Impacts of native and invasive exotic prosopis congeners on soil properties and associated flora in the arid united arab emirates

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 100-101, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  El Keblawy, Ali ^a   Abdelfatah, Mahmoud Ali ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Fayoum University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Desert habitats; Invasive plants; Native plants; Soil salinity; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; ARID REGION; DESERT; FACILITATION; FLORISTICS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; SALINITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84886509501     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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