| Titre : | The ecology of bryophytes in the chestnut forests of Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy) |
| Auteurs : | Maria Privitera, Auteur ; Marta Puglisi, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Ecologia Mediterranea (26(1-2) 2000) |
| Article en page(s) : | 43-52 |
| Résumé : | A floristic and ecological survey of the epiphytic bryophytes of the chestnut woods (Castanea sativa Mill.) of Mt. Etna has been conducted. An analysis of ecological indices has revealed a bryophyte flora which is, overall, acidophilous, xerophilous, and increasingly thermophilous along a decreasing altitudinal gradient. Indices of biodiversity increase with altitude, because air pollution is lower at higher altitudes, despite conspicuous emissions of phytotoxic gases from the volcano. |



