The importance of local-scale openness within regions dominated by closed woodland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 571-578

  Fyfe, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Landscape history; Pollen analysis; Spatial resolution; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; PALYNOLOGY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34548348972     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1078     Document Type: Article

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