Ecological status of the Mediterranean Juniperus phoenicea L. Relicts in the desert mountains of North Sinai, Egypt

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 171-178

  El Bana, Magdy ^a   Shaltout, Kamal ^b   Khalafallah, Ahmed ^c   Mosallam, Hosni ^d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Tanta University   (Egypt)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Conservation; Desert rocks; Juniperus phoenicea; North Sinai; Size structure; Tree vitality

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; OUTCROP; SHRUB; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION TYPE;

EGYPT; SINAI;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA HERBA-ALBA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS; CHILIADENUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; DEVERRA TORTUOSA; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA APHYLLA; GYMNOCARPOS DECANDRUS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; MORICANDIA NITENS; REAUMURIA HIRTELLA; STACHYS; STACHYS AEGYPTIACA; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLUM DUMOSUM;

EID: 76949104702     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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