Desert Ecosystems: Environment and Producers

1973/11/01 by Imanuel Noy-Meir, Imanuel Noy‐Meir · 21 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Aeolian processes and effects #Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies #Rangeland and Wildlife Management

paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.es.04.110173.000325

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