Geobotanical survey of wood-pasture habitats in Europe: Diversity, threats and conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2995-3014

  Bergmeier, Erwin ^a   Petermann, Jörg ^b   Schröder, Eckhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ^*  (Germany)

^c Federal Agency for Nature Conservation   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Dehesa; Habitats directive; Hudewald; Pasture woodland; Silvopastoralism; Traditional land use

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; ORCHARD; OVERGRAZING; PASTORALISM; PASTURE; RANGELAND; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; SCRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE; WOODLAND;

EUROPE;

EID: 84755161711     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9872-3     Document Type: Review

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