Integrated palaeoecological and historical data in the service of fine-resolution land use and ecological change assessment during the last 1000 years in Rõuge, southern Estonia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1473-1488

  Veski, Siim ^a   Koppel, Kalev ^b   Poska, Anneli ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Annually laminated sediments; Development of agriculture; Estonia; Historical documents; Historical maps; Numerical analysis; Pollen; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LAND USE; PALEOECOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BALTIC STATES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

PICEA;

EID: 27744442229     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01290.x     Document Type: Article

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