Performance of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) provenances grown at the edge of the Negev desert: A review

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1051-1057

  Schiller, G ^a   Atzmon, N ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drought resistance; Eco physiology; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST COVER; GROWTH RATE; PLANTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROVENANCE; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

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

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 69249220137     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.06.003     Document Type: Review

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