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- Includes dendrograms, scatter plots, and biplots for vegetation analysis
- Provides phytogeographic and floristic analyses of various microhabitats
- Includes color illustrations from different deserts and references for further reading
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Egypt: The Land of Three Deserts
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The Desert and Semi-desert of Mexico
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The Desert of China
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The Deserts of Pakistan
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About this book
Covering a wide range of plant conditions and adaptations, this book analyzes what happens when plants must endure very high temperatures and aridity. Plants have adapted by evolving their physical structure to store and conserve water. Examples are the absence of leaves which reduces transpiration and the growth of extremely long roots, allowing them to acquire moisture at, or near the water table. Plants in hyperarid habitats have also made behavioral adaptations in order to survive by synchronizing with the seasons of greatest moisture and/or coolest temperatures. For example, desert perennials remain dormant during dry periods of the year, then spring to life when water becomes available.
The book includes many color illustrations, and has extensive and up-to-date references for further reading.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Botany and Microbiology, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
Monier M. Abd El-Ghani
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Department of Applied Ecology, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Francisco Martín Huerta-Martínez
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College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
Liu Hongyan
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Department of Botany, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Rahmatullah Qureshi
About the authors
Francisco Martín Huerta-Martínez is a Biologist from the University of Guadalajara in Mexico. He obtained his M. Sc. (Botany) at Colegio de Postgraduados in Mexico State in 1995 and his PhD (Botany) at the same institution in 2003. He is a Professor at University of Guadalajara in the Biological and Environmental Division with 27 years in the Applied Ecology Department, where he teaches and does research in ecology. His research interests include Plant Ecology, Plant Biodiversity and Conservation, Biotic Interactions, Ethnobotany and Forest Ecology. He has published several national and international research papers. He was a member of National System of Researchers in Mexico from 2004 to 2010. He is a member of ESA (Ecological Society of America), where he has participated in several of their annual meetings.
Hongyan Liu is a Professor of Vegetation Ecology and Quaternary Ecology at Peking University, China. He received his B.S. in Physical Geography and M.S. in Environmental Geoscience from Peking University, and his Ph. D. degree in Botany from Hannover University, Germany. He has investigated Inner Asian vegetation for over 20 years. His current research focuses on climate- and human-driven vegetation dynamics in the arid regions of Asia at different time scales by combining modern vegetation surveys, tree-ring analysis, pollen analysis and modelling. So far he has published about 80 papers in international journals. He is also Associate Dean of Research at the College of Urban and Environment Sciences of Peking University.
Rahmatullah Qureshi obtained a M. Sc. (Botany) in 1996 from the Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur (Mir’s), Sindh, Pakistan. He joined Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur (Mir’s), Sindh, Pakistan, as a Research Associate in 1998 and received his PhD degree in from the same university in 2005. He qualified for the post of Seed Cerification Officer in the Federal Public Service Commission and joined the Department in 2002. He started his teaching career by joining the Department of Botany, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan as Assistant Professor in 2007. Based on his research and teaching achievements, he has been promoted first Associate Professor (Regular) in 2010 and then on TTS in the Department of Botany. His research interests include ethnobotany, plant biodiversity and conservation, phytosociology and weed ecology. He has published over150 research papers in prestigious peer-reviewed journals, 2 international books, and 2 invited international book chapters. He won five research productivity awards by the Pakistan Council for Science & Technology (PCST) based on his publications, impact factor, number citations, etc. He has presented 45 abstracts at various national and international symposia/conferences/workshops. As of 2011, he is a member of the executive council of the Pakistan Botanical Society as Vice President (Punjab).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plant Responses to Hyperarid Desert Environments
Authors: Monier M. Abd El-Ghani, Francisco Martín Huerta-Martínez, Liu Hongyan, Rahmatullah Qureshi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59135-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59134-6Published: 22 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86554-6Published: 23 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59135-3Published: 10 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 598
Number of Illustrations: 79 b/w illustrations, 148 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Anatomy/Development, Plant Physiology, Plant Ecology, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Pathology, Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography