Desert perennials as plant and soil indicators in Eastern Arabia

Plant and Soil

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 261-266

  Böer, Benno ^a   Sargeant, Donna ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abu Dhabi; Salinity; Soil surface hardness; Soil texture; Vegetation types

Indexed keywords

DESERT AREA; DESERT PLANT; INDICATOR SPECIES; PLANT-SOIL RELATIONSHIP; SALINITY; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SAUDI ARABIA;

CYPERIS CONGLOMERATUS; CYPERUS CONGLOMERATUS; HALOXYLON SALICORNICUM; PENNISETUM DIVISUM; SEIDLITZIA ROSMARINUS; ZYGOPHYLLUM MANDAVILLEI;

EID: 0031924812     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004318610230     Document Type: Article

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