Soil carbohydrates along a topoclimatic gradient in a Judean desert ecosystem

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 523-530

  Steinberger, Y ^a   Lavee, H ^a   Barness, G ^a   Davidor, M ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Desert system; Soil carbohydrates; Soil polysaccharides; Topoclimatic gradient

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; DESERT; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL STRUCTURE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0033493862     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-145X(199911/12)10:6<523::AID-LDR351>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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