Spatio-temporal scales of dispersal limitation in the recolonization of a semi-arid Mediterranean old-field

Ecography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 418-426

  Reisman Berman, Orna ^a   Kadmon, Ronen ^b   Shachak, Moshe ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOLONIZATION; SHRUB;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ROSACEAE; SARCOPOTERIUM SPINOSUM;

EID: 33745099529     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04455.x     Document Type: Article

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