Vegetation and environmental factors during primary succession on glacier forelands: Some outlines from the Italian alps

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 295-310

  Caccianiga, Marco ^a   Andreis, Carlo ^a   Cerabolini, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glacier foreland vegetation; Italian Alps; Phytosociology; Primary succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244474488     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500112331350930     Document Type: Article

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