Conservation of isolated Atlantic heathlands in the Mediterranean region: Effects of land-use changes in the Montseny biosphere reserve (Spain)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-88

  Bartolomé, Jordi ^a   Plaixats, Josefina ^a   Fanlo, Rosario ^b   Boada, Martí ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris; Fire; Grassland; Grazing; Landscape

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HEATHLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTSENY NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 4644226285     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.05.024     Document Type: Article

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