Farmers, flames, and forests: Historical ecology of pastoral fire use and landscape change in the French Western Pyrenees, 1830-2011

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 312, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-66

  Coughlan, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Historical ecology; Land use intensity; Landscape transition; Pastoral fire use; Pyrenees Mountains; Socioecological interaction

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE TRANSITION; PASTORAL FIRE USE; PYRENEES; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND USE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FIRES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ANATOMY; ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; GEOLOGY; LAND USE; MOUNTAINS;

FRANCE;

EID: 84888128070     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.10.021     Document Type: Article

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