Influence of slope aspect on Mediterranean woody formations: Comparison of a semiarid and an arid site in Israel

Ecological Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 335-345

  Sternberg, Marcelo ^a   Shoshany, Maxim ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass; Aridity; Plant cover; Productivity; Rangelands; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ARIDITY; ASPECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ISRAEL;

CISTUS; CISTUS INCANUS SUBSP. CRETICUS; CORIDOTHYMUS; CORIDOTHYMUS CAPITATUS; PHILLYREA LATIFOLIA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; QUERCUS CALLIPRINOS; SARCOPOTERIUM SPINOSUM;

EID: 0035384646     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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