Role of host identity in effects of phytogenic mounds on plant assemblages and species richness on coastal arid dunes

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 635-644

  El Bana, Magdy I ^a   Li, Zhen Qing ^b   Nijs, Ivan ^c  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystem; Facilitation; Island biogeography; Nebkha; Phytogenic hillock; Psammophytic species; Sinai Peninsula

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL ZONE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DUNE; HETEROGENEITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

EID: 34848825938     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[635:ROHIIE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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