Mediterranean coastal sand dune vegetation: Influence of natural and anthropogenic factors

Environmental Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 194-204

  Ciccarelli, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Coastal dune vegetation; Disturbance; Management; Natura 2000; Principal Coordinate Analysis

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONSERVATION; EROSION; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION;

CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; COASTAL DUNE; DISTURBANCE; NATURA 2000; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; GRASSLAND; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; SAND; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION; ZONATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ITALY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84905580317     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0290-2     Document Type: Article

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