Plant communities and their species diversity in the semi-arid rangelands of Borana lowlands, southern Oromia, Ethiopia

Community Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-176

  Dalle, Gemedo ^a,b   Maass, B L ^a   Isselstein, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Botanical composition; Land use units; Species richness; Vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; BIDENS; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; CHRYSOPOGON; COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA AFRICANA; HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; SANSEVIERIA; SETARIA (PLANT); SETARIA VERTICILLATA;

EID: 30544446602     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.6.2005.2.5     Document Type: Article

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