Diffuse vs. contracted vegetation patterns: An objective demarcation between arid and desert vegetations

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 177-182

  Le Houérou, Henry noel ^a  

^a Management and Development   (France)

Author keywords

Arid; Desert; Hyperarid; Landscape; Plant ecology; Steppe; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESERT; LAND USE; STEPPE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POACEAE;

EID: 33744952390     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/9D9J-R77R-QJ0A-6KGQ     Document Type: Article

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