A simple multivariate analysis to assess diversity in a complex long-term managed forest area in central Italy

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1015-1024

  Chiavetta, U ^a   Lasserre, B ^b   Di Martino, P ^b   Marchetti, M ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Correlation; forest biodiversity; forest ecosystems; principal components analysis; sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955211568     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2014.980358     Document Type: Article

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