Effect of amount and distribution of rain on seedling survival and establishment of Hammada elegans (Bge.) botsch

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 207-222

  Al Qarawi, A A ^a   Al Doss, A A ^b   Assaeed, A M ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

SAUDI ARABIA;

HAMMADA ELEGANS;

EID: 0031717345     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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