Hedgerows as corridors for woodland plants: A test on the Po Plain, northern Italy

Plant Ecology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-252

  Sitzia, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Isolation; Mediterranean climate; Replication; Vascular forest species

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CORRIDOR; HEDGEROW; LAND USE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO PLAIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846149288     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9159-7     Document Type: Article

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