Landscape history of a calcareous (alvar) grassland in Hanila, western Estonia, during the last three hundred years

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-196

  Pärtel, Meelis ^a   Mändla, Riina ^a   Zobel, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Calcareous grassland; Community management; GIS; Landscape history

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ESTONIA;

EID: 18844467264     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008040114832     Document Type: Article

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