Land-use legacies: Multi-centuries years-old management control of between-stands variability at the landscape scale in Mediterranean mountain forests, France

Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Chauchard, Sandrine ^a,b   Guibal, F ^c   Carcaillet, C ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Age structure; Dendrochronology; Forest stand; Land use change; Landscape

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURES; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOREST STAND; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE;

LAND USE;

AGE STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; COPPICE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SOIL FERTILITY; STAND DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 84874686914     PISSN: 12124834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/42/2012-jfs     Document Type: Review

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