Persistent changes in forest vegetation and seed bank 1,600 years after human occupation

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 673-688

  Plue, Jan ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a   Verheyen, Kris ^b   Thuillier, Patrice ^c   Saguez, Robert ^c   Decocq, Guillaume ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic legacies; Biodiversity; France; Gallo Roman occupation; Historical ecology; Land use history; Seed bank; Soil; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAND USE; OCCUPATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEED BANK; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 46249128085     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9229-4     Document Type: Article

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