Basic concepts and research activities at Italian forest sites of the Long Term Ecological Research network

IForest

Volumn 4, Issue NOVEMBER, 2011, Pages 233-241

  Cocciufa, Cristiana ^a   Cerretti, P ^b   Matteucci, G ^c,d   Carpaneto, G M ^e  

^a CFS   (Italy)

^b Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversita Forestale Bosco della Fontana   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d Istituto di Biologia Agro Ambientale e Forestale (IBAF)   (Italy)

^e ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Datasets; Forest ecosystems; Long term ecological research; Methodology; Research site

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861541796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0576-004     Document Type: Review

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