The larch wood pasture: Structure and dynamics of a cultural landscape

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 491-502

  Garbarino, Matteo ^a   Lingua, Emanuele ^b   Subirà, Marta Martinez ^a   Motta, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Land abandonment; Landscape structure; Larix decidua; Spatial pattern; Subalpine belt; Wood pasture

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOSTATISTICS; GRAZING; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; PICEA;

EID: 79957894445     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-010-0437-5     Document Type: Article

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