Based on a symposium held in Tucson, Ariz., in Mar. 1985, and sponsored by the Committee on Desert and Arid Zones Research of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Includes bibliographies.
Columnar cacti and and desert Drosophila : the chemistry of host plant specificity / James C. Fogleman and William B. Heed -- Harvester ants and horned lizards : predator-prey interactions / Patricia J. Jchmidt and Justin O. Schmidt -- The natural history and role of subterranean termites in the northern Chihuahuan Desert / William P. MacKay, John C. Zak, and Walter G. Whitford -- Foraging ecology of subterranean termites in the Sonoran Desert / Susan C. Jones and William L. Nutting -- Spines and venoms in flora and fauna in the Arizona upland Sonoran Desert and how they act as defenses against vertebrates / Justin O. Schmidt -- Biological and social repercussions of irrigated pecan agriculture in southern Arizona / Kenneth J. Kingsley