Origin and history of grasslands in central europe - A review

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-363

  Hejcman, M ^a,b,c   Hejcmanova P ^a   Pavlu V ^a,c   Benes J ^d  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b Charles University   (Czech Republic)

^c Crop Research Institute Prague Ruzyn   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Holocene; Meadows; Middle Ages; Pastures; Pollen analysis; Prehistory

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERBIVORE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEADOW; MESOLITHIC; MIDDLE AGES; NEOLITHIC; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PASTURE; POLLEN; PREHISTORIC; VEGETATION HISTORY; WILD POPULATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; BOS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; MOLLUSCA; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POACEAE; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 84880506127     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfs.12066     Document Type: Review

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