Shrines in Central Italy conserve plant diversity and large trees

Ambio

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 468-479

  Frascaroli, Fabrizio ^a,b   Bhagwat, Shonil ^c,d   Guarino, Riccardo ^e   Chiarucci, Alessandro ^b   Schmid, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biocultural conservation; Biodiversity; Central Italy; Old growth forests; Sacred natural sites; Traditional management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; MODERNIZATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ITALY;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ITALY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISPERSAL; SECULARISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE; ITALY; PLANT DISPERSAL; SECULARISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; TREES;

EID: 84951815038     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0738-5     Document Type: Article

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