Phytosociological survey on the central coastal lowlands of eastern Saudi Arabia

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 165-172

  Farghali, Kotb Amer ^a   Zareh, Moumn Mustafa ^a  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; East of Saudi Arabia; Phytogeography; Plants survey

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; COMPOSITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SURVEYING; VEGETATION;

ANGIOSPERM; ATMOSPHERE; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL; VEGETATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

AELUROPUS LAGOPOIDES; ALHAGI GRAECORUM; ARTHROCNEMUM MACROSTACHYUM; AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; CYNODON DACTYLON; HALOCNEMUM STROBILACEUM; LASIURUS SCINDICUS; LYCIUM; LYCIUM SHAWII; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; SPOROBOLUS IOCLADOS; TAMARIX APHYLLA; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLUM QATARENSE;

EID: 33745027889     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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