Environmental correlates of species distribution in arid desert ecosystems of eastern Egypt

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 297-313

  Abd El Ghani, Monier M ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystems; Desert vegetation; Diversity; Egypt; Multivariate analysis; Vegetation environment relationships

Indexed keywords

DESERT; ENVIRONMENT FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EGYPT;

EID: 0032007392     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1997.0323     Document Type: Article

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