Long-term forest dynamics and land-use abandonment in the Mediterranean Mountains, Corsica, France

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Sanz, Almudena San Roman ^a   Fernandez, Catherine ^b   Mouillot, Florent ^c   Ferrat, Lila ^a   Istria, Daniel ^d   Pasqualini, Vanina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Historical archives; Human population; Land use change; Landscape patterns; Mediterranean ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; FOREST DYNAMICS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; REFORESTATION; SHRUBLAND;

CORSE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [FRANCE];

PINUS PINASTER; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84881155328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05556-180238     Document Type: Article

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