Floristic composition and vegetation ecology of the Malindi Bay coastal dune field, Kenya

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-112

  Abuodha, J O Z ^a   Musila, W M ^b   van der Hagen, H ^c  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c Duinwaterbedrijf Zuid Holland ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Coastal dune; Ecosystem; Geomorphological unit; Geomorphology; Monsoon; Structure; Tropical

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DUNE FIELD; FLORISTICS; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; KILIFI; MALINDI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CORDIA; HALOPYRUM MUCRONATUM; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA PES-CAPRAE; PAPILIONOIDEAE; PLUCHEA; POACEAE; SCAEVOLA PLUMIERI; TEPHROSIA; TEPHROSIA PURPUREA;

EID: 33847075846     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1652/1400-0350(2003)009[0097:FCAVEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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