Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands 
Subtitle: Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands (Ecosystems of the World)
Contributors: Michael Evenari (Editor); Imanuel Noy-Meir (Editor); David W. Goodall (Editor)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: October 1, 1985
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780444422828
First sentence: Deserts are characterized by a great number of common features of climate, weather, geomorphology, hydrology, soils, vegetation and animal life.