Persistence of alpine grass-dominated vegetation on abandoned mountain summer farms in Western Norway

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 192-206

  Potthoff, Kerstin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Livestock grazing; Multivariate analysis; Nutrients; Rephotographing

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HEATHLAND; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 36549051743     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950701709283     Document Type: Article

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