The current status of Atriplex on the Cape Verde Islands

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 507-519

  Pasiecznik, N M ^a   Vera Cruz, M T ^b   Harris, P J C ^a  

^a Henry Doubleday Research Association   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst Nac de Investigacao e D   (Cape Verde)

Author keywords

Atriplex species; intake; location; salt content

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; ATRIPLEX GLAUCA; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS; ATRIPLEX UNDULATA; ATRIPLEX VESICARIA; CHENOPODIACEAE;

BROWSING; FORAGE; INTRODUCED PLANT; SALT;

CAPE VERDE ISLANDS, SANTIAGO ISLAND;

EID: 0030430901     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0128     Document Type: Article

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