Pollarding trees: Changing attitudes to a traditional land management practice in Britain 1600-1900

Rural History

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-176

  Petit, Sandrine ^a   Watkins, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FODDER; FOREST RESOURCE; FORESTRY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0142153690     PISSN: 09567933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956793303001018     Document Type: Article

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