principle." This labelling is somewhat confusing given that desert as a limiting principle is neither new, having blossomed most recently with Norval Morris several decades ago, nor compatible with empirical desert. The latter provides a specific punishment amount, while the former claims that desert can only identify the extremes that mark the outer boundaries of a broad range of punishment. S...

The distribution of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) spans a wide range of biotic and abiotic conditions in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, with physical and behavioral differences distinguishing tortoises inhabiting the Mojave Desert from those inhabiting the Sonoran Desert. Relative to tortoise populations in the Mojave Desert, populations in the Sonoran Desert ha...

Nomadism is found mostly in marginal areas which support only relatively sparse populations, particularly in the arid and semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia. It is a traditional form of society that allows the mobility and flexibility necessary for relatively even use of vegetation over large areas of low quality rangeland. It also facilitates more social interaction than would be possible am...

Biogeosciences Discussions This discussion paper is/has been under review for the journal Biogeosciences (BG). Please refer to the corresponding final paper in BG if available. Abstract Atmospheric concentrations of reactive nitrogen species (Nr) from 2009 to 2011 are reported for ten sites in Xinjiang, an arid region in Northwest China. Concentrations of NH 3 , NO 2 , particulate ammonium and ...

Bahram Peimani-Fard was born in 1941, in Yazd, Iran, where he completed his elementary, and high school education. He received his M.Sc. degree in Soil and Water Engineering from the Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University. Then, he was employed in the Range Improvement and Forage Supply Organization, affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture to collaborate with Mr. Kernik, the FAO expert...

Citation: Singh MB, Fotedar R (2015) Studies on the Nutritional Status of School Age Children in Drought Affected Desert Environment of Western Rajasthan, India. J Nutr Health Sci 2(2): 202. doi: 10.15744/23939060.2.202 Volume 2 | Issue 2 Journal of Nutrition and Health Sciences

Article Corrigendum to “Statistical analysis on the radiological assessment and geochemical studies of granite rocks in north Um Taghir area, Eastern Desert, Egypt” was published January 1, 2022 journal Open Chemistry (volume 20, issue 1).

Article history: Received 14 March 2016 Received in revised form 7 August 2016 Accepted 8 August 2016 Available online 16 August 2016 After recognition that debris flows co-occur with human activities, the next step in a hazards analysis involves estimating debris-flowprobability. Prior research published in this journal in 2010 used varnishmicrolamination (VML) dating to determine a minimum oc...

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