Evaluating the Contribution of Trees outside Forests and Small Open Areas to the Italian Landscape Diversification during the Last Decades

Evaluating the Contribution of Trees outside Forests and Small Open Areas to the Italian Landscape Diversification during the Last Decades

Land use by humans strongly alters the landscape mosaic, either by reducing or increasing its heterogeneity. One of the most recent and widespread land use changes in Europe has been the spontaneous reforestation of marginal agricultural lands. These primarily affected small landscape patches, such...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Sallustio, Marco di Cristofaro, Maaz Maqsood Hashmi, Matteo Vizzarri, Tommaso Sitzia, Bruno Lasserre, Marco Marchetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-11-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
land use change
land abandonment
forest expansion
small patches
inventory
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/11/701

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