The effect of microhabitats on vegetation and its relationships with seedlings and soil seed bank in a Mediterranean coastal sand dune community

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2040-2053

  Yu, S ^a,b   Bell, D ^c   Sternberg, M ^d   Kutiel, P ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biomass; Shrub understorey; Similarity; Species diversity; Trampling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; DUNE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRAMPLING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

APIACEAE; APIALES; BRASSICACEAE; POLYCARPON SUCCULENTUM;

EID: 50249132040     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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