Researches in Castelporziano test site: ecophysiological studies on Mediterranean vegetation in a changing environment

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 26, Issue , 2015, Pages 473-481

  Fusaro, Lina ^a   Salvatori, Elisabetta ^a   Mereu, Simone ^b,c   Silli, Valerio ^a   Bernardini, Alessandra ^a   Tinelli, Aleandro ^d   Manes, Fausto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c Euro Mediterranean Center on Climate Change   (Italy)

^d Tenuta Presidenziale Castelporziano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Ecosystem Services; Functional traits; Global change; Metropolitan area of Rome; Periurban forest

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; GLOBAL CHANGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PERIURBAN;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 84948565876     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-014-0374-1     Document Type: Article

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