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A further analysis with the results on the relationships between solar radiation and the plant cover. The study of the relationships between energy flow and vegetation shows that the plant community is strictly dependent from a bioclimatic niche in the energy flux: on this basis, vegetation can be interpreted as a complex system operating in the luminous cascade generated by the sun.
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Pignatti, E., Pignatti, S. (2016). Biodiversity as a Function of Ecosystem. In: Plant Life of the Dolomites. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48032-8_18
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