Combining classification tree analyses with interviews to study why sub-alpine grasslands sometimes revert to forest: A case study from the Swiss Alps

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 124-138

  Gellrich, Mario ^a,b   Baur, Priska ^b   Robinson, Brett Harvey ^a   Bebi, Peter ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Alpine pastures; Finding answers in the errors; Land abandonment; LULCC; Reforestation; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REFORESTATION; REGROWTH; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

CERVIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 37349067979     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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