Controls on plant functional surface cover types along a precipitation gradient in the Negev Desert of Israel

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-90

  Buis, E ^a   Veldkamp, A ^a   Boeken, B ^b   van Breemen, N ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biological interactions; Infiltration rate; Landscape structure; Shrub; Vegetation patterns; Water redistribution

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BEDROCK; CATCHMENT; DESERT; INFILTRATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER USE;

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

ASPHODELUS RAMOSUS;

EID: 56949104194     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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