A Desert Calling - Life in a Forbidding Landscape

Travel with Michael Mares into the deserts of Argentina, Iran, Egypt, and the American Southwest and encounter a rich and memorable variety of small, tenacious animals. Observe the remarkable behavioral, physiological, and ecological adaptations that have allowed them to persist in an arid world. Illustrations.

About the author

Michael A. Mares is Curator of Mammals and Director of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History at the University of Oklahoma.Stephen Jay Gould was Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University and Vincent Astor Visiting Professor of Biology at New York University. A MacArthur Prize Fellow, he received innumerable honors and awards and wrote many books, including Ontogeny and Phylogeny and Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle (both from Harvard).

Summary

For most of us the word "desert" conjures up images of barren wasteland, vast, dry stretches inimical to life. But for a great array of creatures, the desert is a haven and a home. Travel with Mares into the deserts of Argentina, Iran, Egypt, and the American Southwest to encounter a rich and memorable variety of small, tenacious animals.

Product details

• Authors: Michael A. Mares, Mares Michael A.
• Assisted by: Gould Stephen Jay (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.05.2002
• EAN: 9780674007475
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00747-5
• Weight: 640 g
• Illustrations: 62 halftones, 4 maps, 1 table
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Deserts, Animal Ecology, Zoology and animal sciences, Arid zones, deserts