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1. Full Text Journal of arid environments
1978
Régions arides | Écologie des régions arides | Arid regions | Arid regions ecology | Périodiques
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2. Life at extremes
: environments, organisms, and strategies for survival
by Bell, Elanor
2012, ISBN 9781845938147, xxii, 554
Pollution | Biotic communities | Acclimatization | Organisms | Climatic changes | Adaptation (Biology) | Seasons | Survival | Extreme environments
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3. STAY COOL: A DESIGN GUIDE FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN HOT CLIMATES
by KOCH-NIELSEN, HOLGER
2002, ISBN 1902916298, 160
.... Since the urbanization rate in developing countries is extreme, the pressure placed on energy resources to satisfy the future requirements of the built environment will be great, unless new... 
Built Environment | Building and Construction | Architecture | Energy | Cities & Infrastructure (Urban Studies) | Tropical conditions | Architecture and climate | Arid regions | Air conditioning | Architecture and energy conservation | Ventilation | Building materials | Buildings
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4. Full Text Ecohydrology of water-limited environments: A scientific vision
by Brent D. Newman and Bradford P. Wilcox and Steven R. Archer and David D. Breshears and Clifford N. Dahm and Christopher J. Duffy and Nate G. McDowell and Fred M. Phillips and Bridget R. Scanlon and Enrique R. Vivoni
Water resources research, ISSN 0043-1397, 06/2006, Volume 42, Issue 6, pp. W06302 - n/a
Water‐limited environments occupy about half of the Earth's land surface and contain some of the fastest growing population centers in the world... 
Ecosystems, structure and dynamics | Hydrology | Biogeosciences | Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling | Hydrological cycles and budgets | Eco-hydrology | semiarid | arid | ecohydrology | Limnology | Physical Sciences | Life Sciences & Biomedicine | Marine & Freshwater Biology | Water Resources | Environmental Sciences & Ecology | Science & Technology | Environmental Sciences
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5. Semi-arid environments
: agriculture, water supply, and vegetation
by Degenovine, Kara M
2011, Environmental science, engineering and technology, ISBN 9781617612152, xi, 201
Arid regions | Groundwater | Arid regions agriculture
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6. Full Text Strong facilitation in mild environments: the stress gradient hypothesis revisited
by Holmgren, Milena and Scheffer, Marten
The Journal of ecology, ISSN 0022-0477, 11/2010, Volume 98, Issue 6, pp. 1269 - 1275
... conditions whereas it can be overruled by increased competition for the same resource in very harsh environments. 3... 
Plant interaction | Synecology | Ecological competition | Nurses | Plant communities | Ecology | Plants | Human ecology | Applied ecology | Species | FORUM | nurse plants | metaanalysis | shrubs | plant-plant interactions | competition | establishment | arid environments | positive interactions | abiotic stress | communities | stress | grazing | plant–plant interactions | predator | abiotic amelioration | nurse plant | community | herbivore | positive interaction | Competition | Positive interaction | Abiotic amelioration | Nurse plant | Plant-plant interactions | Predator | Grazing | Community | Herbivore | Stress | Environmental Sciences & Ecology | Life Sciences & Biomedicine | Plant Sciences | Science & Technology | Environmental quality | Universities and colleges | Ecosystems | Flowers & plants | Abiotic stress | Environmental conditions | Benign
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7. Full Text Phytostabilization of Mine Tailings in Arid and Semiarid Environments—An Emerging Remediation Technology
by Mendez, Monica O and Maier, Raina M
Environmental health perspectives, ISSN 1552-9924, 03/2008, Volume 116, Issue 3, pp. 278 - 283
.... Tailings disposal sites in arid and semiarid environments are especially subject to eolian dispersion and water erosion... 
