Phytosociological, phenological and photosynthetic analyses of the vegetation of a highly polluted site

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-189

  Andreucci, F ^a   Barbato, R ^a   Massa, N ^a   Berta, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACNA (Cengio, Italy); Phenology; Phytosociology; Polluted site

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; FABACEAE; FUNGI; POACEAE;

EID: 33746845255     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500600756462     Document Type: Article

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