Socio-Economic Demands, Ecological Conditions and the Power of Tradition: Past Woodland Management Decisions in a Central European Landscape

Landscape Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-261

  Szabó, Péter ^a   Hédl, Radim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

coppicing; driving forces; historical ecology; landscape history; Traditional woodland management

Indexed keywords

COPPICE; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PASTURE; PLANNING HISTORY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WOODLAND;

CZECH REPUBLIC; MORAVIA;

EID: 84865512323     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2012.677022     Document Type: Article

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