Vegetation of Tuscan ultramafic soils in relation to edaphic and physical factors

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-131

  Chiarucci, Alessandro ^a   Robinson, Brett H ^b,c   Bonini, Ilaria ^a   Petit, Daniel ^c   Brooks, Robert R ^b   De Dominicis, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SERPENTINE;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 0032443629     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02913340     Document Type: Article

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