Long-term anthropogenic and ecological dynamics of a Mediterranean landscape: Impacts on multiple taxa

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 214-223

  Sirami, Clélia ^a,b,c   Nespoulous, Amélie ^a   Cheylan, Jean Paul ^d,e   Marty, Pascal ^a   Hvenegaard, Glen T ^a,f   Geniez, Philippe ^g   Schatz, Bertrand ^a   Martin, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^e CIRAD   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g Centre d'É   (France)

Author keywords

Grazing; Land abandonment; Land cover changes; Landscape heterogeneity; Open habitats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE;

GRAZING; LAND ABANDONMENTS; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITIES; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABANDONED LAND; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GRAZING PRESSURE; HETEROGENEITY; HOT SPOT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SHEEP; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FRANCE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; ORCHIDACEAE; OVIS ARIES; REPTILIA;

EID: 77953322359     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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