Plant recolonization after severe degradation: A case study in the Negev highlands of Israel

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 411-419

  Agami, M ^a   Eshel, A ^a   Waisel, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Desert shrubs; Helianthemum; Reaumuria; Recolonization; Succession

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DESERT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECOLONIZATION;

HELIANTHEMUM; ISRAEL; NEGEV HIGHLANDS; REAUMURIA; SERPHIDIUM SIEBERI; ZYGOPHYLLUM DUMOSUM;

APUS APUS; HELIANTHEMUM; REAUMURIA; SERPHIDIUM; SERPHIDIUM SIEBERI; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLUM; ZYGOPHYLLUM DUMOSUM;

EID: 0032029445     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1997.0357     Document Type: Article

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