The living deserts of southern Africa

Author(s)

• Lovegrove, Barry
• Siegfried, W. R.

Bibliographic Information

The living deserts of southern Africa

Barry Lovegrove ; scientific consultants, Roy Siegfried ... [et al.]

Fernwood Press, 1993

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-219) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Where rainfall is meagre and unpredictable, temperatures fluctuate between extreme hot and cold, and food is scarce, it seems that little can survive.

Table of Contents

• The deserts of Southern Africa
• water - the currency of life
• in the heat of the day
• the struggle for food
• the armoury of desert conflicts
• social contracts
• time out
• go forth and multiply
• the future of the deserts.

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Details

• NCID: BB17305637
• ISBN:
  • 0958315477
• Country Code: sa
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Vlaeberg
• Pages/Volumes: 224 p.
• Size: 31 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QH195.A323
  • DC20 : 574.5/2652/0968
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Desert ecology -- Africa, Southern
  • LCSH : Deserts -- Africa, Southern