The colosseum floras as bio-indicators of the climatic changes in Rome

Climatic Change

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 431-443

  Caneva, G ^a   Pacini, A ^a   Cutini, M ^a   Merante, A ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; ECOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING;

BOTANISTS; CHOROLOGY; COLOSSEUM FLORAS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLORA; HISTORICAL RECORD;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23944439963     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-5355-z     Document Type: Article

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