Soil chemical features as key predictors of plant community occurrence in a Mediterranean coastal ecosystem

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-100

  Angiolini, Claudia ^a   Landi, Marco ^a   Pieroni, Giorgia ^a   Frignani, Flavio ^a   Finoia, Maria Grazia ^b   Gaggi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Italy; Generalized additive models; Multivariate analysis; Salt marsh; Sand dune; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DUNE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84875401910     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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