Vol. 56 No. 5 (2001):
Articles

Biodiversity evaluation in the management of forest systems

Raffaello Giannini
DISTAF - Università degli Studi di Firenze.
Marco Borghetti
Dipartimento di Produzione Vegetale – Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Potenza

Published 2013-06-19

Abstract

Some general concepts are presented concerning the forest biodiversity and the importance of its conservation in the frame of the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. Case studies of biodiversity analysis in forest ecosystems in Southern Italy are also outlined. In particular, both studies on the forest structure and spatial diversity as well as on genetic diversity by molecular methods are presented.