Physiognomy and distribution of mountain meadows in an alpine valley over 150 years of spontaneous forest expansion

Through the classification of current and historical aerial photosbetween 1973 and 2006, we analysed the evolution of size, shape and connectivity of 59 mountain meadows (maggenghi) of the Pejo district (Trentino, Northern Italy). The maggenghi are scattered patches within a forested matrix. We cond...

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Main Authors: Sitzia T, Trentanovi G
Format: Article
Language:Italian
Published: Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF) 2012-02-01
Series:Forest@
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Online Access:http://www.sisef.it/forest@/contents/?id=684&lang=en