Nitrophilous and ruderal species as indicators of climate change. Case study from the Italian Adriatic coast

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 134-142

  Biondi, E ^a   Casavecchia, S ^a   Pesaresi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic basin; bioindicators; climate change; flora change; nitrophilous and ruderal species; range shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859592854     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2012.672342     Document Type: Article

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