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The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert 1972 2026 1990 2008 632
  1. The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert (1972)
    Gerald Blake, M. Evenari et al. Geographical Journal
  2. Rainwater-harvesting agriculture for food production in arid zones: the challenge of the African famine (1986)
    Hendrik J. Bruins, M. Evenari et al. Applied Geography

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Works of M. Evenari being referenced

The heteroblasty of Aegilops ovata.
1970
The role of air humidity and leaf temperature in controlling stomatal resistance of Prunus armeniaca L. under desert conditions
1974
Seasonal and diurnal courses of water relations of the arido-active plant Hammada scoparia in the Negev desert
1975
Stomatal responses to changes in temperature at increasing water stress
1973
The role of air humidity and temperature in controlling stomatal resistance of Prunus armeniaca L. under desert conditions
1975
Stomatal responses to changes in humidity in plants growing in the desert
1972
The temperature-related photosynthetic capacity of plants under desert conditions
1974
The temperature-related photosynthetic capacity of plants under desert conditions
1975
The role of air humidity and leaf temperature in controlling stomatal resistance of Prunus armeniaca L. under desert conditions
1975
The influence of the origin of the mother plant on yield and germination of their caryopses in Aegilops ovata
1972
Extreme water stress and photosynthetic activity of the desert plant Artemisia herba-alba asso
1972
An empirical model of net photosynthesis for the desert plant Hammada scoparia (Pomel) Iljin
1976
The Negev
1982
Note on soils with vesicular structure in deserts
1974
Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, A.
1987
Ancient Masters of the Desert
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Adaptive mechanisms in desert plants
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Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands A.
1986
New germination inhibitor from Aegilops ovata L.
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The Activity of Organic Acids as Germination Inhibitors and its Relation to pH
1953
A Russian View of Desertology: Deserts of the World . M. P. Petrov. Translated from the Russian edition (Leningrad, 1973). Halsted (Wiley), New York, and Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1977. viii, 448 pp., illus. + loose maps. $57.50.
1978 Science
Ecosystems of the World, Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands
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Effects of the Environment of the Mother Plant on Germination by Control of Seed-Coat Permeabilit to Water in Ononis Sioula Guss.
1966
The Relation between the Structure of Coumarin and its Derivatives, and their Activity as Germination Inhibitors
1952
Germination inhibition activity of a naturally occurring lignan fromAegilops ovata L. in green and infrared light
1980
Eco-physiological Investigations on the Amphicarpy of Emex spinosa (L.) Campd.
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The Nature of the Germination Inhibitor Present in Leaves of Eucalyptus rostrata
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Integumentary Mucilage as an Oxygen Barrier During Germination of Blepharis persica (Burm.) Kuntze
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Adaptations of desert lichens to drought and extreme temperatures
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The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert
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