Mediterranean coastal pine forest stands: Understorey distinctiveness or not?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 391, Issue , 2017, Pages 19-28

  Bonari, Gianmaria ^a   Acosta, Alicia T R ^b   Angiolini, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Dunes; Italy; Plant species assemblage; Sea inland gradient; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE MINES; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION;

CANOPY COVER; COASTAL PINE FORESTS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; DUNES; ITALY; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INLAND SEA; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; STAND DYNAMICS; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ECOLOGY; FORESTS; PINUS; PLANTS;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

PINUS PINEA;

EID: 85013167912     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.02.002     Document Type: Article

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