Do spatial effects play a role in the spatial distribution of desert-dwelling Acacia raddiana?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 473-484

  Wiegand, Kerstin ^a   Jeltsch, Florian ^a,b   Ward, David ^c,d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acacia raddiana; Negev; Point pattern analysis; Simulation model; Spatio temporal population dynamics

Indexed keywords

DESERT; HETEROGENEITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

ISRAEL;

ACACIA RADDIANA;

EID: 0033791752     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3246577     Document Type: Article

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