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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This study was carried out within the framework of
the ROSELT/OSS programs Project (Long Term
Ecological Monitoring Observatories Network). The
author wishes to thank Prof. Dr. M. Abdel-Razik, the project
principal investigator of this program in Egypt for his
help. The author wishes also to thank Prof. Dr. K.H.
Shaltout for kindly support, encouragement and reviewing
the manuscript and Mr. E.M. Eid for his helping in
the field work.
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