The concept of land ecological network and its design using a land unit approach

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 540-549

  Blasi, C ^a   Zavattero, L ^b   Marignani, M ^a   Smiraglia, D ^a   Copiz, R ^a,b   Rosati, L ^a   Vico, E D ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hierarchical land classification; Italy; Local planning; Province of Rome

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649114568     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500802410892     Document Type: Article

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