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Botanical SciencesBackground: In arid regions, palm groves function as wetland refugia, supporting hydrophytic plant communities under extreme climatic constraints. Despite their ecological significance, the regional patterns of these assemblages remain poorly understood.
Pedro P. Garcillán +2 more
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Palinspastic reconstruction of southeastern California and southwestern Arizona for the middle Miocene [PDF]
A paleogeographic reconstruction of southeastern California and southwestern Arizona at 10 Ma was made based on available geologic and geophysical data.
Richard, Stephen M.
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Landscape Review, 2004 Through the lens of holistic landscape ecology, the authors present for public consideration a desert landscape typology and plan assessment criteria. As a case study, historical trends in open space planning and two contrasting examples of recent open ...
Laura Musacchio, Joseph Ewan, Ruth Yabes
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Abundance of microflora in soils of desert regions [PDF]
Physical, chemical, and microbiological properties of desert ...
Cameron, R. E.
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Geomorphology of Mountainous Deserts [PDF]
, 1933 The peculiar land forms of the desert are due largely (1) to the paucity of plant growth, in consequence of which (2) disintegrated rock, produced more by physical than by chemical processes, which (3) vary with rock nature (hence granitic rocks assume ...
Davis, W. M.
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Impact of Change in Tree Canopy Cover on Ecosystem Services in Desert Cities: A Case in Phoenix, USA
Journal of Architectural Sciences and ApplicationsThe study aims to answer the question of how the change in tree canopy cover in desert cities due to the urbanization process affects ecosystem services. The city of Phoenix, which is located in the northern part of the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern
Nihat Karakuş, Rifat Olgun
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Valuing Private and Public Greenspace Using Remotely Sensed Vegetation Indices [PDF]
In a typical metropolitan area, greenspace varies substantially in its quality and extent. Remotely sensed vegetation index data is used to characterize the heterogeneity in private and public greenspace (riparian corridors) in metropolitan Tucson ...
Bark-Hodgins, Rosalind H. +2 more
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Marvellous Syncretism in Katheleen Alcalá's Trilogy about the Sonoran Desert [PDF]
, 2011 This paper offers an approach to Kathleen Alcalá's trilogy about the Sonoran Desert, a series through which the author is able to explore and examine Porfirio Díaz's autocratic decades that eventually led to the Mexican Revolution in 1910. Alcalá uses in
Alonso Alonso, María
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Factors affecting ammonium uptake in streams - an inter-biome perspective [PDF]
, 2003 The Lotic Intersite Nitrogen experiment (LINX) was a coordinated study of the relationships between North American biomes and factors governing ammonium uptake in streams. Our objective was to relate inter-biome variability of ammonium uptake to physical,
Bowden, William B. +18 more
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Seasonality Modulates the Cellular Antioxidant Activity and Antiproliferative Effect of Sonoran Desert Propolis. [PDF]
Antioxidants (Basel), 2020 Mendez-Pfeiffer P +10 more
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