Recent dynamics of evergreen oak wood-pastures in south-western Iberia

European Wood-Pastures in Transition: A Social-Ecological Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 70-89

  Costa, Augusta ^a   Madeira, Manuel ^b   Santos, José Lima ^b   Plieninger, Tobias ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 84905702175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203797082     Document Type: Chapter

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