Anthropogenic causes of high mortality and low recruitment in three Acacia tree taxa in the Negev desert, Israel

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 877-893

  Ward, David ^a   Rohner, Christoph ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acacia; Keystone species; Species richness; Trees

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030971077     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000010408.90955.48     Document Type: Article

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