Do Acacia and Tamarix trees compete for water in the Negev desert?

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 338-343

  Sher, A A ^a,b,c   Wiegand, K ^a,d,e,f   Ward, D ^a,g  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Denver Botanic Gardens ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acacia gerrardii; Acacia raddiana; Acacia tortilis; Coexistence; Israel; Spatial ecology; Tamarix aphylla; Tamarix nilotica

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DICOTYLEDON; LEGUME; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOLERANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ACACIA; ACACIA GERRARDII; ACACIA RADDIANA; ACACIA TORTILIS; TAMARIX; TAMARIX APHYLLA; TAMARIX NILOTICA;

EID: 72149123402     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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