Forest ecosystem monitoring in Tuscany (Italy): Past activities, present status and future perspectives

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 61, Issue 1 SUPP, 2003, Pages 129-136

  Bartolozzi, Luigi ^c   Bonini, Ilaria ^a   Boretti, Renzo ^c   Bussotti, Filippo ^a   Cenni, Enrico ^b   Chiarucci, Alessandro ^a   Cozzi, Alberto ^b   De Dominicis, Vincenzo ^a   Ferretti, Marco ^b   Grossoni, Paolo ^a   Landi, Gianluca ^c   Leonzio, Claudio ^a   Vignozzi, Giovanni ^c  

^a Dipartimento Scienze Fisiche   (Italy)

^b Linnaea ambiente srl   (Italy)

^c Regione Toscana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biodiversity; Carbon stock; Forest condition; Integrated monitoring

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MONITORING;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 0037281979     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2002.s1.129     Document Type: Article

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