Rare plants on Mount Amiata, Italy: Vulnerability to extinction on an Ecological 'Island'

Biological Conservation

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-266

  Selvi, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological islands; Mt Amiata flora; Multivariate analysis; Rarity; Vulnerable plants

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RISK; ISOLATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; RARE PLANT;

ITALY, TUSCANY, MOUNT AMIATA;

EID: 0030616740     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00155-3     Document Type: Article

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