Old-growth forest structure and deadwood: Are they indicators of plant species composition? A case study from central Italy

摘要: Abstract The aim of this paper is to investigate differences in plant species composition between managed and unmanaged forests, assess if these difference give rise a higher diversity the forest. Furthermore our relate forest structure composition, identifying structural attributes more strongly related vegetation. We compared an old-growth highforest Abruzzo Lazio Molise National Park (Central Italy). Plant diversity, deadwood components live have been analyzed. used permutational multivariate analysis variance test response management factor; furthermore, we richness beta diversity. Redundancy has abundances variables; importance dead living wood through variation partitioning. Plan...