This book presents a description of what a desert is and how plants and animals survive in a desert habitat.
An illustrated look at the major deserts of the world includes coverage of how deserts form; variations in weather, topography, and geography; desert plants and their adaptations; creatures of the desert; and resource extraction and its ...
This book is about the animals, and people who live in the desert.
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What plants and animals can survive with very little water? Find out what lives in desert habitats.
In this sense, the book is a journey of rediscovery, as it reflects on the ways that knowledge has been reclaimed and amplified by new discoveries.
Presents an exploration of desert biomes, providing information about how they form, their native plants and animals, and the effects of humans on the desert environment. Includes a glossary, resources for more information, and an index.
Describes the deserts of the world, the animals and plants that live in them, and current worldwide threats to desert life.
Preface; 1 Desert Climates; 2 Desert Landscapes; 3 The Nature of Deserts; 4 People and Deserts; 5 Deserts Connections.
Explores the desert ecology, discusses how some are formed, and explains how people, animals, and plants survive there.
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