Population studies of Limonium stocksii (Plumbaginacea) from a salt desert near the Arabian Sea coast

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 15-16, 2007, Pages 1975-1990

  Zia, Sabahat ^a   Egan, Todd P ^b   Khan, M Ajmal ^c  

^a Government College for Women   (Pakistan)

^b ELMIRA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Halophyte; Ion accumulation; Limonium; Population; Salt desert; Tissue

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; DESERT; GROWTH; HALOPHYTE; ION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALT; SOIL WATER;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MANORA CREEK; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA;

LIMONIUM; LIMONIUM STOCKSII;

EID: 34548442994     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620701548514     Document Type: Article

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