Performance of indicators and the effect of grain size in the discrimination of plant communities for restoration purposes

Community Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-206

  Marignani, M ^a,b   Del Vico, E ^a,b   MacCherini, S ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data transformation; Grasslands; Italy; PERMANOVA; Restoration assemblages; Taxonomic resolution

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; GROWTH FORM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TAXONOMY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 57649126295     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.9.2008.2.9     Document Type: Article

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