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Plant Life of the Dolomites Vegetation Structure and Ecology
Publication of the Museum of Nature South Tyrol Nr. 8
Erika Pignatti • Sandro Pignatti
Plant Life of the Dolomites Vegetation Structure and Ecology
Erika Pignatti Sandro Pignatti Rome Italy
Publication of the Museum of Nature South Tyrol Nr. 8 Translated from the Italian language manuscript by Philip Isenberg, Long Beach, CA, USA
ISBN 978-3-642-31042-3 ISBN 978-3-642-31043-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-31043-0 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013956007 # Naturmuseum Su¨dtirol 2014
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About the Authors
Plant Life of the Dolomites is the result of a joint, lifelong interest for the Dolomites by both authors, and intense field work during several decades. The starting point of research was in 1960, but Sandro began spending winter and summer holidays in the Dolomites with his parents from early childhood, and also Erika has been in constant contact with this environment ever since she was a teenager and lived at the foothill of the Lienz Dolomites. Their common interest