Vegetation change in response to grazing and water level decline in the Enot Zukim Nature Reserve (En Fescha), Israel

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Olsvig Whittaker, Linda ^a   Walczak, Margareta ^a   Sabach, Amos ^a   Dror, Eli ^a  

^a Israel Nature and Parks Authority   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conservation; Grazing; Oasis; Phragmites australis; Restoration; Tamarix sp

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRAZING; INVASIVE SPECIES; OASIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EQUUS ASINUS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TAMARIX;

EID: 70350340376     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJPS.57.1-2.1     Document Type: Article

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