Biodiversity variability across elevations in the Carpathians: Parallel change with landscape openness and land use

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 869-881

  Feurdean, Angelica ^a,b   Parr, Catherine L ^c   Tantǎu, Ioan ^d   Fǎrcaş, Sorina ^e   Marinova, Elena ^f   Perşoiu, Ioana ^g  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Institute of Speleology   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Romania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g STEFAN CEL MARE UNIVERSITY OF SUCEAVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Carpathian; diversity; elevation gradient; fire; Holocene; land use; landscape openness; level of disturbance; pollen richness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CREATION; HOLOCENE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; PALYNOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION;

CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA;

EID: 84877955080     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612474482     Document Type: Article

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