Irreversible impact of past land use on forest soils and biodiversity

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2978-2984

  Dupouey, J L ^a   Dambrine, E ^a   Laffite, J D ^b   Moares, C ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Lorrain Archaelogy Regional Service   (France)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Biodiversity; Forest; Forest soils; Lorrain limestone plateau, France; Past land use; Phosphorus; Plant diversity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST SOIL; HISTORICAL RECORD; IMPACT; LAND USE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

(NORTHEAST); FRANCE;

ROMAN;

EID: 0037800373     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2978:IIOPLU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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