Coastal lowland vegetation of eastern Saudi Arabia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1027-1040

  Shaltout, K H ^a   El Halawany, E F ^b   El Garawany, M M ^c  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^c KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabian deserts; Halophytes; Sabkhahs; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COASTAL VEGETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALINITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SAUDI ARABIA;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AELUROPUS; AELUROPUS LAGOPOIDES; AMARANTHACEAE; BASSIA ERIOPHORA; CAPITATA; CHENOPODIACEAE; CILIOPHORA; ERIOPHORA; HALOXYLON; HALOXYLON SALICORNICUM; JUNCACEAE; JUNCUS; JUNCUS RIGIDUS; LAUNAEA; LAUNAEA CAPITATA; LAUNAEA MUCRONATA; MOLTKIOPSIS; MOLTKIOPSIS CILIATA; PANICUM; PANICUM TURGIDUM; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANTAGINACEAE; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO BOISSIERI; POACEAE; SAVIGNYA PARVIFLORA; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLUM; ZYGOPHYLLUM QATARENSE;

EID: 0030809353     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018319714993     Document Type: Article

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