Quantitative floristics as a tool for the assessment of plant diversity in Tuscan forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 212, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 160-170

  Chiarucci, A ^a   Bonini, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Flora; Forests Ecosystems; Life forms; Species richness; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAMPLING;

ELEVATION; FLORISTIC SURVEYS; PHANEROPHYTES; SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

FLORISTICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTS; PLANTS; SAMPLING; STEMS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; WORLD;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 20444412697     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.041     Document Type: Article

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