TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abdelnasser Saed Farag Elborki 
AU  - Ahmad Kamel Hegazy , 
AU  - Hanan Farouk Kabiel , 
AU  - Jon Lovett-Doust , 
TI  - Variation of plant species and functional types diversity along altitudinal gradient in Mediterranean mountain ecosystem of Libya / 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Abdelnasser Saed Farag Elborki , 
KW  - Altitudinal gradient
KW  - Demography
KW  - Southern Mediterranean
N1  - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Science - Department of Botany and Microbiology; Issued also as CD
N2  - This study covered the eastern and western mountainous  ecosystems in north of Libya. At the level of species composition and  diversity, life form structure, and reproductive phenology, plant communities  in the eastern Al-Akhdar mountainous landscape were characterized by  higher resistance and stability as compared to that in the western Nafusa  Mountains. Populations of the keystone species Juniperus phoenicea L.  showed significant variations on the vegetative types and reproductive traits  along altitudinal gradient. As for the endemic Arbutus pavarii Pamp., the  young trees are susceptible to dieback where none of the populations showed  a stable distribution of size classes. In some of the tree species populations,  the lack of recruitment, the failure of successful fruit production, and  increased dieback constitute serious demographic threats. There is a  pressing need to conserve the keystone species from further dieback through  targeted management plans
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