Microphytic crusts, shrub patches and water harvesting in the Negev Desert: The Shikim system

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 587-597

  Eldridge, David J ^a   Zaady, Eli ^b   Shachak, Moshe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Desert hydrology; Desert shrublands; Ecosystem services; Microphytic crust; Runoff and sediment production; Soil crust controls on ecosystem processes; Source sink relationships; Water harvesting

Indexed keywords

DESERT SOIL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HYDROLOGY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CRUST; WATER HARVESTING; WATER SUPPLY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0036967604     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021575503284     Document Type: Article

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