Factors affecting the diversity and distribution of synanthropic vegetation in urban habitats of the Nile Delta, Egypt

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 327-337

  El Ghani, Monier Abd ^a   Shehata, Mohamed N ^b   Mobarak, Ahmed ^b   Bakr, Rabab ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Diversity; Multivariate analysis; Plant communities; Ruderal vegetation; Soil environment relationships

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE PRODUCTIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; DIVERSITY; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; SOIL-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIPS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84875842537     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-012-0179-z     Document Type: Article

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