"Desert Climate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Desert Climate" by people in Profiles.
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Fire activity and severity in the western US vary along proxy gradients representing fuel amount and fuel moisture. PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e99699.
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Long-lasting transition toward sustainable elimination of desert malaria under irrigation development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Sep 10; 110(37):15157-62.
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A New Species of Seed-harvester Ant, Pogonomyrmex hoelldobleri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), from the Mohave and Sonoran Deserts of North America. Zootaxa. 2013; 3646:201-27.
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Cross-biome metagenomic analyses of soil microbial communities and their functional attributes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Dec 26; 109(52):21390-5.
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Climate forcing and desert malaria: the effect of irrigation. Malar J. 2011 Jul 14; 10:190.
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Dinosaur death trap. Sci Am. 2011 Mar; 304(3):70-5.
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Permian tetrapods from the Sahara show climate-controlled endemism in Pangaea. Nature. 2005 Apr 14; 434(7035):886-9.