Introduction to Desert Studies

Author: Ding Guodong, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: "Introduction to Desertology" is a professional basic course for the "Soil and Water Conservation and Desertification Control" major. It primarily studies the distribution, formation, and evolutionary patterns of deserts, elaborates on the natural geographical characteristics of desert regions, such as climate, soil, geology, topography, and vegetation, and introduces the basic of major deserts in China and around the world. As a foundation and practical reference, it also discusses the characteristics of desert materials and desert resource management. This textbook can serve as a teaching material for undergraduate and correspondence students in environmental ecology-related majors at higher agricultural and forestry institutions, as well as a reference for researchers, engineers, and technicians working in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, water conservancy, and environmental protection industries.