Environment and vegetation in the montane Saint Catherine area, south Sinai, Egypt

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 331-349

  Moustafa, Abd El Raouf A ^a   Zaghloul, Mohammed S ^a  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Artemisia inculta; Fagonia mollis; Lycium shawii; soil texture; Tanacetum santolinoides; wind speed

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA INCULTA; ATRAPHAXIS SPINOSA; CHRISTIA; FAGONIA; FAGONIA MOLLIS; LYCIUM; LYCIUM SHAWII; TANACETUM; TANACETUM SANTOLINOIDES; ACHILLEA FRAGRANTISSIMA; ASTERACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL TEXTURE; WIND;

EGYPT, SINAI, SAINT CATHERINE;

EID: 0030274188     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0114     Document Type: Article

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