Wood-pasture management in southern Transylvania (Romania): From communal to where?

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

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 219-234

  Laura, Sutcliffe ^a   Kinga, Öllerer ^b   Marlene, Roellig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84955707646     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203797082     Document Type: Chapter

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