Water status and growth phenology of a Saharan shrub in north Africa

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-85

  Abdallah, Lotfi ^a   Chaieb, Mohamed ^a  

^a Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Growth; Phenology; Potential; Sahara; Spartidium saharae

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHENOLOGY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SHOOT GROWTH; SHRUB; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; SAHARA; TUNISIA;

EID: 33847205069     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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