Extensive forest grazing and hay-making on mires - Vegetation changes in south-central Sweden due to land use since Medieval times

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 181-190

  Segerstrom, Ulf ^a   Emanuelsson, Marie ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal husbandry; Betula; Boreal forest; Cyperaceae; Pollen analysis; Shieling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BETULA; CYPERACEAE; PICEA;

EID: 0036026763     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003340200021     Document Type: Article

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