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Water alone did not sustain early humans in the desert

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Rose J   +9 more
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The Western Desert

2008
Until the beginning of the 20th century it was customary to refer to the whole North African desert as the Sahara (Sahra is the Arabic name for a desert), but recently it has become usual to divide the entire desert region of North Africa into Libyan (on the east) and Saharan (on the west) sections (Mitwally, 1953).
M. A. Zahran, A. J. Willis
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Carrion Insects of the Egyptian Western Desert

Journal of Medical Entomology, 1991
A general survey was made on the zoosaprophagous insects and their associates in a natural ecosystem in the Egyptian western desert (80 km west of Alexandria, 12 km from the Mediterranean Sea shore). Two types of traps were used, one for flying insects and the other for soil-burrowing insects.
E M, Hegazi, M A, Shaaban, E, Sabry
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Aeromycobiota of Western Desert of Egypt

African Journal of Science and Technology, 2002
The prevalence of airborne mycobiota at six different regions of Western desert (5 regions) and Eastern desert (1) of Egypt was determined using the exposed-plate method. A total of 44 genera, 102 species and one variety in addition to some unidentified yeasts and dark sterile mycelia were collected.
Ismail, M.A.   +2 more
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Australian Aboriginal Subsistence in the Western Desert

Human Ecology, 1987
This paper describes Aboriginal subsistance patterns in the northern part of the Western Desert, Western Australia. It describes the seasonal round of the Aboriginal people living in this area, provides a quantified description of the plant and animal resources, and concludes by drawing attention to specific aspects of Aboriginal subsistence in this ...
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The Inland Western Desert of Egypt

2017
Outside the oases of the Western Desert, five desert zones along a precipitation gradient were distinguished. In addition to the well-known semi-desert and full desert zones in the very north, three zones of extreme desert show a significant differentiation where the “accidental vegetation” occurs as precipitation is so low and falls so irregularly and
Monier M. Abd El-Ghani   +3 more
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Attempted Predation of Western Desert Tarantula By Sonoran Desert Toad

The Southwestern Naturalist, 2017
Sonoran Desert toads (Incilius alvarius) are known to consume invertebrates, small lizards, other toads, and mice. Here we report an attempt by a Sonoran Desert toad to consume a western desert tarantula (Aphonopelma chalcodes) at Sabino Canyon, Arizona.
Michael T. Bogan, Drew E. Eppehimer
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Modeling Population Viability for the Desert Tortoise in the Western Mojave Desert

Ecological Applications, 1994
The desert tortoise is a threatened species living in the deserts of the American Southwest. Using size—structured demographic models, we analyzed the status of the tortoise in the Western Mojave desert and evaluated the effectiveness of possible management measures.
Daniel Doak   +2 more
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