The land use history (1278-1990) of a mixed hardwood forest in western Belgium and its relationship with chemical soil characteristics

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1115-1128

  Verheyen, K ^a   Bossuyt, B ^a   Hermy, M ^a   Tack, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Forest history; GIS; Historical ecology; Land use history; Redundancy analysis; Soil characteristics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LAND USE; MIXED FOREST;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0033451458     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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