End-of-season soil water depletion in relation to growth of herbaceous vegetation in a sub-humid Mediterranean dwarf-shrub community on two contrasting soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 317-326

  Henkin, Z ^a   Seligman, N G ^a   Kafkafi, U ^b   Prinz, D ^c  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gypsum soil moisture sensors; Pale rendzina; Sarcopoterium spinosum; Seedling establishment; Terra rossa

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MOISTURE CONTENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

SARCOPOTERIUM SPINOSUM;

EID: 0031718793     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004370019120     Document Type: Article

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