Status and prospects for the conservation of remnant semi-natural carob Ceratonia siliqua L. populations in Lebanon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 49-59

  Talhouk, S N ^a   Van Breugel, P ^b   Zurayk, R ^a   Al Khatib, A ^a   Estephan, J ^c   Ghalayini, A ^a   Debian, N ^a   Lychaa, D ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Intl Plant Genetic Rsrc Inst C   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c B

Author keywords

Carob; Ceratonia siliqua; Conservation; Genetic diversity; Human impacts; Lebanon; Mediterranean vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIO-CLIMATIC DISTRIBUTIONS; CAROB DISTRIBUTIONS; CAROB TREES;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GENES; MOLECULES; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; GENETIC RESOURCE; LAND USE; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; GENES; METEOROLOGY; MOLECULES; PLANTS; SOIL;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

CERATONIA; CERATONIA SILIQUA; SILIQUA;

EID: 11844275296     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.10.053     Document Type: Article

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