What plant traits tell us: Consequences of land-use change of a traditional agro-forest system on biodiversity and ecosystem service provision

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 186, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-53

  Fontana, Veronika ^a   Radtke, Anna ^b   Walde, Janette ^a   Tasser, Erich ^c   Wilhalm, Thomas ^d   Zerbe, Stefan ^b   Tappeiner, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^d Museum of Nature South Tyrol   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural landscape; Functional diversity; Functional trait; Larch grassland; Larix decidua; RLQ

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894060863     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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