Assessing conservation status on coastal dunes: A multiscale approach

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-25

  Carboni, Marta ^a   Carranza, Maria Laura ^b   Acosta, Alicia ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Italy; Coastal vegetation; Diversity analysis; Landscape; Mediterranean dunes; Scale

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; URBAN GROWTH;

CENTRAL ITALY; COASTAL VEGETATION; DIVERSITY ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE; MEDITERRANEAN DUNES; SCALE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION STATUS; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 63149173110     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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