Is vascular plant species diversity a predictor of bryophyte species diversity in Mediterranean forests?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 525-545

  Chiarucci, Alessandro ^a   D'Auria, Francesca ^a   Bonini, Ilaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Conservation; Reservation sets; Reserve site selection; Taxon congruence; Taxon surrogacy; Vascular plants; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT; WOODY PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33846860621     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-6733-1     Document Type: Article

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