Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) subsp. raddiana (Savi) Brenan as a foundation species: A test from the arid zone of Tunisia

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-25

  Noumi, Zouhaier ^a,b   Abdallah, Lotfi ^a   Touzard, Blaise ^b   Chaieb, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

exposition; open areas; soil enrichment; soil water availability; tree canopies

Indexed keywords

ACACIA TORTILIS;

EID: 84857759912     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ11053     Document Type: Article

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