Quantifying species richness at multiple spatial scales in a Natura 2000 network

Community Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-192

  Chiarucci, A ^a   Bacaro, G ^a   Vannini, A ^a   Rocchini, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biodiversity assessment; Biodiversity monitoring; Conservation biology; Flora; Plant communities; Reserve network; Species richness; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FLORISTICS; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATURE RESERVE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SIENA [SIENA (PRV)]; SIENA [TUSCANY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 57649130793     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.9.2008.2.7     Document Type: Article

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