Salix herbacea L. fragmented small population in the N-Apennines (Italy): Response to human trampling disturbance

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3881-3893

  Rossi, Graziano ^a   Parolo, Gilberto ^a   Zonta, Laura A ^a   Crawford, Julie A ^b   Leonardi, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation of peripheral populations; Human trampling; Recreation management; Salix herbacea; Snow bed communities

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSERVATION STATUS; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TRAMPLING;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SALIX; SALIX HERBACEA;

EID: 33845454861     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-0607-9     Document Type: Article

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