How Plants Cope with the Desert Climate
How Plants Cope with the Desert Climate
Mark A. Dimmitt
Director of Natural History
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Desert plants have developed three main adaptive strategies: succulence, drought tolerance and drought avoidance. Each of these is a different but effective suite of adaptations for prospering under conditions that would kill plants from other regions.
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