Woody species as landscape modulators: Their effect on the herbaceous plants in a Mediterranean maquis

Plant Ecology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-177

  Agra, Har'el ^a   Ne'eman, Gidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evergreen trees; Grazing; Israel; Landscape mosaic; Patch type; Plant functional types; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; EVERGREEN TREE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; PATCHINESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY PLANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

BOS;

EID: 70350589027     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9606-3     Document Type: Article

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