Recent vegetation history of the North Adriatic grasslands: Expansion and decay of an anthropogenic habitat

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-258

  Kaligarič, Mitja ^a   Culiberg, Metka ^b   Kramberger, Branko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Habitat mapping; Karst grasslands; Land cover; Pollen diagrams; Reforestation; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HABITAT; LAND COVER; NEOLITHIC; REFORESTATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

APIACEAE; APIALES; JUNIPERUS; OSTRYA; POACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 33747181727     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02904940     Document Type: Article

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