Thorns, spines and prickles in the Italian flora.

Plant Traits

2.0

Book of Abstracts

University of Bologna

9-10 February 2017

State of the art and future perspectives for research

on plant functional traits in Italy

SOCIETÀ BOTANICA ITALIANA Gruppo di Lavoro per l’Ecologia ALMA MATER STUDIORUM

UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA

DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE BIOLOGICHE, GEOLOGICHE E AMBIENTALI

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