Mine waste | Metals mining | Revegetation | Soil water | Environmental remediation | Plants | Review | Soil pollution | Gold mining | Tailings | Phytoremediation | Mine tailings | Arid | Remediation | Semiarid | Phytostabilization | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Environmental Sciences & Ecology | Toxicology | Life Sciences & Biomedicine | Science & Technology | Environmental Sciences | Biodegradation, Environmental | Conservation of Natural Resources - methods | Metals, Heavy - metabolism | Plant Development | United States | Humans | Plants - microbiology | Industrial Waste | Mining | Plants - metabolism | Ecosystem | Environmental Pollution | Desert Climate | Waste management | Mineral industry | Usage | Tailings (Metallurgy) | Mining industry | Methods | Index Medicus | arid | remediation | semiarid | mine tailings | phytostabilization | revegetation
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8. Natural environments of Arizona
: from deserts to mountains
2008, ISBN 9780816526970, viii, 196
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9. Deserts and desert environments
by Laity, Julie
2008, Environmental systems and global change series, ISBN 9781577180333, xiii, 342
Geomorphology | Deserts
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10. Full Text Aridity and hominin environments
by Scott A. Blumenthal and Naomi E. Levin and Francis H. Brown and Jean-Philip Brugal and Kendra L. Chritz and John M. Harris and Glynis E. Jehle and Thure E. Cerling
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, ISSN 0027-8424, 7/2017, Volume 114, Issue 28, pp. 7331 - 7336
.... We present a revised aridity index for quantifying water deficit (WD) in terrestrial environments using tooth enamel δ... 
Human evolution | Mammals | Oxygen isotopes | Terrestrial paleoclimate | Africa | Science & Technology - Other Topics | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Science & Technology | Africa, Eastern | Geography | Climate | Poaceae | Ecology | Herbivory | Biomass | Plants | Kenya | Paleontology | Fossils | Biological Evolution | Regression Analysis | Animals | Oxygen Isotopes - analysis | Plant Leaves - metabolism | Ecosystem | Environment | Cellulose - analysis | Dental Enamel - chemistry | Hominidae | Enamel | Terrestrial environments | Water deficit | Desertification | Teeth | Rainfall | Arid environments | Abundance | Plants (organisms) | Grasses | Pliocene | Hominids | Seasonal variations | Dental enamel | Aridity | Paleoclimate | Evolution | Herbivores | Pleistocene | Index Medicus | terrestrial paleoclimate | Biological Sciences | Physical Sciences | mammals | human evolution | oxygen isotopes
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11. Cattle bring us to our enemies
: Turkana ecology, politics, and raiding in a disequilibrium system
by McCabe, J. Terrence
2004, Human-Environment Interactions, ISBN 9780472068784, xvii, 301
... in an environment characterized by aridity, unpredictability, insecurity, and violence. The Turkana are one of the world's most mobile peoples, but understanding why... 
Cattle herding--Kenya--Turkana District | Turkana (African people)--Land tenure | Turkana (African people)--Social conditions | Turkana (African people)--Domestic animals | Cattle stealing--Kenya--Turkana District | Turkana District | Cattle herding | Social life and customs | Cattle stealing | Turkana District (Kenya) | Anthropology | Environmental Science | Kenya | Domestic animals | Environmental conditions | Land tenure | Turkana (African people) | Sociology | Social conditions | SOCIAL SCIENCE | Turkana (African people) - Land tenure | Environmental | African American Studies | SCIENCE | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry | Ethnic Studies
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12. Flood hazard identification and mitigation in semi- and arid environments
by French, Richard H and Miller, Julianne J
2012, ISBN 9789814355094, xii, 224
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13. Full Text Improved climate risk simulations for rice in arid environments
by Oort, van, P.A.J and Vries, de, M and Yoshida, H and Saito, K
PloS one, ISSN 1932-6203, 2015, Volume 10, Issue 3, pp. e0118114 - e0118114
... into an existing to crop growth model ORYZA2000. We compared for an arid environment observed potential yields with yields simulated with default ORYZA2000, with modified subversions of ORYZA2000 and with ORYZA_S, a model developed for the region... 
lowland rice | solar-radiation | heat-stress | induced spikelet sterility | air-temperature | oryza-sativa l | temperature-induced sterility | irrigated rice | exploring options | modeling approach | Science & Technology - Other Topics | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Science & Technology | Models, Theoretical | Oryza - growth & development | Temperature | Climate Change | Senegal | Computer Simulation | Crops, Agricultural - growth & development | Environment | Climate | Climatic changes | Arid regions | Comparative analysis | Rice | Morning | Growth models | Desert environments | Leaves | Agricultural production | Humidity | Flowering | Heat stress | Deserts | Environmental assessment | Cooling | Cold | Computer simulation | Crops | Arid environments | Rivers | Nitrogen | Environmental risk | Sterility | Model accuracy | Climate change | Subroutines | Heat | Crop growth | Phenology | Heat tolerance | Yield | Index Medicus
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