Soil-vegetation relationships in a coastal desert plain of southern Sinai, Egypt

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 607-628

  Abd El Ghani, Monier M ^a   Amer, Wafaa M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystems; Desert vegetation; Edaphic factors; Egypt; Multivariate analysis; Plant communities; Plant distribution

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ORDINATION; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

EGYPT; SINAI;

ACACIA TORTILIS; ARTEMISIA JUDAICA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CONVOLVULUS LANATUS; CORNULACA MONACANTHA; DEVERRA TORTUOSA; LAUNAEA NUDICAULIS; LEPTADENIA PYROTECHNICA; NITRARIA RETUSA; POACEAE; TAMARIX NILOTICA; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; ZYGOPHYLLUM ALBUM;

EID: 0141725400     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(02)00318-X     Document Type: Article

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