Application of the state-and-transition approach to conservation management of a grazed mediterranean landscape in greece

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 191-202

  Papanastasis*, Vasilios p ^a   Chouvardas, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Land cover use changes; Range succession model; Socio economic changes; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RANGELAND; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744958620     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/8496-6LNV-F0QH-6LE1     Document Type: Article

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