The influences of depressions made by ibex on the annual vegetation along cliffs of the zin valley in the negev desert highlands, Israel

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-338

  Gutterman, Yitzchak ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; BUNIAB IBEX; CLIFF; DIGGING; IBEX;

ISRAEL, NEGEV DESERT, ZIN VALLEY;

CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA IBEX NABIANA; NUBIAN IBEX;

EID: 0031412917     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1997.10676697     Document Type: Article

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