Release of Juniperus thurifera woodlands from herbivore-mediated arrested succession in Spain

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-25

  Desoto, Lucía ^a   Olano, José Miguel ^a   Rozas, Vicente ^b   De La Cruz, Marcelino ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b CINAM de Lourizán   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate response; Dendro ecology; Landuse history; Livestock browsing; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ILEX; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS THURIFERA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 77949441271     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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