Dew measurements along a longitudinal sand dune transect, Negev Desert, Israel

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 184-190

  Jacobs, Adrie F G ^a   Heusinkveld, Bert G ^a   Berkowicz, Simon M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ISRAEL;

ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ISRAEL; WATER;

EID: 0034153446     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004840050007     Document Type: Article

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