Abundance-occupancy relationships and implications for conservation of desert plants in the northwestern Red Sea region

Community Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-98

  Lovett Doust, J ^a   Hegazy, A K ^b   Hammouda, O ^c   Gomaa, N H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Abundance; Conservation; Desert; Niche breadth; Occupancy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; DESERT; NICHE BREADTH; PLANT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 68049129819     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.10.2009.1.11     Document Type: Article

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