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Using a Large Database to Test the Reliability of Indicator Values for the Italian Vascular Flora. An Application Regarding the Cilento National Park Phytosociological Dataset.
No full textAbstract book, ASSINI S., BRACCO F., NOLA P. (Eds), 46° Congresso SISV “Countdown 2010 Save Biodiversity. Il contributo della scienza della vegetazione”. Pavia 17-19 Febbraio 2010
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Photosynthetic characteristic and leaf traits variations along a natural light gradient in Acer campestre and Crataegus monogyna
No full textVariations in leaf traits at anatomical, morphological and physiological level were assessed in Acer campestre L. and Crataegus monogyna Jacq. plants in a forest understory-gap-edge light gradient inside a broadleaf deciduous forest. The relative changes of the considered parameters monitored in the two species were compared in terms of intraspecific plasticity. Overall, both species were able to acclimatize to the natural light gradient with different light regime (i.e. low light, medium light and high light), through an integrated response at the three analyzed levels. However, some differences in intraspecific plasticity were detected related to the different shade-tolerance of these species. In particular, the investigated species showed significantly differences in plasticity at morphological level (i.e. leaf area and specific leaf area) with A. campestre having a greater morphological plasticity related to its greater shade-tolerance compared to C. monogyna. At the physiological level, differences in intraspecific plasticity have been identified for those parameters describing a higher drought susceptibility in high light regime (i.e. dark respiration rate, maximum PSII photochemical efficiency and actual quantum yield of photosynthesis) suggesting that A. campestre was less capable to acclimatize to these conditions, thus confirming the trade-off between drought and shade-tolerance
Growth decline or periodic fluctuations? Evidence from Fagus sylvatica in the forest of Lom, Bosnia-Herzegovina
No full textGestione a fini conservazionistici del paesaggio culturale delle foreste di larice delle alpi centrali
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