Impact of groundwater salinity on vegetation species richness in the coastal pine forests and wetlands of Ravenna, Italy

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1201-1211

  Antonellini, Marco ^a   Mollema, Pauline Nella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Groundwater; Italy; Pine tree; Pinus pinaster; Pinus pinea; Ravenna; Salinity tolerance; Saltwater intrusion; Species richness; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

PINE TREES; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS PINEA; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; GROUNDWATER; POLYMORPHISM; SALT WATER INTRUSION; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

COASTAL WETLAND; CONIFEROUS FOREST; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; WATER TABLE;

ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; RAVENNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA];

PINUS PINASTER; PINUS PINEA;

EID: 77955091886     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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