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Chuckwalla land [[electronic resource] ] : the riddle of California's desert / / David Rains Wallace
| Chuckwalla land [[electronic resource] ] : the riddle of California's desert / / David Rains Wallace |
| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Wallace David Rains <1945->
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The Built Environment in a Changing Climate : Interactions, Challenges and Perspectives
| The Built Environment in a Changing Climate : Interactions, Challenges and Perspectives |
| Autore | Ulpiani Giulia |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (234 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
| Soggetto non controllato |
outdoor space
thermal environment radiation environment wind environment heat-related mortality built environment urban resilience extreme heat climate change urban heat island heat stress from outside indoor environments tropics multi-level office buildings coastal cities Mediterranean climate urban heat island intensity sample year climate change adaptation barriers focus group discussion Tehran structural equation modeling urban management near-zero energy buildings future scenarios energy efficiency adaptive comfort long-term performance urban heat Australia UHI effect mitigation bushfire smoke indoor air quality filtration building envelope energy future weather data building energy performance thermal comfort statistical downscaling of climate models dynamical downscaling of climate models urban modelling cities buildings decarbonization urbanisation climate densification population temperature |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Built Environment in a Changing Climate |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557350103321 |
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Ulpiani Giulia
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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