings contains 50 papers including an overview of shrubland ecosystem dynamics in a changing environment and several papers each on vegetation dynamics, management concerns and options, and plant ecophysiology as well as an account of a Jornada Basin field trip. Contributions emphasize the impact of changing environmental conditions on vegetative composition especially in the Jornada Basin and Chihuahuan Desert but also in other parts of western North America and the world.
Author : Wade H. Shafer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 28,95 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1461528321
Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences was first conceived, published, and disseminated by the Center for Information and Numerical Data Analysis and Synthesis (CINDAS) * at Purdue University in 1 957, starting its coverage of theses with the academic year 1955. Beginning with Volume 13, the printing and dissemination phases of the activity were transferred to University Microfilms/Xerox of Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the thought that such an arrangement would be more beneficial to the academic and general scientific and technical community. After five years of this joint undertaking we had concluded that it was in the interest of all con cerned if the printing and distribution of the volumes were handled by an interna tional publishing house to assure improved service and broader dissemination. Hence, starting with Volume 18, Masters Theses in the Pure and Applied Sciences has been disseminated on a worldwide basis by Plenum Publishing Cor poration of New York, and in the same year the coverage was broadened to include Canadian universities. All back issues can also be ordered from Plenum. We have reported in Volume 36 (thesis year 1991) a total of 11,024 thesis titles from 23 Canadian and 161 United States universities. We are sure that this broader base for these titles reported will greatly enhance the value of this important annual reference work. While Volume 36 reports theses submitted in 1991, on occasion, certain univer sities do report theses submitted in previous years but not reported at the time.
Author : James Boyd Thompson
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Page : 102 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biotic communities
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Author : Robert Wilbur Steele
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Page : 742 pages
File Size : 44,98 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Douglas fir
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Author : Steve West
Publisher : Falcon Guides
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,24 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781560449805
"Northern Chihuahuan Desert Wildflowers" is the ultimate field guide to the flora of the Chihuahuan Desert in southern New Mexico and West Texas. This valuable reference enables all desert enthusiasts to identify quickly and accurately hundreds of Chihuahuan Desert plants. The easy-to-use guide features: More than 270 color photographs; precise descriptions of 261 species; habitat/range information; historical and cultural notes; an educational glossary; a complete index of scientific and common names; descriptions of national parks of the region. Author Steve West has spent more than 30 years studying the flora and fauna of this fascinating part of the country and has skillfully woven his own observations with those of distinguished botanists and fellow naturalists. The clear and concise plant descriptions and detailed color photos make this a great field guide for the layman as well as the botanist. More than a simple field guide, "Northern Chihuahuan Desert Wildflowers" is an invitation to discover this ecologically spectacular habitat. If Carlsbad Caverns, Big Bend, and Guadalupe Mountains are on your itinerary, be sure to take this indispensable guide along.
Author : Janice Emily Bowers
Publisher : Western National Parks Association
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 23,52 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781877856341
A guide to the shrubs and trees of this region. Arranged by blossom color with informative drawings.
Author : Brain F. Chabot
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 14,21 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400948301
Although, as W.D. Billings notes in his chapter in this book. the development of physiological ecology can be traced back to the very beginnings of the study of ecology it is clear that the modern development of this field in North America is due in the large part to the efforts of Billings alone. The foundation that Billings laid in the late 1950s came from his own studies on deserts and subsequently arctic and alpine plants, and also from his enormous success in instilling enthusiasm for the field in the numerous students attracted to the plant ecology program at Duke University. Billings' own studies provided the model for subsequent work in this field. Physiological techniques. normally confined to the laboratory. were brought into the field to examine processes under natural environmental conditions. These field studies were accompanied by experiments under controlled conditions where the relative impact of various factors could be assessed and further where genetic as opposed to environmental influences could be separated. This blending of field and laboratory approaches promoted the design of experiments which were of direct relevance to understanding the distribution and abundance of plants in nature. Physiological mechanisms were studied and assessed in the context of the functioning of plants under natural conditions rather than as an end in itself.