Background. Long-term vegetation changes in hyper-arid areas have long been neglected. Mortality, recruitment and change in populations of the ecologically and culturally important and drought persistent Acacia tortilis and Balanites aegyptiaca are therefore estimated in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, and are related to the primary agents of change, water conditions and human intervention. Method...

Background: The evolutionary relationships between plants and their microbiomes are of high importance to the survival in general even more extreme conditions. Changes plant's microbiome can affect plant development, growth, fitness, health. Along arid Arava, southern Israel, acacia trees ( Acacia raddiana tortilis ) considered keystone species. In this study, we investigated ecological effects...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of browse tree leaves meals on growth performance and parasite load naturally parasitized yearling goats. Thirty-six Arsi-Bale bucks which were with helminths randomly allocated one following feeding treatments; T1 = Chloris gayana grass hay ad lib + 100g concentrate, T2 dried Acacia tortilis leaves, T3 seyal T4 senegal T5 Millettia ferruginea T6...

Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. Is highly recognized for its invasive character and detrimental effects on different plant species across the world. In this study, a field survey was performed to assess impact of P. surrounding native plants, followed by effect concentrations aqueous leaf extract seed germination seedling growth selected Qatari flora. Our observations indicated high prevalence new...