Interactive effects of grazing and shrubs on the annual plant community in semi-arid Mediterranean shrublands

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 869-878

  Osem, Yagil ^a   Perevolotsky, Avi ^a   Kigel, Jaime ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Corydothymus capitatus; Facilitation; Grazing refuge; Interference; Response group; Sarcopoterium spinosus; Shrubland

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; GRAZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

OVIS ARIES; SARCOPOTERIUM;

EID: 36749022739     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[869:IEOGAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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