Long-term changes in two boreal landscapes with different management histories

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-32

  Löfman, Satu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ecological management; Landscape change; Landscape ecology; Landscape matrix

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE MATRIX;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND;

EID: 33847629929     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580601179383     Document Type: Article

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