Crown condition surveys in Italian forests: Issues in reporting findings

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-238

  Bussotti, Filippo ^c   Gerosa, Giacomo ^a   Cenni, Enrico ^b   Cozzi, Alberto ^b   Ferretti, Marco ^b   Bettini, Davide ^b   Nibbi, Renzo ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Produzione Vegetale   (Italy)

^b LINN AEA Ambiente Srl   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Combined index; Defoliation; Descriptive statistic; Discoloration; Exceedances

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYING;

CROWN CONDITIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COLOR; DEFOLIATION; FOREST HEALTH; INDEX METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CANOPY THINNING; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFOLIATION; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; ITALY; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAGUS; GENOTYPE; ITALY; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

ITALY;

ABIES; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS PUBESCENS;

EID: 0037534151     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023978614554     Document Type: Article

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