desert: References & Edit History
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Assorted References
- adaptation of camels
- classification criteria
- land reclamation
geographic distribution
Africa
- In Sahara
- soil formation
Asia
- Turkmenistan
- North America
landforms
- alluvial fans
- mountains
- sand dunes
significance to
- Christian asceticism
- Pleistocene Epoch climatology
vegetation
- Africa
- distribution of Caryophyllales
- North American flora and fauna
Additional Reading
Tropical deserts are described and put into their vegetational context in an old but still informative book by Heinrich Walter, Ecology of Tropical and Subtropical Vegetation (1971; originally published in German, 2nd ed., 1964). Deserts are more explicitly and broadly described and explored in Michael Evenari, Imanuel Noy-Meir, and David W. Goodall (eds.), Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, 2 vol. (1985–86).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Pressbooks at Virginia Tech - Introduction to Earth Science - Desert. | Sep 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: MIT OpenCourseWare - Deserts. | Jun 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Young People's Trust for the Environment - Desert Regions. | May 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pressbooks at Virginia Tech - Introduction to Earth Science - Desert. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Deserts. | Dec 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Desert. | Sep 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: USGS - What is a Desert? | Jun 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - The desert biome. | Apr 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: DesertUSA - What Is a Desert? | Dec 08, 2022 | ||
| Added cross-references to desert flora. | Sep 28, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 28, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic Society - Desert. | Sep 05, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Jul 26, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Nov 16, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 04, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: CoolKidFacts.com - Desert Facts. | Dec 28, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Deserts of the World. | Dec 28, 2016 | ||
| Added video that describes the role of Hadley cells in determining where deserts and tropical rainforests occur on Earth's surface. | Dec 03, 2015 | ||
| Added video. | Nov 25, 2014 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Jul 17, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cultural China - History - Biography of Guo Xi. | May 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids! - Fun Desert Facts for Kids. | May 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Desert Fact. | Jan 26, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Desert. | Jan 26, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kids Do Ecology - World Biomes - Desert. | Mar 21, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Deserts. | Dec 05, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Desert. | Dec 05, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Untamed Science - Desert Biome. | Sep 13, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Defenders of Wildlife - Basic Facts About Deserts. | Aug 20, 2012 | ||
| In table listing selected deserts of the world, maps removed and area figures revised. | Jun 06, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: NeoK12 - Educational Videos, Lessons and Games for School Kids - Desert. | Nov 03, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 20, 2011 | ||
| Added photographs to the Deserts of the world table. | Sep 19, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph. | Sep 09, 2011 | ||
| Geologic time data updated. | Sep 11, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Global Education - Deserts and Desertification. | Jun 09, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Plant Cultures - Desert. | Jun 09, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Desert. | May 01, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - The Desert Biome. | Apr 24, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Environment - Desert. | Apr 20, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: MBGnet - Desert. | Sep 11, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 19, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Desert Habitats. | Jan 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Desert Habitats. | Jan 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: United States Geological Survey - Deserts - Geology and Resources. | Nov 14, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Missouri Botanical Garden - Biomes of the World. | Jun 30, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Missouri Botanical Garden - Biomes of the World. | Jun 30, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of California, Berkeley: Museum of Paleontology - The World's Biomes. | Jun 27, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of California, Berkeley: Museum of Paleontology - The World's Biomes. | Jun 27, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 25, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Oct 02, 1998 |
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