Carved trees in grazed forests in boreal Sweden - Analysis of remaining trees, interpretation of past land-use and implications for conservation

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-158

  Andersson, Rikard ^a   Östlund, Lars ^a   Lundqvist, Rolf ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Box 1300 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carved trees; Culturally modified trees; Dendroglyphs; Forest history; Scots pine; Traditional land use

Indexed keywords

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 21544446415     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-005-0066-y     Document Type: Article

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