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Desert Climate
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Climate, Desert
, arid climate
, Desert Climates
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A type of climate characterized by insufficient moisture to support appreciable plant life. It is a climate of extreme aridity, usually of extreme…
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2002
2002
Remote Sensing in Arid Regions : Challenges and Opportunities
G. Okin
2002
Corpus ID: 155095372
INTRODUCTION Deserts exist on every continent of the globe and cover more than 30% of the Earth’s land surface. Although they…
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Review
2001
Review
2001
Water Resources and Eco environment Protection in the Arid Regions in Northwest of China
Zhang Xue-ping
,
Guo Yan-Qing
,
Z. Yi
2001
Corpus ID: 131714669
This paper presents basic water resource and environment issues in the arid regions in the northwest of China. The first part…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Population and environment in arid regions.
J. Clarke
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D. Noin
1998
Corpus ID: 128075394
Population and environment in arid regions of the world. Biomass fuels use, deforestation, and population in Sudan. Human impact…
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Review
1997
Review
1997
Core OL-92 from Owens Lake: Project rationale, geologic setting, drilling procedures, and summary
George I. Smith
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J. Bischoff
1997
Corpus ID: 132489436
Seyeral lines of evidence indicated that Owens Lake, a now-dry lake in southeast California, would probably yield a continuous…
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1995
1995
Wheat/fallow systems in semi-arid regions of the Pacific NW America.
B. Duff
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P. E. Rasmussen
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R. Smiley
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V. Barnett
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R. Payne
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R. Steiner
1995
Corpus ID: 130809503
1995
1995
H. Breman & J.-J. Kessler: Woody Plants in Agro-Ecosystems of Semi-Arid Regions, - with emphasis on the Sahelian countries. - (Advances series in Agricultural Sciences 23).
S. Christiansen
1995
Corpus ID: 134260573
1990
1990
Bird and mammal predators of the harvester termite Hodotermes mossambicus (Hagen) in semi-arid regions of South Africa.
O. Kok
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P. Hewitt
1990
Corpus ID: 87643511
1986
1986
Invasive alien organisms in the Namib Desert, Upper Karoo and the arid and semi-arid savannas of western southern Africa.
C. Brown
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A. Gubb
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I. Macdonald
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F. Kruger
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A. A. Ferrar
1986
Corpus ID: 128283150
Introduction Little information exists on alien organisms in arid and semi-arid biomes in southern Africa. The only publications…
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1981
1981
The transport of plutonium in terrestrial ecosystems.
T. Hakonson
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R. Watters
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W. Hanson
Health Physics
1981
Corpus ID: 8655733
Abstract Abstract-Data from several field studies of plutonium were evaluated to identify environmental factors that result in…
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The role of organic solutes in osmoregulation in halophytic higher plants.
R. Jefferies
Basic life sciences
1979
Corpus ID: 7156458
Excessive salt accumulations prevent or limit the growth of crops on at least 50 million hectares of agricultural land…
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