Effect of soil salinity on plant distribution and production at Loburu delta, Lake Bogoria National Reserve, Kenya

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 140-149

  Onkware, Augustino Osoro ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SALINITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

KENYA;

CYPERUS LAEVIGATUS; SPOROBOLUS SPICATUS;

EID: 0034119543     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2000.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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