Monitoring structural assets of bi-species groves according to land use types: A case study from arid plains

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 121-131

  Khan, Amin U ^a  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Climax groves; Coexistence; Conservation; Desertification; Landscape stability

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INTERFERENCE; ARID LANDS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CLIMAX GROVES; COEXISTENCE; GROWTH STRATEGY; LAND USE TYPE; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; PROSOPIS CINERARIA; SELECTION CRITERIA; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATOLOGY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ECOLOGY;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COEXISTENCE; COMPLEMENTARITY; DESERTIFICATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MONITORING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HIGHER PLANT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PROSOPIS CINERARIA; SALVADORA OLEOIDES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROSOPIS; SALVADORACEAE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; PROSOPIS; SALVADORACEAE;

PROSOPIS CINERARIA; SALVADORA OLEOIDES;

EID: 77955424119     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1096-1     Document Type: Article

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