Mediterranean cork oak savannas require human use to sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 278-286

  Bugalho, Miguel N ^a,b   Caldeira, Maria C ^c   Pereira, João S ^c   Aronson, James ^d,e   Pausas, Juli G ^f  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b WWF Mediterranean Programme   (Italy)

^c Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^e MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^f CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SAVANNA; SHRUB; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; EUROPE;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 79955006813     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/100084     Document Type: Review

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