Shrub mound formation and stability on semi-arid slopes in the Northern Negev Desert of Israel: A field and simulation study

Geoderma

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 363-371

  Buis, E ^a   Temme, A J A M ^a   Veldkamp, A ^a   Boeken, B ^b   Jongmans, A G ^a   van Breemen, N ^a   Schoorl, J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mound formation; Negev; Semi arid; Shrub; Simulation; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; DIFFERENT SLOPES; EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL SIMULATION; NEGEV DESERT; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; REDEPOSITION; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SEMIARID AREA; SEMIARID CATCHMENTS; SHRUB DENSITY; SIMULATION STUDIES; TIME-SCALES; VEGETATION PATTERN;

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS;

VEGETATION;

EROSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 77950901242     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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