title: Plant species diversity under desert conditions : I. Annual species diversity in the Dead Sea Valley.
abstract: Annual species diversity in the northern Dead Sea Valley has a high inverse correlation with soil salinity. Leached silty soil which overlies a gravel layer supports a plant community rich in species. Saline patches are populated with a plant community which is poor in species number and may even be monospecific.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem.
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authors.lastname: Danin