Exploring biodiversity in a metropolitan area in the Mediterranean region: The urban and suburban flora of Rome (Italy)

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 174-185

  Capotorti, G ^a   Del Vico, E ^a   Lattanzi, E ^a   Tilia, A ^a   Celesti Grapow, L ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Green infrastructures; Landscape features heterogeneity; Native flora; Plant conservation; Threatened species; Urban compaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878545763     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2013.771715     Document Type: Article

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