Diversity and distribution of plant species in agro-ecosystems of Egypt

Systematics and Geography of Plants

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 319-336

  Abd El Ghani, Monier M ^a   El Sawaf, Nadia ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alien species; Distribution patterns; Egypt; Habitat diversity; Irrigated croplands; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BRASSICACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CYPERACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE; POLYGONACEAE;

EID: 12144274707     PISSN: 03039153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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