A review of natural vegetation openness in north-western Europe

Biological Conservation

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-148

  Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Fire; Grazing; Nature conservation; Quaternary interglacials; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

FIRE; GRAZING; HOLOCENE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PALEOECOLOGY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

EUROPE;

EID: 0036191834     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00162-8     Document Type: Review

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