Traditional land uses enhanced plant biodiversity in a Mediterranean agro-silvo-pastoral system

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 201-207

  Bagella, S ^a   Caria, M C ^a   Farris, E ^a   Rossetti, I ^a   Filigheddu, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental unit; Habitat Directive; land use intensity; landscape; phytosociology; potential natural vegetation; Quercus suber

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961613927     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2014.943319     Document Type: Article

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