Description of plant communities on the Red Sea coastal plain of Sudan

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-131

  Woldewahid, G ^a   van der Werf, W ^a   Sykora, K ^a   Abate, T ^b   Mostofa, B ^c   van Huis, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Food and Agricultural Organisation   (Yemen)

^c Desert Locust Unit   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Classification; Environmental variables; Plant community; Red Sea coast

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COASTAL PLAIN; LAND USE; LOCUST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL TEXTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA COAST; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

ACACIA; ACACIA TORTILIS; HELIOTROPIUM; PANICUM TURGIDUM; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; SUAEDA MONOICA;

EID: 33750015459     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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