Human impact on vegetation in the White Mountains of cretes since ad 500

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-193

  Atherden, M A ^a   Hall, J A ^a  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegean; Byzantine; Crete; Cultural landscape; Human impact; Late Holocene; Maquis; Peat; Pollen analysis; Vegetation history; Woodland

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HOLOCENE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 0032910623     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399673523574     Document Type: Article

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