TITLE

DESERT WARMING

AUTHOR(S)

Read, John

PUB. DATE

March 2003

SOURCE

Nature Australia;Autumn2003, Vol. 27 Issue 8, p38

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Discusses the impact of climatic changes and global warming on reptiles that inhabit coastal and desert environments in Australia. Description of the reptiles; Predators that threaten the existence of the species; Environmental factors which threaten the animals as well as desert-adapted plants.

ACCESSION #

9811294

Tags: CLIMATIC changes;  REPTILES;  GLOBAL warming

 

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