Desert vegetation and vegetation-environment relationships in Kirthar National Park, Sindh, Pakistan

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 397-418

  Enright, N J ^a   Miller, B P ^a   Akhter, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Desert vegetation; Grazing; Kirthar National Park; Multi variate analysis; Pakistan; Species richness

Indexed keywords

DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLORISTICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KIRTHAR NATIONAL PARK; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

RIPARIA;

EID: 13244290234     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.09.009     Document Type: Article

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