Grazing ecology and forest history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Vera, F. W. M. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2000.
Subjects:	Forest dynamics > Europe. Forests and forestry > Europe > History. Plant succession > Europe. Range ecology > Europe. Agroforestry and Multipurpose Trees: Community, Farm and Social Forestry. Animal Ecology. Biological Resources (General) Biological Resources (Plant) Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology) Grasslands and Rangelands. History and Biography. Land Resources. Palaeontology and Archaeology. Plant Ecology. Agriculture. Botanical composition. Climax communities. Forest ecology. Forests. Grasslands. Grazing. Herbivores. History. Land use. Landscape ecology. Light. Lowland areas. Natural grasslands. Nature reserves. Palaeoecology. Palynology. Parks. Plant ecology. Plant succession. Plants. Pollen analysis. Reserved forests. Scrub. Shrubs. Stand establishment. Synecology. Trees. Vegetation types. Wilderness. Woody plants. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

General Introduction and Formulation of the Problem
Succession, the Climax Forest and the Role of Large Herbivores
Palynology, the Forest as Climax in Prehistoric Times and the Effects of Humans
The Use of the Wilderness from the Middle Ages up to 1900
Spontaneous Succession in Forest Reserves in the Lowlands of Western and Central Europe
Establishment of Trees and Shrubs in Relation to Light and Grazing
Final Synthesis and Conclusions.