Recovery rates of microbiotic crusts within a dune ecosystem in the Negev Desert

Geomorphology

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 444-452

  Kidron, Giora J ^a   Vonshak, Ahuva ^b   Abeliovich, Aharon ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Department of Biotechnology Engineering   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Mosses; Negev Desert; Recovery time; Sand dune

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; DUNE FIELD; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOSS;

AFRICA; ASIA; EGYPT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

BRYOPHYTA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CYANOBACTERIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 48749108479     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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