Author: Schmidt, Justin O.; editor:
Title: Special Biotic Relationships in the Arid Southwest
Description: Albuquerque, Univ. of New Mexico Press, (1989). orig. cloth. 23x15cm, xiii,152 pp, Series: Contributions of the Committee on Desert & Arid Zones Research, 24.. Textual maps,charts & tables. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contains 6 papers. includes: J.C. Fogleman & W.B. Heed "Columnar Cacti & Desert Drosophila: The Chemistry of Host Plant Specificity"; P.J. Schmit & J.O. Schmidt "Harvester Ants & Horned Lizards: Predator-Prey Interactions";W.P. MacKay; et al: "The Natural History & Role of Subterranean Termites in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert"; S.C. Jones & W.L. Nutting "Foraging Ecology of Subterranean Termites in the Sonoran Desert"; J.O. Schmidt " Spines & Venoms in Flora & Fauna in the Arizona Upland Sonoran Desert & How They Act as Defences Against Vertebrates"; K.J. Kingsley "Biological & Social Repercussions of Irrigated Pecan Agriculture in Southern Arizona".

Keywords: Botany, Southwest Fauna, United States, Arid Environment, Arizona Ecological, Biotic Relationship, Botany Plants Flora, Entomology Insects, Chihuahuan, Desert Ecology