Spontaneous vegetation dynamics and restoration prospects for limestone quarries in Lebanon

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-204

  Khater, Carla ^a,b   Martin, Arnaud ^c   Maillet, Jacques ^d  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d Pl Viala F 34060 Montpellier C   (France)

Author keywords

Colonization; Correspondence Analysis; Mediterranean; Revegetation; Succession

Indexed keywords

AINSWORTHIA CORDATA; ANDRACHNE; ARBUTUS; ARBUTUS ANDRACHNE; CISTUS; CISTUS CRETICUS; CISTUS INCANUS SUBSP. CRETICUS; DITTRICHIA VISCOSA; GERANIUM DISSECTION; GERANIUM DISSECTUM; INULA; INULA VISCOSA; PINUS BRUTIA; PISTACIA; PISTACIA PALAESTINA; PISTACIA VERA; PTILOSTEMON CHAMAEPEUCE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CALLIPRINOS; SALVIA; SALVIA TRILOBA; STACHYS; STACHYS DISTANS;

EID: 1342269463     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2003.tb00580.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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