Traditional agricultural gardens conserve wild plants and functional richness in arid South Sinai

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 659-669

  Norfolk, Olivia ^a   Eichhorn, Markus P ^a   Gilbert, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agroforestry; Arid; Egypt; Functional; Homegarden; Plant; Trait

Indexed keywords

BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 84889584920     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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