"Desert Climate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A type of climate characterized by insufficient moisture to support appreciable plant life. It is a climate of extreme aridity, usually of extreme heat, and of negligible rainfall. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D003889
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G16.500.275.071.325 N06.230.300.100.250.325
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| Concept/Terms |
Desert Climate- Desert Climate
- Climate, Desert
- Climates, Desert
- Desert Climates
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Desert Climate" by people in Profiles.
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Portillo F, Branch WR, Conradie W, R?del MO, Penner J, Barej MF, Kusamba C, Muninga WM, Aristote MM, Bauer AM, Trape JF, Nagy ZT, Carlino P, Pauwels OSG, Menegon M, Burger M, Mazuch T, Jackson K, Hughes DF, Behangana M, Zassi-Boulou AG, Greenbaum E. Phylogeny and biogeography of the African burrowing snake subfamily Aparallactinae (Squamata: Lamprophiidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2018 10; 127:288-303.
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Wu T, Li X, Yang T, Sun X, Mielke HW, Cai Y, Ai Y, Zhao Y, Liu D, Zhang X, Li X, Wang L, Yu H. Multi-Elements in Source Water (Drinking and Surface Water) within Five Cities from the Semi-Arid and Arid Region, NW China: Occurrence, Spatial Distribution and Risk Assessment. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 10 02; 14(10).
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Robinson CK, Wierzchos J, Black C, Crits-Christoph A, Ma B, Ravel J, Ascaso C, Artieda O, Valea S, Rold?n M, G?mez-Silva B, DiRuggiero J. Microbial diversity and the presence of algae in halite endolithic communities are correlated to atmospheric moisture in the hyper-arid zone of the Atacama Desert. Environ Microbiol. 2015 Feb; 17(2):299-315.
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Johnson WE, Hillyard SD, Propper CR. Plasma and brain angiotensin concentrations associated with water response behavior in the desert anuran, Scaphiopus couchii under natural conditions in the field. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 2010 Dec; 157(4):377-81.
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Han FX, Banin A, Li ZP. Redistribution index and relative binding intensity of heavy metals in salt-amended soils. J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng. 2001; 36(9):1787-809.