Human impacts drive forest structure and diversity. Insights from Mediterranean mountain forest dominated by Abies pinsapo (Boiss.)

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 533-542

  Linares, J C ^a   Carreira, J A ^b   Ochoa, V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abies pinsapo; Biodiversity; Forest structure; Land use changes; Mediterranean fir; Partial redundancy analysis; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT USE; LAND USE CHANGE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MONTANE FOREST; STAND STRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

ABIES; ABIES PINSAPO;

EID: 79957920128     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-010-0441-9     Document Type: Article

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