Mapping the vegetation of Kuwait through reconnaissance soil survey

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 341-355

  Omar, Samira A S ^a,b   Misak, Rafat ^a,b   King, Peter ^a,c   Shahid, Shabbir A ^a,b   Abo Rizq, Haana ^a,b   Grealish, Gerard ^a,c   Roy, Waleed ^a,b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b Food Resources Division   (Australia)

^c AACM International   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desert ecosystem; Dynamics of vegetation; Geographic Information System; Land degradation; Plant community; Plant ecology; Vegetation surveys

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL TYPE; VEGETATION MAPPING;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0034969778     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2000.0740     Document Type: Article

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