Response of sowed, flowering herbaceous communities suitable for anthropic Mediterranean areas under different mowing regimes

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 80-88

  Bretzel, Francesca ^a   Malorgio, Fernando ^b   Paoletti, Lucia ^b   Pezzarossa, Beatrice ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; Annuals; Anthropogenic soil; Autochthonous; Perennials; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; SOILS; URBAN PLANNING;

ALLOCHTHONOUS; ANNUALS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOILS; AUTOCHTHONOUS; PERENNIALS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; HERB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOWING; NATIVE SPECIES; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SOIL QUALITY; SOWING; SPECIES EVENNESS; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84863859867     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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