Habitat characteristics and vegetation context of Osmunda regalis L. at the southern edge of its distribution in Europe

Botanica Helvetica

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-57

  Landi, Marco ^a   Angiolini, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abundance; Ferns; Italy; Population size; Pteridophytes; Rare species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FERN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION SIZE; RARITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FILICOPHYTA; OSMUNDA REGALIS; PTERIDOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 58849147627     PISSN: 02531453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-008-0843-1     Document Type: Article

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