Small-scale effects of historical land use and topography on post-cultural tree species composition in an Alpine valley in southern Switzerland

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1187-1199

  Muster, Sina ^a,b   Elsenbeer, Helmut ^a,b   Conedera, Marco ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b WSL Swiss Federal Institute ^*  (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Castanea sativa (Mill.); Chestnut coppice; Chestnut orchards; Competition; Multivariate regression trees (MRT); Post cultural tree species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAND USE CHANGE; REGENERATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

CASTANEA SATIVA;

EID: 34548125793     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-007-9099-1     Document Type: Article

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