Vegetational changes and human presence in the low-alpine and subalpine zone in Val Febbraro, upper Valle di Spluga (Italian central Alps), from the Neolithic to the Roman period

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 431-451

  Moe, Dagfinn ^a   Fedele, Francesco G ^b   Maude, Agnete Engan ^c   Kvamme, Mons ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Norway)

^d NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Italian Alps; Pasturing; Pollen; Summer farming; Transhumance; Tree line

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148953905     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-006-0088-0     Document Type: Article

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