Semi-natural grassland continuity, long-term land-use change and plant species richness in an agricultural landscape on Öland, Sweden

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 200-211

  Johansson, Lotten J ^a   Hall, Karin ^a   Prentice, Honor C ^b   Ihse, Margareta ^c   Reitalu, Triin ^b   Sykes, Martin T ^a   Kindström, Merit ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; Cadastral maps; Habitat continuity; Land use history; Rural landscape; Vascular plant species

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BIODIVERSITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAPPING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CADASTRAL MAPS; GRASSLAND CONTINUITY; HABITAT CONTINUITY; LAND USE HISTORY; RURAL LANDSCAPES; VASCULAR PLANT SPECIES;

LAND USE;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARABLE LAND; CADASTRE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; PASTURE; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; ODIEL RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 38849178127     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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