[HTML][HTML] Diversity of psammophyte communities on sand dunes and sandy soils of the northern Sahara Desert

M Azizi, H Chenchouni, MEH Belarouci, L Bradai… - Journal of King Saud …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Hot deserts contain several habitats where the diversity, structure and
functional features of plant communities in certain habitats, such as sandy soils and dunes …

[PDF][PDF] Importance of Cleome droserifolia as an endangered medicinal plant species in the Sinai Peninsula and the need for its conservation

AA Moustafa, MAK Mahmoud - Adv. Med. Plant Res, 2023 - netjournals.org
This review focuses on biological activities, chemical composition, threats, and how to make
a conservation plan for Cleome droserifolia. Cleomaceae are a small family of flowering …

Vegetation traits are accurate indicators of how do plants beat the heat in drylands: Diversity and functional traits of vegetation associated with water towers in the …

M Bouallala, S Neffar, H Chenchouni - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Water is the key determinant factor of ecosystem balance, especially in hot desert regions
facing multiple climatic and edaphic constraints. In the Sahara Desert, vegetation associated …

Do aeolian deposits and sand encroachment intensity shape patterns of vegetation diversity and plant functional traits in desert pavements?

M Bouallala, S Neffar, L Bradai, H Chenchouni - Journal of Arid Land, 2023 - Springer
The effects of sand encroachment on composition, diversity, and functional patterns of
vegetation in drylands are rarely studied, and yet addressing these aspects is important to …

Classification of a new phytoplasmas subgroup 16SrII-W associated with Crotalaria witches' broom diseases in Oman based on multigene sequence analysis

A Al-Subhi, SA Hogenhout, RA Al-Yahyai, AM Al-Sadi - BMC microbiology, 2017 - Springer
Background Crotalaria aegyptiaca, a low shrub is commonly observed in the sandy soils of
wadis desert and is found throughout all regions in Oman. A survey for phytoplasma …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of the recent land use on the plant diversity and community structure of Omayed Biosphere Reserve, Egypt

DA Ahmed, M Fawzy, NM Saeed, MA Awad - Global Ecology and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The present study aims at describing and analysing the floristic composition and vegetation
types, as well as determining the effect of recent land uses on the vegetation structure. It …

Wild plant diversity and soil characteristics of desert roadside vegetation in the eastern desert

H Sallam, MN Alzain, AO Abuzaid, N Loutfy, MO Badry… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
The wild vegetation of the Eastern Desert is characterized by openness and comprises
perennials and ephemerals. The current study investigated the relationship between the …

Phytosociological Studies on the Associated Species of Balanites aegyptiaca In The Eastern and Western Egyptian Deserts

F Salama, NA El-Tayeh, AM Zaher… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2023 - journals.ekb.eg
The current study offers quantification of soil, vegetation structure, and species distribution in
44 samples related to Balanites aegyptiaca in the Egyptian Deserts (the Eastern and …

Characteristics of desert vegetation along four transects in the aridenvironment of southern Egypt

F Salama, MA El-Ghani, M Gadallah… - Turkish Journal of …, 2016 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
The floristic diversity and vegetation-environment relations in the southern part of the
Eastern Desert, between 26 45? N and 24 1? N and between 32 45? E and 35 00? E and …

[HTML][HTML] Vegetation structure and soil characteristics of five common geophytes in desert of Egypt

YA El-Amier - Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Geophytes are kind of plants having the capability to survive under arid environmental
conditions; parts of their bodies are dormant fleshy underground as bulbs, corms, tubers or …