Ecology and biomass of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex. Steud. in the north-eastern region of the Nile Delta, Egypt

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 473-482

  Serag, Mamdouh S ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biomass; Nile Delta; Phragmites; Species environment relations

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; HALOPHYTE; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; REED;

EGYPT;

ARTHROCNEMUM MACROSTACHYUM; ASTERACEAE; HALOCNEMUM STROBILACEUM; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POACEAE;

EID: 0030317655     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682366     Document Type: Article

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