Impact of drought on plant cover dynamics in two natural areas of Southern Tunisia

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1539-1544

  Salem, Farah Ben ^a   Tarhouni, Mohamed ^a   Belgacem, Azaiez Ouled ^a   Neffati, Mohamed ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Drought; Dynamics; Plant communities; Southern Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GYMNOCARPOS DECANDER; HAMMADA SCOPARIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; SANDY SOIL; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROFLORA; TUNISIA;

ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA; EMBRYOPHYTA; GYMNOCARPOS DECANDRUS; HAMMADA SCOPARIA;

EID: 37348999573     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2007.1539.1544     Document Type: Article

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