Book ID: 35809
PRAKASH, Ishwar (ed.)
Desert Ecology (Proceedings of National Symposium on Desert Ecology). 1988. (Scientific Reviews on Arid Zone Research, 5). illustr. XII,313 p. gr8vo. Bound.
Contents (partly): Ecological degradation of the Thar desert andeco-regeneration/ Flux in the Indian arid zone/ Man and the desert/Moisture regime variation and agricultural productivity in Rajasthan/Floral wealth and plant adaptation of the Indian desert/ Adaptations ofarid zone plants to soil water deficit/ Role of wild legumes Indigoferahochstetteri Baker and Zornea gibbosa Span in enriching the soil withnitrogen/ Present status and future prospects of horticulture in aridzone/ Ecology of insect pests of xeric environment/ Wildlife,human-aminal intractions, and conservation in the Rajasthan desert/ Andso on.