Ecology of Sonoran Desert plants and plant communities
By: edited by Robert H. Robichaux.
Contributors: Robichaux, Robert Hall.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press; Brand: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Desert plants -- Ecology -- Sonoran Desert.; Plant communities -- Sonoran Desert.
Description: "This book offers an accessible introduction to Sonoran Desert ecology."--BOOK JACKET.

"Eight original essays by Sonoran Desert specialists provide an overview of the practice of ecology at landscape, community, and organism levels. The essays explore the rich diversity of plant life in the Sonoran Desert and the ecological patterns and processes that underlie it. They also reveal the history and scientific legacy of the Desert Laboratory in Tucson, which has conducted research on the Sonoran Desert since 1903."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.