The effect of shrubs on the seed rain of annuals in a semiarid landscape

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-92

  Giladi, Itamar ^a   Segoli, Moran ^a   Ungar, Eugene D ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dispersal barrier; Dispersal limitation; Ecosystem engineer; Sarcopoterium spinosum

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SARCOPOTERIUM SPINOSUM;

EID: 42949171456     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJPS.55.1.83     Document Type: Article

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