Lizard burrows association with successional stages of biological soil crusts in an arid sandy region

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 235-246

  Zaady, E ^a   Bouskila, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acanthodactylus lizards; Biological crust; Conservation; Cryptogamic; Cyanobacteria; Disturbance; Management; Microphytic; Stenodactylus doriae

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BURROW; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISTURBANCE; LIZARD; SOIL CRUST;

ARAVA VALLEY; ISRAEL; NEGEV DESERT;

ACANTHODACTYLUS; CYANOBACTERIA; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA; STENODACTYLUS DORIAE;

EID: 0036464220     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2001.0953     Document Type: Article

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