Mortality, recruitment and change of desert tree populations in a hyper-arid environment.

Long-term vegetation changes in hyper-arid areas have long been neglected. Mortality, recruitment and change in populations of the ecologically and culturally important and drought persistent Acacia tortilis and Balanites aegyptiaca are therefore estimated in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, and are rel...

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Main Authors: Gidske L Andersen, Knut Krzywinski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1784067?pdf=render