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Discovering the Desert: The Legacy of the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory Paperback - 1981

by William G. McGinnies


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Now you can share the experiences of the first U.S. scientists who set about discovering the nature of North American deserts. "This is a fascinating account of how these pioneer ecologists laid the foundations for our modern knowledge of plant adaptation to desert environments. . . . It is well done." (American Scientist)

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"McGinnies's book is an excellent review of all aspects of the Sonoran desert and its mountains: geographic, climatic, and geologic."aAmerican Scientist
"This book provides a fascinating introduction to desert life in the Southwest."aTrue West "This true labor of love by an outstanding arid lands authority will broaden horizons, deepen understanding, and heighten awareness of the debt we owe to the founders of the Desert Laboratory."aArizona Highways
"A great source of revelation. . . . Easy and enjoyable to read and has left me with a great respect for the diversity of ways in which desert plants adapt to extremes."aSylvia Martinelli, Journal of Arid Environments

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"McGinnies's book is an excellent review of all aspects of the Sonoran desert and its mountains: geographic, climatic, and geologic."aAmerican Scientist
"This book provides a fascinating introduction to desert life in the Southwest."aTrue West "This true labor of love by an outstanding arid lands authority will broaden horizons, deepen understanding, and heighten awareness of the debt we owe to the founders of the Desert Laboratory."aArizona Highways
"A great source of revelation. . . . Easy and enjoyable to read and has left me with a great respect for the diversity of ways in which desert plants adapt to extremes."aSylvia Martinelli, Journal of Arid Environments

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  • Title Discovering the Desert: The Legacy of the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory
  • Author William G. McGinnies
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Paperback
  • Pages 295
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ
  • Date 1981-04-01
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
  • ISBN 9780816507283 / 0816507287
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.48 x 0.65 in (21.34 x 13.92 x 1.65 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects Desert ecology, Desert plants
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 81001554
  • Dewey Decimal Code 581.526

About the author

William G. McGinnies, an internationally recognized authority on arid lands, first became acquainted with the desert in 1918, when he moved from Colorado to Tucson to attend the University of Arizona. It was later, as a member of the faculty of the College of Agriculture, that he developed a close association with personnel at Carnegie's Desert Botanical Laboratory. Soon after the Laboratory had closed in 1940, McGinnies left Arizona, but he returned to the University in 1960 to become head of tree ring studies and arid land activities. He was founder and director of the Office of Arid Lands Studies, which he continued to serve as a consultant after his retirement.
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