Do anthropogenic activities affect floristic diversity and vegetation structure more than natural soil properties in hyper-arid desert environments?

EA Hussein, MM Abd El-Ghani, RS Hamdy, LF Shalabi - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Egypt is characterized by its hyper-arid desert environment with high temperature, scanty
rainfall, high evapotranspiration rate, and patchy scattered precipitation-dependent …

Functional diversification enabled grassy biomes to fill global climate space

CER Lehmann, DM Griffith, KJ Simpson, TM Anderson… - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Global change impacts on the Earth System are typically evaluated using biome
classifications based on trees and forests. However, during the Cenozoic, many terrestrial …

Impacts of anthropogenic disturbance on vegetation dynamics: A case study of Wadi Hagul, Eastern Desert, Egypt

R Bedair, AA Ibrahim, AA Alyamani, S Aloufi… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Irresponsible human interventions, encroachment of natural habitats, and climate change
negatively affect wildlife. In this study, the effects of human influence on Wadi Hagul, an …

[HTML][HTML] Vegetation zonation along the desert-wetland ecosystem of Taif Highland, Saudi Arabia

TM Galal, HM Al-Yasi, MA Fadl - Saudi journal of biological sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Saudi Arabia has no permanent lakes or rivers but has wet meadows, which are desert
wetlands temporarily formed due to the seasonal rainfall. This work investigates the …

Biophysical and anthropogenous determinants of landscape patterns and degradation of plant communities in Mo hilly basin (Togo)

B Diwediga, K Wala, F Folega, M Dourma… - Ecological …, 2015 - Elsevier
In mountainous areas, biophysical settings and human disturbances strongly influence
landscape patterns and dynamics requiring a permanent understanding of their combined …

[PDF][PDF] Floristic diversity of Tabuk province, north Saudi Arabia.

K Al-Mutairi, SA Al-Shaami, Z Khorshid… - JAPS: Journal of …, 2016 - academia.edu
The present study was aimed to investigate the floristic diversity and phytogeographical
distribution of plant species along four sites ie Sharma, Alqan, Al-Lwaz Mountains and …

Variations in vegetation structure, species dominance and plant communities in south of the Eastern Desert-Egypt

F SALAMA, M ABD EL-GHANI… - Notulae Scientia …, 2014 - mail.notulaebiologicae.ro
For two successive years, the floristic diversity and vegetation composition in the southern
part of the Eastern Desert ofEgypt were investigated through four transects (3 crossing 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 …

Vegetation–environment relationship and floristic diversity of wadi Al-sharaea, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia

AA Elaidarous, HE Osman, TM Galal… - … Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e …, 2022 - Springer
Due to their biological significance, physiographic variation, and environmental gradients,
desert wadis are essential habitats for socioeconomic development. The current study aims …