Negative responses of highland pines to anthropogenic activities in inland Spain: A palaeoecological perspective

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 397-412

  Rubiales, Juan M ^a   Morales Molino, César ^a,b   Álvarez, Salvia García ^a   García Antón, Mercedes ^b  

^a Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire; Holocene; Human impact; Iberian peninsula; Palaeoecology; Pinus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893421134     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-011-0330-2     Document Type: Review

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