Effects of the abandonment of the burrowing mounds of fat sand rat (Psammomys obesus cretzschamar 1828) on vegetation and soil surface attributes along the coastal dunes of North Sinai, Egypt

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 821-827

  El Bana, M I ^a  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anabasis articulata; Herbivory; Rodent digging; Sand dunes; Species richness; Zaranik Protected Area

Indexed keywords

BURROW; BURROWING; DESERT; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RODENT; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

ANABASIS ARTICULATA; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 67349265152     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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