Human-mediated vegetation switches as processes in landscape ecology

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 191-196

  Wilson, J Bastow ^a   King, Warren McG ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

boundary; ecotone; garden design; human effects; landscape; mowing; positive feedback; Switch; trampling

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BEHAVIOUR; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; VEGETATION SWITCH;

EID: 0028830888     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00129253     Document Type: Article

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