Acceptability of plant species along grazing gradients around watering points in Tunisian arid zone

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 454-461

  Tarhounin, Mohamed ^a   Salem, Farah Ben ^a   Belgacem, Azaiez Ouled ^a   Neffati, Mohamed ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Density; Dry area; Grazing gradient; Grazing value; Plant cover; Richness; Tunisia; Watering points

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DISTURBANCE; FORAGE; OVERGRAZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; WATERING POINT;

TUNISIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955924841     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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