Author: Gordon L. Maclea
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: desert, organisms, adaptations, birds, ecophysiology
Number of Pages: 181
Published: 1995-12-13
List price: $179.00
ISBN-10: 3540592695
ISBN-13: 9783540592693

The scientific study of birds in arid regions has been conducted more or less intensively for about 40 years. This is an appropriate time to draw together the threads of the diverse research on birds living in such an extreme environment. Topics include: Desert Avifaunas; Food and Energy; Water Drinking; Water Regulation; Thermoregulation; Timing of Breeding; Ecology of Breeding.

Authors:William L. Fox, Mark Klett,
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Keywords: desert, places, rock, black
Number of Pages: 77
Published: 2002-06-12
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0816521727
ISBN-13: 9780816521722

Vast and featureless, Nevada’s Black Rock Desert is the largest flat area on the continent, where the sound barrier was broken in a car. It is a place of total silence--not even birds or insects live here--except when thousands of humans congregate for the Burning Man Festival on Labor Day weekend. Writer William Fox and photographer Mark Klett now turn their combined talents to an appreciation of this desolate corner of North America, inviting readers to consider how the mind responds to a place so empty that it’s both physically overpowering and psychically disorienting.

Author: W. Richard J. Dean
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: desert, organisms, adaptations, birds, nomadic
Number of Pages: 195
Published: 2004-02-12
List price: $189.00
ISBN-10: 3540403930
ISBN-13: 9783540403937

There are two basic strategies for coping with life in the desert. The first involves withstanding the extreme conditions using behavioural or physiological tactics. The second strategy is to be a migrant and to opportunistically or seasonally move to where the necessary resources are. Nomadism, i.e. the opportunistic and irregular movements from resource-poor to resource-rich patches, is a tactic that birds, with their mobility, can use, and it is explored by W.R.J. Dean in this volume. For many bird species, such movements between habitats or across landscapes to find patches of resources ar

Author: Rose Houk
Publisher: Western Natl Parks Assoc
Keywords: desert, handbook, american, sonoran
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2000-09
List price: $2.95
ISBN-10: 1583690077
ISBN-13: 9781583690079

Learn the fascinating and unforgettable natural and human history of the Sonoran Desert. This easy-to-use essential guidebook has dozens of colorful photographs and details the earliest inhabitants and their dwellings, plus the unforgettable plants, reptiles, and animals that make the desert their home.

Authors:Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller,
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: desert, nomad, journey, extraordinary, flower
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1999-10-06
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0688172377
ISBN-13: 9780688172374

Waris Dirie leads a double life -- by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations; by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia and the family she was forced to leave behind.Desert Flower, her intimate and inspiring memoir, is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the beauty of African life, the chaotic existence of a supermodel, or the joys of new motherhood.Waris was born into a traditional Somali family, desert nomads who engaged in such ancient and antiquated customs as genital mutilation and arranged marri

Author: Mark Johnson
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Keywords: desert, campers, travelers, hikers, manual, handbook, ultimate
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2003-03-26
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 007139303X
ISBN-13: 9780071393034

The Ultimate Desert Handbook is the first truly comprehensive handbook on desert travel and exploration, presenting the desert not as an alien environment to be overcome or endured, but rather as a fascinating opportunity for anyone eager to learn about and enjoy a different kind of outdoors experience. Assuming no prior desert know-how, this detailed guide is intended for hikers, backpackers, campers, and 4WD vehicle travelers, along with a wide range of other adventure enthusiasts pursuing their chosen activities into the desert - rock climbers, birding enthusiasts, pilots, nature lovers, an

Author: Aileen Weintraub
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Keywords: desert, nature, breakers, biggest, sahara, record
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2001-07
List price: $21.25
ISBN-10: 0823956407
ISBN-13: 9780823956401