Simple to sample: Vascular plants as surrogate group in a nature reserve

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-11

  Santi, E ^a   Maccherini, S ^a,b   Rocchini, D ^a,b   Bonini, I ^a   Brunialti, G ^a,b   Favilli, L ^a   Perini, C ^a   Pezzo, F ^a   Piazzini, S ^a   Rota, E ^a   Salerni, E ^a   Chiarucci, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b TerraData environmetrics   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Cross taxon congruence; Species composition; Species richness; Surrogate

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NATURE RESERVE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANNELIDA; AVES; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FUNGI; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PAPILIONOIDEA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77249169159     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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