Recent dynamics of the wet pastures at Oukaimeden plateau (High Atlas mountains, Morroco)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 167-189

  Alaoui Haroni, S ^a   Alifriqui, M ^a   Simonneaux, V ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cartography; Dynamic; GIS; High Atlas mountains; Morocco; Wet grasslands

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CARTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLORISTICS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRASSLAND; PASTURE; SOIL WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 58349113381     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9465-6     Document Type: Article

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