Plant indicator values of a high-phytodiversity country (Italy) and their evidence, exemplified for model areas with climatic gradients in the southern inner Alps

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 339-349

  Schwabe, Angelika ^a   Kratochwil, Anselm ^b   Pignatti, Sandro ^c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dry grassland; Ellenberg's indicator values; Environmental gradients; Italy; Spatial approach; Temporal approach

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GRASSLAND; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VALLEY;

ALPS; BOLZANO; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; VALLE D'AOSTA; VALTELLINA; VENOSTA VALLEY;

EID: 34447105725     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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