Autore	Wallace David Rains <1945->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (279 p.)
Disciplina	578.75409794
Soggetto topico	Desert biology - California Deserts - California
Soggetto non controllato	american southwest arid biome biosphere botany cacti california conservation death valley desert animals desert plants desert earth sciences ecology ecosystem environment environmentalism extreme heat geology kelso dunes landscape life sciences natural history naturalist nature nonfiction paleobiology red rock canyon science wasteland zoology
ISBN	1-283-27779-4 9786613277794 0-520-94866-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue. Bushes and Lizards -- 1. A Sphinx in Arcady -- 2. The Country of Dried Skin -- 3. A Cactus Heresy -- 4. The Creator's Dumping Ground -- 5. An Evolutionary Backwater -- 6. Anti-Darwinian Lacertilians -- 7. Descriptive Confusion -- 8. A Murderous Brood -- 9. Hopeful Monsters -- 10. An Old Earth-Feature -- 11. A Climatic Accident -- 12. An Evolutionary Frontier -- 13. A Neo-Darwinian Galapagos -- 14. Mexican Geneses -- 15. Desert Relicts -- 16. Madro-Tertiary Attitudes -- 17. A Friendly Land -- 18. Furry Paleontologists -- 19. Dawn Horses and Dinosaurs -- 20. Axelrod Antagonistes -- 21. The Midday Sun -- 22. Lacertilian Ambiguities -- 23. Xerothermic Invasions -- 24. Sand Swimmers -- 25. Axelrod Ascendant -- 26. An Evolutionary Museum -- 27. The Riddle of the Palms -- 28. Bushes and Camels -- 29. Axelrod Askew -- 30. Paradigms Postponed -- 31. The Falcon and the Shrikes -- Epilogue. The Sphinx's Lair -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910781494003321

Autore	Dillon Peter
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (408 p.)
Soggetto topico	Research and information: general
Soggetto non controllato	adaptability zoning evaluation adaptation measures Africa anthropic forcing aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) arid artificial recharging scenarios ASR ATP biofouling climate adaptation climate change contaminants contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) cost function decision support decision-support developing countries drinking water drinking water supply droughts dynamic ecosystems environment protection environmental tracer enzymatic activity FEFLOW filtration fisheries floods framework geochemical analysis geographic information science (GISc) geographic information systems (GIS) GIS-MCDA governance groundwater groundwater depletion groundwater recharge guidelines health protection Henry's Fork Idaho India indicators induced bank filtration (IBF) infiltration basin infiltration pond infiltration rate integrated water resource management IWRM lake bank filtration LAN (Law of the Nation's Waters) legal managed aquifer recharge Managed Aquifer Recharge managed aquifer recharge (MAR) Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) mapping MAR MATLAB meteorological forcing Mexico mixing ratios multi-criteria decision analysis new water challenges Northern Australia online flow-cytometry organic amendments pathogens pharmaceuticals in groundwater probabilistic rainwater harvesting recharge performance reclaimed water recycled water recycling regulation regulatory removal of pharmaceuticals risk risk assessment risk management riverbank filtration safety SAT semi-arid semiarid sensitivity analysis Snake River Social Technology soil compaction Spain strategic storage stream temperature streamflow suitability map suitability mapping Sweden tillage time-varying mixing model types of MAR for irrigation Ulaanbaatar ultrafiltration Underground Transfer of Floods for Irrigation urban water management water banking water crisis water level monitoring water management water quality water rights water security water supply security model web GIS web tools well clogging Yellow River Irrigation District
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910674018303321