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Sand dune vegetation-biocrust interaction as a source of spatial heterogeneity Cover

Sand dune vegetation-biocrust interaction as a source of spatial heterogeneity

By: Hezi Yizhaq and  Yosef Ashkenazy  
Open Access
|May 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2022-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1338-4333 | Journal ISSN: 0042-790X
Language: English
Page range: 145 - 155
Submitted on: Jul 31, 2021
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Accepted on: Jan 5, 2022
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Published on: May 19, 2022
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