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Desert Climate

Known as: Climate, Desert, arid climate, Desert Climates 
A type of climate characterized by insufficient moisture to support appreciable plant life. It is a climate of extreme aridity, usually of extreme… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Scientific classification Kingdom : Plantae Division : Magnoliphyta Class : Magnoliopsida Order : Brassicales Family : Salvadoraceae Genus : Salvadora Species : persica oleoides Binomial name…
Figure 1: Salvadora persica (chewing stick) 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The Herpetofauna of Nallamala Hills, Eastern Ghats, India: An Annotated Checklist, With Remarks on Nomenclature, Taxonomy, Habitat Use, Adaptive Types and Biogeography
We present an inventory of the herpetofauna of the Nallamala Hills, Eastern Ghats, south-eastern India. The fauna, as currently… 
2005
2005
Cosmogenically enabled sediment budgeting
We used 10 Be and 26 Al to constrain the millennial-scale sedi- ment and nuclide budget for a common, long-studied, but poorly… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Patterns of nitrogen accumulation and cycling in riparian floodplain ecosystems along the Green and Yampa rivers
Patterns of nitrogen (N) accumulation and turnover in riparian systems in semi-arid regions are poorly understood, particularly… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Field-scale assessment of deep drainage risk
Abstract. Improving irrigation efficiency is of primary importance in arid and semi-arid regions of the world as a consequence of… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Early pleistocene habitat in member 1 Olorgesailie based on paleosol stable isotopes.
Stable carbon and oxygen isotope values from soil carbonates were used to determine the vegetation context of archaeological… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Population and environment in arid regions.
Population and environment in arid regions of the world. Biomass fuels use, deforestation, and population in Sudan. Human impact… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The Pea Crop: A Basis for Improvement
The Pea crop: a basis for improvement , The Pea crop: a basis for improvement , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اطلاع رسانی کشاورزی 
Review
1981
Review
1981
19. The limnology of saline lakes in Western Victoria
Although saline lakes are interesting to limnologists, most, unfortunately, are relatively inaccessible. The extent to which they… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The role of organic solutes in osmoregulation in halophytic higher plants.
Excessive salt accumulations prevent or limit the growth of crops on at least 50 million hectares of agricultural land… 
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