Wood-pastures in a traditional rural region of Eastern Europe: Characteristics, management and status

Biological Conservation

Volumn 166, Issue , 2013, Pages 267-275

  Hartel, Tibor ^a,b,c   Dorresteijn, Ine ^a   Klein, Catherine ^a   Máthé, Orsolya ^d   Moga, Cosmin I ^e   Öllerer, Kinga ^f   Roellig, Marlene ^a   von Wehrden, Henrik ^a,g   Fischer, Joern ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA   (Romania)

^c OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^d BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^e Ecotransilvania Association   (Romania)

^f INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^g Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ancient trees; Conservation; Forest; Grazing; Romania; Wood pasture

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEAD WOOD; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; RURAL AREA; SURVEYING; TREE;

EASTERN EUROPE; ROMANIA;

EID: 84882666783     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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