Impact of salinity on species association and phytosociology of halophytic plant communities in the Cholistan desert, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2359-2367

  Naz, Nargis ^a   Hameed, Mansoor ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a,c   Arshad, Muhammad ^b   Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 77958565489     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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