Abiotic and biotic changes due to spread of Brachypodium genuense (DC.) Roem. & Schult. in sub-Mediterranean meadows

Community Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-125

  Catorci, A ^a   Cesaretti, S ^a   Gatti, R ^a   Ottaviani, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Floristic richness; Management type; Phenological patterns; Plant functional traits; Soil parameter changes

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLORISTICS; FLOWERING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTER; MEADOW; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; NICHE OVERLAP; PH; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESEARCH WORK; SHELTER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

APENNINES; ITALY;

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM GENUENSE; ELAGATIS;

EID: 79958787986     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.12.2011.1.14     Document Type: Article

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