Assessing traditional knowledge on forest uses to understand forest ecosystem dynamics

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 289, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-122

  Bürgi, Matthias ^a   Gimmi, Urs ^a   Stuber, Martin ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbances; Forest history; Forest uses; Non timber forest products; Switzerland; Traditional forest related knowledge (TFRK)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; FOREST HISTORY; FOREST USE; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; SWITZERLAND; TRADITIONAL FOREST-RELATED KNOWLEDGE (TFRK);

DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; HISTORY;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST RESOURCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESOURCE USE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST PRODUCTS; FORESTRY; HISTORY; SWITZERLAND;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84869881938     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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