Species pools in cultural landscapes - niche construction, ecological opportunity and niche shifts

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 403-413

  Eriksson, Ove ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRONZE AGE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; LAND USE CHANGE; NEOLITHIC; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; PASTURE; SPECIES POOL;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84875680131     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07913.x     Document Type: Article

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