Phytosociological and ecological study of a sector in the mediterranean coastal region in Egypt

Abstract

Ecological and phytosociological studies in the Mediterranean zone in Egypt are not immense and began since few years ago. Tadros and his co-workers (1953, 1956, 1958a & b and 1965), Long et al. (1955 & 1956), Migahid and his co-workers (1955, i960 and 1963) and El-Sharkawy (1961) conducted some ecolog ical and phytosociological studies in some parts of the coastal region. This region being less arid and supporting denser vegeta tion than the inland deserts is more promising regards its exploita tion. A sector in this region, namely Abu Nafla, located 25 km to the east of Sidi Barrani was chosen for the present investigation.