The vegetation of the Farasān Islands, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-88

  El Demerdash, M A ^a  

^a Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

CCA; DCA; Mangrove; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SAUDI ARABIA, FARASAN ISLANDS;

EID: 0030438123     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236419     Document Type: Article

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