Unraveling landscapes with phytogenic mounds (nebkhas): Anexploration of spatial pattern

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-63

  Quets, Jan J ^a   Temmerman, Stijn ^a   El Bana, Magdy I ^b,c   Al Rowaily, Saud L ^b   Assaeed, Abdulaziz M ^b   Nijs, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Calligonum; Mesquite; Nebkha; Pair correlation function; Spatial pattern; Tamarix

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DESERTIFICATION; DICOTYLEDON; DUNE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

CALLIGONUM; CALLIGONUM COMOSUM; GUTIERREZIA MICROCEPHALA; GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; TAMARIX; TAMARIX APHYLLA;

EID: 84875830699     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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