Forestland degradation and potential rehabilitation in southwest Saudi Arabia

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 2677-2696

  El Juhany, Loutfy I ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Agricultural terraces; Degradation; Forestland; Rehabilitation; Southwestern saudi arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952244834     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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