Conservation of mediterranean wetlands: Israel’s two “ramsar” sites, en afeq and hula nature reserves

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 253-259

  Olsvig whittaker, Linda ^a   Oron, Talya ^a   Kaplan, Didi ^a   Hassan, Giselle ^a  

^a Israel Nature and Parks Authority   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conservation; Israel; Monitoring; Scenario; Vegetation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE; NATURE RESERVE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

AFRICA; ASIA; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; HULA VALLEY; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN DISTRICT; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 33744949501     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/74KG-R90F-MXDW-PM3F     Document Type: Article

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