The use of maps as a monitoring tool of protected area management

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 26, Issue , 2015, Pages 325-335

  Gratani, Loretta ^a   Bonito, Andrea ^a   Crescente, Maria Fiore ^a   Catoni, Rosangela ^a   Varone, Laura ^a   Tinelli, Aleandro ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Castelporziano Estate   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest structure; LAI; Mediterranean vegetation; Seedlings; Thinning

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED; VEGETATION;

FOREST STRUCTURE; LAI; MEDITERRANEAN VEGETATION; SEEDLINGS; THINNING;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84949102685     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-014-0355-4     Document Type: Article

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