Small-scale patterns of plant functional types and soil features within Mediterranean temporary ponds

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 384-394

  Caria, M C ^a   Capra, G F ^a   Buondonno, A ^b   Seddaiu, G ^a,b   Vacca, S ^a   Bagella, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; hydrology; microtopography; pedogenesis; small scale zonation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923456172     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2013.821097     Document Type: Article

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