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Vegetation ecology and diversity of six Kuwait Islands: factors influence on species composition and richness
Kuwait lies at the Northwest corner of the Arabian Gulf, and its eastern coast comprises parallel arcs of nine islands. The present study dealt with...
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Correlations between soil variables and weed communities in major crops of the desert reclaimed lands in southern Egypt
The weed flora of the reclaimed desert lands in the eastern and western stretches of Qena Governorate along the Nile Valley was investigated. This...
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Coastal Lakes as Hot Spots for Plant Diversity in Egypt
Five lakes (Mariut, Edku, Burullus, Manzala, and Bardawil) of global importance for migratory birds extend along the Egyptian Mediterranean coast....
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Multifunctional Agroforestry Systems for Bio-amelioration of Salt-Affected Soils
About 340 million ha to 1.2 billion ha land worldwide is salt-affected. A large part of these salt-affected soils are suited for agricultural...
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Saline and Sodic Soils
According to different estimates, there are 831 to 932 million hectares of salt affected soils – saline soils, saline-sodic soils and sodic soils....
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Effect of a desert planted forest on the understory plant diversity: implication to conservation
The present study aimed to assess the potential role of desert tree plantations for biodiversity conservation of native vegetation. For this purpose,...
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Biodiversity of Italian Tamarix spp. populations: their potential as environmental and productive resources
Mediterranean countries are expected to experience a notable increase in average air temperatures and an alteration of precipitation patterns,...
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VegEgypt ecoinformatics: contribution to Sinai flora and vegetation
This study is aimed at collection of all available phytosociological data on vegetation of Sinai Peninsula, a region that is still poorly explored....
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Evaluating revised biomass equations: are some forest types more equivalent than others?
BackgroundIn 2014, Chojnacky et al. published a revised set of biomass equations for trees of temperate US forests, expanding on an existing equation...
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Species richness, structure, and conservation of Nitraria retusa communities in the coastal salt marshes of Kuwait
Although the coastal salt marshes of Arabian Gulf have been altered extensively by human development activities, there is a paucity of data...
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Assessment of the ultra-trace mercury levels in selected desert plants
Conventional methods that assessed the mercury (Hg) levels were not only an outcome of atmospheric pollution, but also the possibility of Hg...
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Abiotic Limitation of Non-native Plants in the High Salt Marsh Transition Zone
Native plants in the upland to high-marsh transition zone of southern California salt marshes are mostly perennials and therefore experience the...
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Aquatic Weeds: Occurrence and Distribution
The unwanted plants that grow in the wetland are termed as aquatic weeds. They generally grow in the fields and compete with crops for water, soil...
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Monitoring of Wetlands by Using Multitemporal Landsat Data; A Case Study from Fethiye – Turkey
In the last two decades, tourism has led to a drastic conversion of the wetlands into settlement areas in the surroundings of Fethiye town located in...
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The coastal vegetation of the western and southern Gulf — characterisation and conservation aspects
Although we have a superficial overview of the main plant communities of coastal areas of the western and southern Gulf, in-depth studies are...
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Canopy assessment of biochemical features by ground-based hyperspectral data for an invasive species, giant reed (Arundo donax)
This study explored the potential use of hyperspectral data in the non-destructive assessment of chlorophyll, carbon, and nitrogen content of giant...
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Texture Analysis for Map** Tamarix parviflora Using Aerial Photographs along the Cache Creek, California
Natural color photographs were used to detect the coverage of saltcedar, Tamarix parviflora , along a 40 km portion of Cache Creek near Woodland,...
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Phytoremediation in India
In India, urbanization, excessive utilization of natural resources, and population growth are the causes for air, water, and soil contamination and...
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Control of Tamarix in the Western United States: Implications for Water Salvage, Wildlife Use, and Riparian Restoration
Non-native shrub species in the genus Tamarix (saltcedar, tamarisk) have colonized hundreds of thousands of hectares of floodplains, reservoir...
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Calcutta Metropolis — Pollution and Plants
Calcutta, was founded on the 24th August, 1690. Three small villages namely Kalikata, Sutanutee and Govindpur on the eastern bank of the river...