Microclimatic interslope differences underlying biodiversity contrasts in "Evolution Canyon", Mt. Carmel, Israel

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Pavlíček, Tomáš ^a   Sharon, David ^b   Kravchenko, Vassily ^c   Saaroni, Hadas ^c   Nevo, Eviatar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; MICROCLIMATE; PALEOCLIMATE; SLOPE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 17344379774     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/QD0A-9T22-4FGL-FGH6     Document Type: Article

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