IAPRS & SIS, Vol.34, Part 7, “Resource and Environmental Monitoring”, Hyderabad, India, 2002 
  
  
1990 
to 
1999 
  
5.9% 
  
5.5% 
  
1.7% 
  
  
1.4% 
  
  
ation cover 
vegetation 
e total area 
e Acacia’s 
represents 
areas (the 
the dense 
he rate of 
e areas of 
vegetation 
getation is 
tion phase 
c decrease 
[S overlay 
otographs 
ranges in 
a saligna 
high rates 
are well 
the mode 
> invasion 
nd could 
g control 
Ines areas 
ne. 
g Dunes: 
im 1956- 
tory, Bar- 
America. 
jiological 
lag, New 
mics and 
inds over 
nference, 
an, Israel 
al Dunes 
dept. of 
iological 
Golik A., Rosen D. Golan A. Shoshany M,. DiCastro D. & 
Harari P., 1996, Ashdod port's effect on the shoreline, seabed 
and sediment. 
Coastal Engineering (Proceedings) 4376-4389Kutiel, P., Peled, 
Y. & Gefen, E. 2000. The effect of removing shrub cover on 
annual plants and small mammals in coastal sand dune 
ecosystems. Biol. Conserv. 94: 235-242. 
Lowry, J.L. 1999. Plants out of place. Earth Island J. 14: 26-28. 
Shoshany M., Golik A. Degani A. Lavee H. & Gvirtzman G., 
1996, New Evidence for Sand Transport Direction Along the 
coastline of Israel, Journal of Coastal Research, 12 (1), 311- 
325. ; 
Shoshany, M., 2002, Landscape fragmentation and Soil 
erodibility in south and north facing slopes during ecosystems 
recovery: an analysis from  multi-date air photographs. 
Geomorphology, 45, 3-20. 
Shoshany, M., and Goldshlager, N., 2002, Land-use Changes in 
Israel, 1950-1990 and their deriving forces: A Comparative 
two-scale Analysis. Land-Use Policy. 19(2), 123-133 
385