The history (1620-2003) of land use, people and livestock, and the relationship to present plant species diversity in a rural landscape in Sweden

Environment and History

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-212

  Dahlström, Anna ^a   Cousins, Sara A O ^b   Eriksson, Ove ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human population; Land use history; Livestock; Plant species diversity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; LIVESTOCK; SOCIAL HISTORY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745462952     PISSN: 09673407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096734006776680218     Document Type: Article

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