Influence of management regimes of adjacent land uses on the woody plant richness of hedgerows in Spanish cultural landscapes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 542-554

  Schmitz, M F ^a   Sanchez I A ^b   de Aranzabal, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grazing pressure; Landscape conservation; Landscape indicators; Rural abandonment; Silvopastoral systems

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; GRAZING; HEDGEROW; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846231017     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.053     Document Type: Article

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