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Sabkha Ecosystems

Volume III: Africa and Southern Europe

  • Contains important information about the type of plants that are distributed in highly saline areas
  • Provides information about ecology and particularly edaphology of the sabkha system
  • Unique in covering a broad regional area
  • Unique in having been written by selected experts of the specific scientific fields
  • Up-to-date with ongoing developments
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Tasks for Vegetation Science (TAVS, volume 46)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Sabkha Regions of Tropical East Africa

    • Shahina A. Ghazanfar, Henk J. Beentje
    Pages 1-7
  3. Introducing the Namib Desert Playas

    • Frank D. Eckardt, N. Drake
    Pages 19-25
  4. Current Challenges and Future Opportunities for a Sustainable Utilization of Halophytes

    • Ahmed Debez, Bernhard Huchzermeyer, Chedly Abdelly, Hans-Werner Koyro
    Pages 59-77
  5. The Salt Marsh (Sabkha) in the Western Part of Libya

    • M. O. El-Magsodi, Daw A. Haddoud
    Pages 79-84
  6. Halophyte plant diversity, coastal habitat types and their conservation status in Cyprus

    • M. Öztürk, S. Gucel, A. Guvensen, C. Kadis, C. Kounnamas
    Pages 99-111
  7. Halophytes in Republic of Macedonia

    • S. Mitrev, Lj. Mihajlov, F. Trajkova, B. Kovacevikj, V. Zlatkovski
    Pages 133-137
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 147-148

About this book

This book is part of the Sabkha Ecosystems series. The series is designed to provide information on sabkha ecosystems of different regions. It will add to the collective knowledge available about saline ecosystems and also focuses on the African region where only limited information is currently available on.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Environmental Studies, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

    Münir Öztürk

  • UNESCO Doha, Doha, Qatar

    Benno Böer

  • Physische Geographie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    Hans-Jörg Barth

  • , Division of Ecological and Earth Science, UNESCO Headquarters, Natural Sciences Se, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Miguel Clüsener-Godt

  • Inst. Sustainable Halophyte Utilization, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan

    M. Ajmal Khan

  • Fakultät für Biologie, Abteilung 3 - Ökologie, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

    Siegmar-W. Breckle

Bibliographic Information

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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