Plant biodiversity in the Saint Catherine area of the Sinai peninsula, Egypt

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-281

  Ayyad, Mohamed A ^a   Fakhry, Amal M ^a   Moustafa, Abdel Raouf A ^b  

^a Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Beta diversity landform; Endemism; Plant species richness; Sinai peninsula; Taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMISM; FLORISTICS; SPECIES INVENTORY;

EGYPT;

EID: 0034013877     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008973906522     Document Type: Article

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