Salinity-induced desertification in oasis ecosystems: challenges and future directions

AM Ali, HM Salem - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024 - Springer
Salinity-induced desertification is a pressing environmental issue that poses a significant
threat to the sustainability of oasis ecosystems worldwide. These ecosystems are vital to the …

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 …

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 …

Ecology in Chott Sidi Abdel Salam oasis, southeastern Tunisia: cultivated vegetation, fungal diversity and livestock population

A Rhouma, I Mougou, H Bedjaoui, H Rhouma… - Journal of Coastal …, 2021 - Springer
The Gabes oasis in the southeastern Tunisia is particularly important as it represents a
unique coastal oases in the Mediterranean and the world. Chott Sidi Abdel Salam oasis …

The hidden costs of desert development

L Luo, Y Zhuang, W Zhao, Q Duan, L Wang - Ambio, 2020 - Springer
Economic benefits and ecological restoration are the leading drivers of desert development
through man-made oasis expansion. However, the sustainability of oasis expansion in …

[PDF][PDF] Phytocoenoses and allelopathic potential of Senecio glaucus L. in new reclaimed areas of the Eastern Desert at Assiut Governorate, Egypt.

T Ramadan, A Zaher, R Sultan, A Amro - Phytocoenologia, 2022 - academia.edu
The associated species to Senecio glaucus in the newly reclaimed desert near to Wadi El-
Assiuty of the Eastern Desert at Assiut Governorate, Egypt were investigated over two years …

Assessing Deep-Water Culture and Sand-Bed aquaponics Systems for lettuce (Lactuca sativa) yield and water consumption

L Salem - 2019 - fount.aucegypt.edu
Agriculture and aquaculture play an important role in food security and water withdrawals.
Agriculture and aquaculture contribute to over 70% of global water consumption …

[PDF][PDF] Anatomical modifications in carex brownii and C. brunnea along elevation gradient

A Asghar, F Ahmad, M Hameed, MS Naeem - Pak. J. Bot, 2023 - pakbs.org
The family Cyperaceae consists of more than 98 genera and 5500 species, primarily
distributed in different habitats like wetlands and swamps, high elevations, hypersaline soils …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity and distribution of spontaneous plant communities and species in the northeast Algerian Sahara

MT Hanafi, DG Amara, R Bounar, R Mayouf… - agrariacad.com
This study aims to comprehensively analyze plant diversity in the Northeast Algerian Sahara
(El Oued region), quantitatively and qualitatively, focusing on species richness and diversity …