Open woodland in Europe in the Mesolithic and in the Middle Ages: Can there be a connection?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2327-2330

  Szabó, Péter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Forest grazing; Historical ecology; Large herbivores; Medieval landscape openness; Primeval forest structure; Vera Hypothesis

Indexed keywords

FOREST GRAZING; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LARGE HERBIVORES; MEDIEVAL LANDSCAPE OPENNESS; PRIMEVAL FOREST STRUCTURE; VERA HYPOTHESIS;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HELIUM; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS;

COPPICE; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MESOLITHIC; MIDDLE AGES; NEOLITHIC; PALEOECOLOGY; STAND STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HELIUM; PLANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67349130534     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.035     Document Type: Review

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