Vegetation zonation along the geological and geomorphological gradient at eastern slope of sulaiman range, Pakistan

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 6105-6115

  Dasti, A Altaf ^a   Saima, Shehzadi ^a   Mahmood, Zahid ^a   Athar, Mohammad ^b   Gohar, Sobia ^a  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pakistan; Plant communities; Sulaiman range; Vegetation analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CATION; RAIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROPHYTE; LANDSCAPE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; ORDINATION ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT GROWTH; ROCK; SOIL QUALITY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; XEROPHYTE; ZONATION;

EID: 77958006724     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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