Is soil salinity one of the major determinants of community structure under arid environments?

Community Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-90

  Naz, N ^a   Hameed, M ^a   Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, M ^a   Ashraf, M ^a,c   Arshad, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Cholistan Institute of Desert Studies (CIDS)   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CCA; Halophytes; Soil pH; Soil salinity; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HALOPHYTE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PH; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CHOLISTAN DESERT; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

AELUROPUS LAGOPOIDES; FAGONIA INDICA; HALOXYLON RECURVUM; SPOROBOLUS IOCLADOS; SUAEDA FRUTICOSA;

EID: 77952908935     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.11.2010.1.12     Document Type: Article

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