Effects of prolonged drought on the vegetation cover of sand dunes in the nw negev desert: Field survey, remote sensing and conceptual modeling

Aeolian Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-173

  Siegal, Z ^a   Tsoar, H ^a   Karnieli, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bio crust; Drought; Mobility; Sand dunes; Stability; Vegetated linear dunes

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; DUNE; FIELD SURVEY; MOBILITY; REMOBILIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUB; VEGETATION COVER;

ISRAEL; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 84877055489     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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