Pedoanthracological contribution to forest naturalness assessment

Quaternary International

Volumn 289, Issue , 2013, Pages 5-15

  Robin, Vincent ^a   Talon, Brigitte ^b   Nelle, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOME; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WOODLAND;

ALPS; EUROPE; GERMANY; HARZ MOUNTAINS;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS;

EID: 84874482666     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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