Survival adaptations and strategies of annuals occurring in the Judean and Negev Deserts of Israel

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-175

  Gutterman, Yitzchak ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANNUAL PLANT; GERMINATION; SURVIVAL;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0036386212     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1092/CD1L-0NCF-G2JC-1MHV     Document Type: Short Survey

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