Jeremy M.B. Smith
Contributor
Associate Professor of Geography and Planning, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales. Station Leader, 1996 Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition to Macquarie Island, Australian Antarctic Division, Australian Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Tasmania. Editor of A History of Australasian Vegetation.
Primary Contributions (7)
Desert, any large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation. It is one of Earth’s major types of ecosystems, supporting a community of distinctive plants and animals specially adapted to the harsh environment. For a list of selected deserts of the world, see below. Desert environments are…
READ MORE