Acacia saligna plantation impact on soil surface properties and vascular plant species composition in central Tunisia

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-46

  Derbel, Salma ^a   Cortina, Jordi ^b   Chaieb, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecosystem function; Exotic species; Landscape function analysis (LFA)

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; PLANTATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; VASCULAR PLANT;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 60549096103     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980802599209     Document Type: Article

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