Arabia's last forests under threat ii: Remaining fragments of unique valley forest in southwest arabia

Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-281

  Hall, M ^a,b   Scholte, P ^c,d   Al Khulaidi, A W ^e   Miller, A G ^a   Al Qadasi, A H ^e   Al Farhan, A ^f   Al Abbasi, T M ^g  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Ministry of Water and Environment   (Yemen)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Agricultural Research and Extension Authority AREA   (Yemen)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabia; Conservation; Rare species; Valley forest; Yemen

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349154728     PISSN: 09604286     EISSN: 14740036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960428609005460     Document Type: Article

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