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 |
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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 online resource (234 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
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adaptive comfort
Australia barriers building energy performance building envelope buildings built environment bushfire smoke cities climate climate change climate change adaptation coastal cities decarbonization densification dynamical downscaling of climate models energy energy efficiency extreme heat filtration focus group discussion future scenarios future weather data heat stress from outside heat-related mortality indoor air quality indoor environments long-term performance Mediterranean climate mitigation multi-level office buildings n/a near-zero energy buildings outdoor space population radiation environment sample year statistical downscaling of climate models structural equation modeling Tehran temperature thermal comfort thermal environment tropics UHI effect urban heat urban heat island urban heat island intensity urban management urban modelling urban resilience urbanisation wind environment |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Built Environment in a Changing Climate |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557350103321 |
Ulpiani Giulia
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