A multi-taxon approach reveals the effect of management intensity on biodiversity in Alpine larch grasslands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-116

  Nascimbene, Juri ^a,b   Fontana, Veronika ^c   Spitale, Daniel ^a  

^a Museum of Nature South Tyrol   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Bryophytes; Fertilization; Lichens; Management intensification; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; EUTROPHICATION; FUNGI;

ABANDONMENT; BRYOPHYTES; FERTILIZATION; LICHENS; VASCULAR PLANT;

MANAGEMENT;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GRASSLAND; LICHEN; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOREST STAND; GRASSLAND; ITALY; LARIX; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MOSS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ALPS; ALTO ADIGE; ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE;

ABANDONMENT; BRYOPHYTES; FERTILIZATION; LICHENS; MANAGEMENT INTENSIFICATION; VASCULAR PLANTS;

BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; LICHENS;

EID: 84899533146     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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