Geo-ecological soil features and the vegetation pattern in an arid dune area in the Northern Negev, Israel

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 347-356

  Beyer, Lothar ^a   Tielbörger, Katja ^b   Blume, Hans P ^a   Pfisterer, Ulrich ^c   Pingpank, Kristina ^a   Podlech, Dieter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Forschungs und Technologie Zentrum Westküste   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desert ecological system; Soil mapping; Spatial variability; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342885740     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.1998.3581610403     Document Type: Article

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