150 years of tree establishment, land use and climate change in montane grasslands, northwest Argentina

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-58

  Carilla, Julieta ^a   Grau, H Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cloud forest; Dendrochronology; Disturbance; Fire; Forest transition; Grazing; Podocarpus parlatorei; Vegetation switches

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FIRE; FOREST FIRE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVESTOCK; REGENERATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINA; LOS TOLDOS VALLEY; SALTA [ARGENTINA];

PODOCARPUS PARLATOREI;

EID: 73649114232     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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