Change in agriculturally used land and related habitat loss: A case study in eastern Estonia over 50 years

Estonian Journal of Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-132

  Kana, Silja ^a   Kull, Tiiu ^a   Otsus, Merit ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Agricultural land; Forestation; Grasslands; Land abandonment; Land use changes; Vegetation map

Indexed keywords

EID: 46849085981     PISSN: 1736602X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/eco.2008.2.04     Document Type: Article

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