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The major climatic factors that shape the hot deserts of the world are high temperatures and low and irregular rainfall. The primary physiological problems of life in such areas are directly related to heat and lack of water; other aspects of animal survival, e.g. food resources, predators, cold, reproduction, etc. do not differ in principle from similar problems in non-desert areas. This chapter will therefore be addressed to the problems uniquely characteristic of the desert habitat, and furthermore, the presentation will specifically be directed to those problems that seem pertinent to rodents.
Recipient of Research Career Award 1-K6-GM, 522 from the National Institutes of Health.
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Schmidt-Nielsen, K. (1975). Desert Rodents: Physiological Problems of Desert Life. In: Prakash, I., Ghosh, P.K. (eds) Rodents in Desert Environments. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1944-6_18
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