Linking above-ground biomass and biodiversity to stand development in urban forest areas: A case study in Northern Italy

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 157, Issue , 2017, Pages 90-97

  Pesola, Lucia ^a   Cheng, Xiaoli ^b   Sanesi, Giovanni ^a   Colangelo, Giuseppe ^d   Elia, Mario ^a   Lafortezza, Raffaele ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Research Council CNR IBAF   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; REFORESTATION;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; ABOVE-GROUND CARBONS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DYNAMIC COMPETITIONS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ECOLOGY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AFFORESTATION; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; KNOWLEDGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REFORESTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN FORESTRY;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY];

EID: 84979263750     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.06.004     Document Type: Review

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