Long-term forest dynamic after land abandonment in a fire prone Mediterranean landscape (central Corsica, France)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-112

  Mouillot, Florent ^a   Ratte, Jean Pierre ^a   Joffre, Richard ^a   Mouillot, David ^b   Rambal, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Land cover change; Landscape patterns; Mediterranean type ecosystem; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST DYNAMICS; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PERSISTENCE;

CORSE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21044437579     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-004-1297-5     Document Type: Article

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