Habitat Heterogeneity and Soil-vegetation Relations in South of the Nile Delta, Egypt
- Citation:
- El-Ghani, M. A. M., M. M. Abou-EL-Enain, A. I. Aboel-Atta, and E. A. Hussein, "Habitat Heterogeneity and Soil-vegetation Relations in South of the Nile Delta, Egypt", Ecologia Mediterranea, 2011.
Abstract:
Floristic composition and soil characters in representative habitats of the southern Nile Deltaregion in Qalyubia were analyzed in terms of habitat variations and species diversity. A totalof 90 sites were surveyed and nineteen environmental factors were recognized in four main habitats: canal banks, cultivated lands, waste lands and sandy plains. Basic statistical treatments were established by using SPSS v. 10.0. The produced data were subjected to cluster analysis by using MVSP v. 3.1; indirect and direct ordination methods i.e. Detrended and Canonical Correspondence analyses, respectively by using CANOCO v. 4.5. A total of 164 species representing c. 7.7% of the Egyptian plant species were recorded and their life-form spectrum was identified. The majority of species were belonging to the families: Gramineae, Compositae, Leguminosae and Cruciferae.
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