A multiple approach for the evaluation of the spatial distribution and dynamics of a forest habitat: The case of Apennine beech forests with taxus baccata and ilex aquifolium

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3099-3113

  Scarnati, Luca ^a   Attorre, Fabio ^a   de Sanctis, Michele ^a   Farcomeni, Alessio ^a   Francesconi, Fabio ^a   Mancini, Marco ^a   Bruno, Franco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennine beech forests; Ilex aquifolium; Potential areas; Regeneration; Regression models; Taxus baccata

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FORESTRY MODELING; GRAZING PRESSURE; HOMOGENEITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGENERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL NITROGEN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FAGUS; ILEX; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 70350371447     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9629-z     Document Type: Article

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