Land use more than 200 years ago explains current grassland plant diversity in a Swedish agricultural landscape

Biological Conservation

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 47-59

  Gustavsson, Eva ^a   Lennartsson, Tommy ^b   Emanuelsson, Marie ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Biodiversity Centre   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Continuity; Extinction debt; Historical land use; Historical map; Land use change; Semi natural grassland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 34249985236     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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