Semi-arid rangeland vegetation of the Greater Caucasus foothills in Azerbaijan and its driving environmental conditions

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 73-90

  Peper, Jan ^a   Pietzsch, Dorothea ^a   Manthey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artemisia lerchiana; Chenopod shrubs; Salsola; Semi desert; Steppe; Winter pasture

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRAZING; PASTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; VEGETATION;

AZERBAIJAN;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA LERCHIANA; SALSOLA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78649738719     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2010/0040-0432     Document Type: Article

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