Goods and services provided by native plants in desert ecosystems: Examples from the northwestern coastal desert of Egypt

About one third of the earth’s land surface is covered by deserts that have low and variable rainfall, nutrient-poor soils, and little vegetation cover. Here, we focus on the goods and services offered by desert ecosystems using the northwestern coastal desert of Egypt extending from Burg El-Arab to...

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Main Authors: Laila M. Bidak, Sania A. Kamal, Marwa Waseem A. Halmy, Selim Z. Heneidy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989415000153