Impacts of land use on the vegetation in three rural landscapes of Norway

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 360-371

  Bryn, Anders ^a   Hemsing, Lars Østbye ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cultural landscape; Forest re growth; GIS modeling; Potential natural vegetation; Vegetation trajectories

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RURAL LANDSCAPE; TURNOVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION MAPPING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NORWAY;

EID: 84872327969     PISSN: 21513732     EISSN: 21513740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21513732.2012.737373     Document Type: Article

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