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Year: 2002 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 4 | Page No.: 275-279
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2002.275.279
Phytosociological Studies on the Wild Mesembryanthemum Species in Egypt 1. Quantitative Analysis of the Representative Communities
F. M. El Shayeb, H. El Tantawy and A. El Kholi

Abstract: Communities of Mesembryanthemum species were studied quantitatively. Surveys were carried out in five habitats supporting M. crystallinum, four habitats supporting M. forsskaolii and six habitats supporting M. nodiflorum. Vegetation analysis of the community types included (density, frequency, cover area, relative density, relative frequency, relative cover, fresh weight and biomass) of each species. Results indicated that M. crystallinum and M. forsskaolii had higher densities than M. nodiflorum, while M. nodiflorum and M. crystallinum had higher biomass than M. forsskaolii. Results also showed highest cover for M. crystallinum and lowest for M. nodiflorum.

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F. M. El Shayeb, H. El Tantawy and A. El Kholi, 2002. Phytosociological Studies on the Wild Mesembryanthemum Species in Egypt 1. Quantitative Analysis of the Representative Communities. Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 275-279.

Keywords: communities, quantitative analysis, species, Mesembryanthemum, habitat types and abundance

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