Distinguishing signal from noise: Long-term studies of vegetation in Makhtesh Ramon erosion cirque, Negev desert, Israel

Plant Ecology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 27-36

  Ward, David ^a   Saltz, David ^a   Olsvig Whittaker, Linda ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asiatic wild asses; Deserts; Gazelles; Herbivory; Lilies; Long term plant population dynamics; Negev

Indexed keywords

CIRQUE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0034492184     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026529126729     Document Type: Conference Paper

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