Rainwater harvesting and arthropod biodiversity within an arid agro-ecosystem

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 162, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-14

  Norfolk, Olivia ^a   Abdel Dayem, Mahmoud ^b,c   Gilbert, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agroforestry; Bedouin; Egypt; Functional group; Insects; Runoff; Sinai; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

EGYPT;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LAGRIA; MONOMORIUM VENUSTUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84866150228     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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