Effects of camel grazing on the ecology of small perennial plants in the Dubai (UAE) inland desert

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 738-750

  Gallacher, D J ^a   Hill, J P ^a  

^a ZAYED UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Conservation; Desertification; Rangeland; United Arab Emirates; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DESERT; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; GRAZING; MAMMAL; PERENNIAL PLANT;

ASIA; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

CAMELIDAE; ORYX;

EID: 33646564721     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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