Vegetation at the limits for vegetation: Vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens in a geothermal field

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-33

  Chiarucci, Alessandro ^a   Calderisi, Marco ^a   Casini, Francesca ^a   Bonini, Ilaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Geothermal activity; Plant communities; Soil temperature; SoilpH

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CASTELLANA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; HYPNUM CUPRESSIFORME; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 58649117578     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-008-9002-0     Document Type: Article

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