Survival Strategies of Annual Desert Plants (Adaptations of Desert Organisms)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 3, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9783540431725
Subjects: Arid zones, deserts; Botany & plant sciences; Seeds; Life Sciences - Ecology; Desert Ecology; Plant Ecology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Israel; Ecology; Life Sciences - Botany; Plants - General; Nature / Plants; Desert plants; Adaptation
First sentence: In general, deserts and arid zones are areas where the evaporation rates are higher than the annual amount of precipitation.