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Ecophysiology of the Camelidae and Desert Ruminants (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989)
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Ecophysiology of the Camelidae and Desert Ruminants (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989)
Series: Adaptations of Desert Organisms
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I have spent less time in the arid zone in the last few years than
I did during the 1960's, 1970's and early 1980's. This results from
a progression through age and a career structure which gradually
shifted the emphasis of my work from being essentially
field-oriented to essentially office-hound. When, therefore, I was
asked by John Cloudsley-Thompson to undertake the writing of this
hook I hesitated for two reasons. One reason was that, although I
now had access to good library facilities and kept up with the
literature on the arid zones and their fauna, I was not sure that a
sedentary and pleasant life in a temperate highland island in
tropieal Africa would provide a mental attitude suitable to writing
a hook which related to areas where life is usually nomadie and
often extremely disagreeable. The other reason was that I was
uncertain whether I could devote the time necessary to researehing
and writing the hook on top of my professional (which now
specifical ly excluded research in the arid zones and on camels)
and social (new-found and time-consuming) commitments. In the event
I accepted and the fates were kind to me. By some peculiar
combination of circumstances I was given the opportunity to spend a
considerable part of the first half of 1988 in some of the driest
areas of the globe. I had already visited all of the locations used
for the construction of Fig. 2."
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