Environmental determinants of the old oaks in wood-pastures from a changing traditional social–ecological system of Romania

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Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 480-489

  Moga, Cosmin Ioan ^a   Samoilă, Ciprian ^b   Öllerer, Kinga ^c   Băncilă, Raluca I ^b,d   Réti, Kinga Olga ^e   Craioveanu, Cristina ^e   Poszet, Szilárd ^f   Rákosy, László ^e   Hartel, Tibor ^f  

^a Ecotransilvania Association   (Romania)

^b OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^d EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

^e BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^f SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Citizen involvement; Conservation; Large trees; Old trees; Romania; Rural landscape; Transylvania; Wood pasture

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PASTURE; POLICY MAKING; RISK FACTOR; RURAL LANDSCAPE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

EASTERN EUROPE; ROMANIA; TRANSYLVANIA;

QUERCUS;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISPERSAL; ROMANIA; SOCIAL CHANGE; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT DISPERSAL; QUERCUS; ROMANIA; SOCIAL CHANGE; TREES;

EID: 84952935660     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0758-1     Document Type: Article

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