Desert Biology. Special Topics on the Physical and Biological Aspects of Arid Regions

Content: 
Contributors, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, Pages xi-xii
PREFACE, Pages xiii-xiv, G.W. BROWN JR.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I, Page xv
CHAPTER I - HYDROGEOLOGY OF ARID REGIONS, Pages 1-30, Stanley N. Davis
CHAPTER II - DESERT SOILS, Pages 31-101, Wallace H. Fuller
CHAPTER III - PHYSICAL AND VEGETATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE SAHARA DESERT, Pages 103-164, Claude J. Grenot
CHAPTER IV - DESERT ALGAE, LICHENS, AND FUNGI, Pages 165-178,178a,179-212, E. Imre Friedmann, Margalith Galun
CHAPTER V - A NEW APPROACH TO THE WATER RELATIONS OF DESERT PLANTS, Pages 213-310, H. Walter, E. Stadelmann
CHAPTER VI - DESERT ARTHROPODS, Pages 311-384, E.B. Edney
CHAPTER VII - DESERT FISHES, Pages 385-488, James E. Deacon, W.L. Minckley
CHAPTER VIII - MAN IN ARID LANDS: THE PIMAN INDIANS OF THE SONORAN DESERT, Pages 489-528, Bernard L. Fontana
CHAPTER IX - MAN IN ARID LANDS: NORTH FROM JIDDAH, Pages 529-550, Paul F. Hoye
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 551-564
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 565-585
SYSTEMATIC INDEX, Pages 586-601