Ecological impacts of desert plantation forests on biodiversity

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-318

  Farahat, Emad ^a   Linderholm, Hans W ^b  

^a Helwan University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Egypt; Planted forests; Similarity; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BIODIVERSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST FLOOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION; SAMPLING; SHRUB; SPACING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY; WEED;

EGYPT;

EID: 84864393588     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2012.01325.x     Document Type: Article

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